Send Message To Channel

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This action has been deprecated and will no longer be available in new workflows.

Send a message to a channel or a private group. NOTE: If the channel/group is private, the Blink application must be added to the channel to send messages to it.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Channel	Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to. Can be an encoded ID, or a name.
Text	Message contents.
Thread Timestamp	Provide another message's timestamp value to make this message a reply. Avoid using a reply's timestamp value, use its parent instead.

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
Blocks	A JSON-based array of structured blocks.
Mentions	User emails to mention in the message, separated by commas.

Example Output

{
    "ok": true,
    "channel": "C03L2S98MM4",
    "ts": "1668526867.176019",
    "message": {
        "bot_id": "B02PJCV1QKB",
        "type": "message",
        "text": "example message text",
        "user": "U02P2RBCW6R",
        "ts": "1668526867.176019",
        "app_id": "A02NB62TUMN",
        "blocks": [
            {
                "type": "rich_text",
                "block_id": "uLIbW",
                "elements": [
                    {
                        "type": "rich_text_section",
                        "elements": [
                            {
                                "type": "text",
                                "text": "example message text"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "team": "T01NVABR4UW",
        "bot_profile": {
            "id": "B02PJCV1QKB",
            "app_id": "A02NB62TUMN",
            "name": "Blink",
            "icons": {
                "image_36": "https://avatars.slack-edge.com/2021-12-16/2842727097478_e542ce7abd1ea0ec4846_36.jpg",
                "image_48": "https://avatars.slack-edge.com/2021-12-16/2842727097478_e542ce7abd1ea0ec4846_48.jpg",
                "image_72": "https://avatars.slack-edge.com/2021-12-16/2842727097478_e542ce7abd1ea0ec4846_72.jpg"
            },
            "deleted": false,
            "updated": 1639646274,
            "team_id": "T01NVABR4UW"
        }
    }
}