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 of 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.
   • Your input property values are sent to the conversations.list and conversations.history APIs.
   • The APIs return the Message[] value to your output property variable.

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.

Input

Conversation

The conversation from which you want to get messages. A conversation can be messages from a specific channel or direct messages between one or more users.

Misc

Private

If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

Options

MarkAsRead

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

MaxResults

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

Output

Messages

The messages found based on your specified Conversation.

Example

The following image shows an example of the activity dependency relationship and input/output property values.

For step-by-step instructions and examples, see the Quickstart guides.