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Send Message

Last Updated: Mar 15, 2021

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Use this function to post a given message to the provided channel.

Syntax

Send Message (token, channel_id, text)

Parameters

Input Parameter Name	Description
token	Authentication token
channel_id	ID of the channel to post the message
text	The message to be posted

To know more about token, click here.

To view the Channel ID, right click on the channel name in the left menu and select Copy link in Slack. Paste in a text editor, the URL is of the format: https://<Slack URL>/<Channel ID>.

Returns

Return Value	Description
Output	On Success returns 1 \| Timestamp(ts) of message On Failure returns 0 \| Error Message

Sample

Send Message (xoxp-12QWERT, ABC123, Hello)

Uses token xoxp-12QWERT to authenticate connection to Slack, send the message Hello to channel with ID ABC123.
Returns the Timestamp of the sent message.

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