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Slackbot Open Dm

Opens or resumes a Slack direct message (DM) or multi-person direct message (MPIM) by providing either user IDs or an existing channel ID. Returns `already_open=true` when the DM exists — treat as success and reuse the returned `channel.id` (starts with 'D') for subsequent SLACK…

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Inputs

  • usersstring
    Comma-separated string of user IDs (1 for a DM, or 2-8 for an MPIM) to open/resume a conversation. Order is preserved for MPIMs. Either `channel` or `users` must be provided. Accepts list input (will be converted to comma-separated string). Also accepts `user_ids` as alias. Do n…
  • channelstring
    ID or name of an existing DM or MPIM channel to open/resume. Either `channel` or `users` must be provided.
  • return_imboolean
    If `true`, returns the full DM channel object. Applies only when opening a DM via a single user ID in `users` (not with `channel`).
  • prevent_creationboolean
    Do not create a direct message or multi-person direct message. This is used to see if there is an existing dm or mpdm.

Observable output

  • data
    Required
    Data from the action execution
  • errorstring
    Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
  • successfulboolean
    Required
    Whether or not the action execution was successful or not

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