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Send Message To Channel

The Send Message To Channel step is used to send a message to the channel. Prerequisite User must have the following permissions:

Token TypePermissions
Bot tokens

chat:write

channels:read

groups:read

im:read

mpim:read

users:read.email

User tokens

chat:write

chat:write:user

chat:write:bot

channels:read

groups:read

im.read

mpim.read

users:read.email

Reference API documentation: https://api.slack.com/methods/chat.postMessage

Configurations

No.Field NameDescription
1Step NameName of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow.
2Bot/User Access TokenSpecify the generated Bot or User Access Token.
The data type is Secure String. This is a mandatory field.
3Test ConnectionVerifies whether the connection is established or not.

Input Tab

No.Field NameDescription
Input Fields:
1ChannelSpecify the channel name to which you want to send the message.
Data type: String. This field is mandatory.
2GetClick Get; if a connection is successfully established, it populates a list of channels.
3MessageSpecify the message you want to send to the channel.
Data type: String. This field is mandatory.
4API Request DelayProvide an appropriate delay according to the rate limit of your Slack API.

Output Tab

Field NameDescription
Output Field:
Message IDOutput field to hold the result of the successful plugin execution.
The default label value for this field is “MessageID”.