SlackSend message to one person
BetaChanges data
Posts a message only one person in a Slack channel can see.
Settings
| Setting | What it is |
|---|---|
| ConnectionRequired | The Slack connection the step signs in with. |
| ChannelRequired | The channel the person sees it in. They have to be a member of it. |
| PersonRequired | The user id who may see it — Find user by e-mail gives you one. |
| Message format | "text" or "blocks" |
| Message | text |
| Blocks | text |
| Reply to (thread timestamp) | text |
Technical details
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
connection | texta connection id from `requires.connections` (provider `slack`) |
channel | texta value from the vendor's own list |
user | texta value from the vendor's own list |
messageFormat | "text" or "blocks", by default "text" |
text | text |
blocks | textused when `messageFormat` is "blocks" |
threadTs | textits `{{ }}` must give a string |
Output
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
messageTsMessage timestamp | string |
Sample output, and the expression for each field
- messageTs"1726790400.000200"
Errors
When a step of this node stops a run, the run page shows a code. Look it up:
Example step
The step as a flow file holds it. Replace each value in <…>.
{
"config": {
"blocks": "",
"channel": "<channel>",
"connection": "<connection id>",
"messageFormat": "text",
"text": "",
"threadTs": "",
"user": "<person>"
},
"label": "Send message to one person",
"type": "slack.sendEphemeralMessage",
"version": 1
}