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New Message Sent

Triggers a workflow on every new message sent in a channel.

note

This trigger is only available when using Bot for Slack connection method. For more details, refer to Using Bot for Slack.

If the channel is private, the Blink application must be added to the channel to check for new messages.

info

Automations based on this trigger will search for new events every 5 minutes.

Parameters​

ParameterDescription
ChannelChannel name (or ID) to fetch history for.

Sample Event​

{
    "client_msg_id": "6192b186-63a2-4bed-aed6-e5749c088137",
    "type": "message",
    "text": "Test prettifyJSON",
    "user": "U03CLS3V56H",
    "ts": "1656410373.989509",
    "team": "T01NVABR4UW",
    "blocks": [
        {
            "type": "rich_text",
            "block_id": "dMkp",
            "elements": [
                {
                    "type": "rich_text_section",
                    "elements": [
                        {
                            "type": "text",
                            "text": "Test prettifyJSON"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}