Open Conversation

Opens or resumes a direct conversation in Slack.

POST

Query

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Body

Arguments

stringrequired

Comma separated lists of users. If only one user is included, this creates a 1:1 DM. The ordering of the users is preserved whenever a multi-person direct message is returned. Supply a channel when not supplying users.

Uncommon arguments

string

Resume a conversation by supplying an im or mpim's ID. Or provide the users field instead.

boolean

Do not create a direct message or multi-person direct message. This is used to see if there is an existing dm or mpdm.

boolean

Indicates you want the full conversation object in the response.

Try this request

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/slack/latest/actions/open-conversation" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "users": ""
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "alreadyOpen": true,
      "channel": {
        "contextTeamId": "string",
        "created": 1,
        "id": "string",
        "isArchived": true,
        "isIm": true,
        "isOpen": true,
        "isOrgShared": true,
        "lastRead": "string",
        "latest": {
          "blocks[]": {
            "blockId": "string",
            "elements[]": {
              "elements[]": {
                "text": "string",
                "type": "string"
              },
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": "string"
          },
          "clientMsgId": "string",
          "team": "string",
          "text": "string",
          "ts": "string",
          "type": "string",
          "user": "string"
        },
        "priority": 1,
        "properties": {
          "tabs[]": {
            "id": "string",
            "label": "string",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "tabz[]": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "unreadCount": 1,
        "unreadCountDisplay": 1,
        "updated": 1,
        "user": "string"
      },
      "noOp": true
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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