Send a Slack message to a channel as an app

domain: slack.com · 4 steps · trust: 100% verified (10✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Ensure bot token has chat:write scope
  2. Resolve channel id via conversations.list (channel NAMES are not accepted by chat.postMessage for private channels)
  3. App must be invited to private channels: /invite @app
  4. POST chat.postMessage with channel id + blocks

Known gotchas

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