Overview

The Get Messages activity uses the Slack conversations.list and conversations.history APIs to retrieve the most recent messages from a specified conversation (Conversation).

After retrieving the messages, the activity returns the properties in a Message[] object (Messages) that you can use as input property variables in subsequent activities (e.g., Message(0).Files in Download File, etc.).

How it works

The following steps and message sequence diagram is an example how the activity works from design time (i.e., the activity dependencies and input/output properties) to run time.

1. Complete the Setup steps.
2. Add the Slack Scope activity to your project.
3. Add the Get Messages activity inside the Slack Scope activity.
4. Enter values for the Input properties.
5. Create and enter a Message[] variable for your Output property.
6. Run the activity.

Properties

The values for the following properties are specified when adding this activity to your project in UiPath Studio.

Common

DisplayName

The display name of the activity.

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Input

Conversation Type

The type of conversation you want to get messages from

Channel Name

The name of the channel to get messages from.

Channel ID

The ID of the channel to get messages from.

User Name

The name of the user who's DM you want to get messages from.

Conversation ID

The ID of the Group Direct Message you want to get messages from

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Options

MarkAsRead

Specifies whether you want to mark the retrieved messages as read in your workspace.

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MaxResults

The maximum number of messages that you want returned in the Message array.

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Output

Messages

The messages found based on your specified Conversation.