Slack post message as specific user
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steps.
trigger
HTTP API
Deploy to generate unique URL
This workflow runs on Pipedream's servers and is triggered by HTTP / Webhook requests.
steps.
send_a_message
Send a message to a channel, group or user
auth
(auths.slack)
params
Text
Text of the message to send. See below for an explanation of formatting. This field is usually required, unless you're providing only attachments instead. Provide no more than 40,000 characters or risk truncation.
string ·params.text
Channel
Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to. Can be an encoded ID, or a name. See below for more details.
string ·params.channel
Username
Set your bot's user name. Must be used in conjunction with as_user set to false, otherwise ignored. See authorship below.
string ·params.username
Icon url
URL to an image to use as the icon for this message. Must be used in conjunction with as_user set to false, otherwise ignored. See authorship below.
string ·params.icon_url
Optional
code
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const { WebClient } = require('@slack/web-api')
try {
const web = new WebClient(auths.slack.oauth_access_token)
this.response = await web.chat.postMessage({
attachments: params.attachments,
unfurl_links: params.unfurl_links,
text: params.text,
unfurl_media: params.unfurl_media,
parse: params.parse || 'full',
as_user: params.as_user || false,
mrkdwn: params.mrkdwn || true,
channel: params.channel,
username: params.username,
blocks: params.blocks,
icon_emoji: params.icon_emoji,
link_names: params.link_names,
reply_broadcast: params.reply_broadcast || false,
thread_ts: params.thread_ts,
icon_url: params.icon_url,
})
} catch (err) {
this.error = err
throw err
}