Slack node

Use the Slack node to automate work in Slack, and integrate Slack with other applications. n8n has built-in support for a wide range of Slack features, including creating, archiving, and closing channels, getting users and files, as well as deleting messages.

On this page, you'll find a list of operations the Slack node supports and links to more resources.

Operations

• Channel
  • Archive a channel.
  • Close a direct message or multi-person direct message.
  • Create a public or private channel-based conversation.
  • Get information about a channel.
  • Get Many: Get a list of channels in Slack.
  • History: Get a channel's history of messages and events.
  • Invite a user to a channel.
  • Join an existing channel.
  • Kick: Remove a user from a channel.
  • Leave a channel.
  • Member: List the members of a channel.
  • Open or resume a direct message or multi-person direct message.
  • Rename a channel.
  • Replies: Get a thread of messages posted to a channel.
  • Sets purpose of a channel.
  • Sets topic of a channel.
  • Unarchive a channel.
• File
  • Get a file.
  • Get Many: Get and filter team files.
  • Upload: Create or upload an existing file.
• Message
  • Delete a message
  • Get permalink: Get a message's permalink.
  • Search for messages
  • Send a message
  • Send and Wait for Approval: Send a message and wait for approval from the recipient before continuing.
  • Update a message
• Reaction
  • Add a reaction to a message.
  • Get a message's reactions.
  • Remove a reaction from a message.
• Star
  • Add a star to an item.
  • Delete a star from an item.
  • Get Many: Get a list of an authenticated user's stars.
• User
  • Get information about a user.
  • Get Many: Get a list of users.
  • Get User's Profile.
  • Get User's Status.
  • Update User's Profile.
• User Group
  • Create a user group.
  • Disable a user group.
  • Enable a user group.
  • Get Many: Get a list of user groups.
  • Update a user group.

Related resources

Refer to Slack's documentation (opens in a new tab) for more information about the service.

Required scopes

Once you create a Slack app for your Slack credentials, you must add the appropriate scopes to your Slack app for this node to work. Start with the scopes listed in the Scopes | Slack credentials page.

If those aren't enough, use the table below to look up the resource and operation you want to use, then follow the link to Slack's API documentation to find the correct scopes.