Slack — List thread replies

Settings

Setting	What it is
ConnectionRequired	The Slack connection the step signs in with.
ChannelRequired	Picked from the list Slack offers.
Thread timestampRequired	The ts of the message the thread hangs under. The first message in the answer is that parent, not a reply.
Messages per call	number
Fetch every page	Follows Slack's page cursor, and refuses past 5,000 messages rather than answering a short list.
Cursor	Paste a previous run's Next cursor to read the page after it.

Technical details

Key	Value
`connection`	texta connection id from `requires.connections` (provider `slack`)
`channel`	texta value from the vendor's own list
`ts`	textits `{{ }}` must give a string
`limit`	number, by default `100`
`returnAll`	true/false, by default `false`
`cursor`	text

Output

Field	Type
`messages`Messages, the parent first	array
`messageCount`Messages in this answer	number
`hasMore`More messages are waiting behind this page	boolean
`nextCursor`Cursor for the next page	string

Sample output, and the expression for each field

hasMorefalse
messageCount0
messages[]
nextCursor""

Errors

When a step of this node stops a run, the run page shows a code. Look it up:

Slack errors

26 codes

Common errors

93 codes

Example step

The step as a flow file holds it. Replace each value in <…>.

{
  "config": {
    "channel": "<channel>",
    "connection": "<connection id>",
    "cursor": "",
    "limit": 100,
    "returnAll": false,
    "ts": "<thread timestamp>"
  },
  "label": "List thread replies",
  "type": "slack.listThreadReplies",
  "version": 2
}

Older versions

A flow that already has this version keeps running it. A new step always gets the newest.

Version 1

Setting	What it is
ConnectionRequired	The Slack connection the step signs in with.
ChannelRequired	Picked from the list Slack offers.
Thread timestampRequired	The ts of the message the thread hangs under. The first message in the answer is that parent, not a reply.
Messages per call	number
Fetch every page	Follows Slack's page cursor, and refuses past 5,000 messages rather than answering a short list.

Technical details

Key	Value
`connection`	texta connection id from `requires.connections` (provider `slack`)
`channel`	texta value from the vendor's own list
`ts`	textits `{{ }}` must give a string
`limit`	number, by default `100`
`returnAll`	true/false, by default `false`

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