Send Messages
Explore how to automate sending messages on Slack using Python and Slack's Chat API. Learn to send 'me' messages, post standard and block messages, reply using timestamps, and schedule messages for future delivery. Master these endpoints to efficiently manage messaging within Slack channels and direct messages.
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Overview
We can use the Slack application to automate a daily message to a channel or send a joke to a colleague. We use Slack’s Chat API for this.
Let’s look at the following endpoints in this lesson:
chat.meMessage: This endpoint sends an italicized action text message to a channel.chat.postMessage: This endpoint sends a message to a channel.chat.scheduleMessage: This endpoint schedules a message to be sent to a channel in the future.
Send a “me” message
We’ll start with the most straightforward endpoint first—the https://slack.com/api/chat.meMessage endpoint. This endpoint allows us to send an italicized
Some important query parameters for the chat.meMessage endpoint are the following:
Parameter | Type | Category | Description |
| token | Required | Authentication tokens carry the required scopes that govern the usage of different Slack applications and APIs. We usually pass these as an HTTP Authorization header or as a POST parameter. |
| string | Required | This parameter specifies the channel to which the message will be posted. It can be a public channel, a private group, or an IM channel (direct message). The value for this parameter can either be an encoded ID or a name of a channel. |
| string | Required | Text of the message to be sent. |
Now ...