Concepts

Concepts used in Slack BDK Book.

Slack message

Represents a reference to a message in the Slack

Field Name	Description	Type
text	The message.	text
timestamp	The timestamp of the message.	number
meta	Metadata of the message	``

Slack channel

Represents a reference to a channel in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
channel_id	The ID of the channel.	text
channel_name	The name of the channel.	text

Slack user

Represents a reference to a channel in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
user_id	The ID of the user.	text
user_name	The name of the user.	text
channel_id	The ID of the IM channel with the current user/bot.	text

Slack attachment

Represents a reference to an attachment in the Slack

Field Name	Description	Type
file_name	The name of the attachment.	text
data	The File object	file