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Send User Message

Creates a new direct message 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

Slack user to send the message to.

stringrequired

The content of the message.

Uncommon arguments
string

Override the connection's Default Sender for this action only.

string

Set your bot's user name.

string

Emoji to use as the icon for this message. Overrides Icon Url.

string

URL to an image to use as the icon for this message.

boolean

Pass true to enable unfurling of primarily text-based content.

boolean

Pass false to disable unfurling of media content.

string

By default, URLs will be hyperlinked. Set parse to none to remove the hyperlinks. The behavior of parse is different for text formatted with markdown. By default, or when parse is set to none, markdown formatting is implemented. To ignore markdown formatting, set parse to full.

boolean

Disable Slack markup parsing by setting to false. Enabled by default.

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