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Share a Message Permalink in a Direct Message

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Recipe · 4 steps

Share a Message Permalink in a Direct Message

with Slack

Get a message permalink and DM it to a user resolved by email.

  1. Retrieve the permalink URL for the target message.
  2. Resolve the recipient email address to a Slack user ID.
  3. Open a direct message channel with the resolved recipient.
  4. Post the message permalink into the direct message so the recipient can jump straight to it.
What you'll need to have ready
  • channel: The channel ID containing the message.
  • messageTs: The timestamp of the message to share.
  • recipientEmail: The email address of the user to send the permalink to.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow slack:permalink-share-to-dm, 4 operations: getChatGetpermalink → getUsersLookupbyemail → postConversationsOpen → postChatPostmessage. Specs on APIs.io.

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