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Search Messages and React to the Top Match

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Search Messages and React to the Top Match

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Search messages and react to the top matching message.

  1. Search messages for the supplied query and capture the channel and timestamp of the top matching message.
  2. Add the supplied reaction emoji to the top matching message to flag it.
What you'll need to have ready
  • query: The search query to match messages against.
  • reaction: The reaction (emoji) name to add to the top match, without colons.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow slack:search-message-react, 2 operations: getSearchMessages → postReactionsAdd. Specs on APIs.io.

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