Send Ephemeral Message
Sends an ephemeral message to a user in a channel.
Important Notes
Updatingordeletingephemeral messages is not supported.- Ephemeral messages are not persistent and will disappear when the Slack app or website is reloaded.
External Documentation
To learn more, visit the Slack documentation.
Basic Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Channel | Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to. Can be an encoded ID, or a name. |
| Content | The text to send.Whether the parameter is required depends on your usage of the Blocks & Attachments parameters.For more information see Slack documentation. |
| User | The ID of the user who will receive the ephemeral message.The user should be in the channel specified by the channel parameter. |
Advanced Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Attachments | A JSON-based array of structured attachments, presented as a URL-encoded string. |
| Blocks | A JSON-based array of structured blocks, presented as a URL-encoded string. |
| Parse | Change how messages are treated. Defaults to none.For more information see Slack documentation for more detail. |
| Thread Timestamp | Provide another message's Timestamp value to post this message in a thread.You can obtain a message's Timestamp by using the Get Channel Message's action.Avoid using a reply's Timestamp value; use its parent's value instead.Ephemeral messages in threads are only shown if there is already an active thread. |
Example Output
{
"message_ts": "1502210682.580145",
"ok": true
}
Workflow Library Example
Send Ephemeral Message with Slack and Send Results Via Email
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