Concepts

Concepts used in Slack book.

The following documentation is for Slack v1.0.11 (BDK).

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 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	json

Slack action block

Represents an action block in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
block_id	The ID of the block.	optional[text]
elements	The elements of the action.	optional[list of list of slack button element or slack checkbox element or slack date picker element or slack image element or slack markdown element? or slack overflow element or slack static select element]

Slack context block

Represents a context block in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
block_id	The ID of the block.	optional[text]
elements	The elements of the context block.	optional[list of list of slack button element or slack checkbox element or slack date picker element or slack image element or slack markdown element? or slack overflow element or slack static select element]

Slack divider block

Represents a divider block in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
block_id	The ID of the block.	optional[text]

Slack header block

Represents a header block in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
text	The text of the header.	text
block_id	The ID of the block.	optional[text]

Slack image block

Represents an image block in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
image_url	The URL of the image.	text
alt_text	The alt text for the image.	text
block_id	The ID of the block.	optional[text]

Slack markdown block

Represents a markdown block in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
text	The text of the markdown block.	text
block_id	The ID of the block.	optional[text]

Slack section block

Represents a section block in Slack.

Field Name	Description	Type
text	The text of the section.	optional[text]
fields	The fields of the section.	optional[slack markdown element? or text]
accessory	The accessory of the section.	optional[slack button element or slack checkbox element or slack date picker element or slack image element or slack markdown element? or slack overflow element or slack static select element]
block_id	The ID of the block.	optional[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