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Send ephemeral message

Sends a message that arrives in the channel but is visible only to a specific user

Function SendEphemeralMessage(Val Token, Val Channel, Val Text = "", Val User = "", Val Blocks = "") Export

ParameterCLI optionTypeDescription
Token--tokenStringBot token
Channel--channelStringChannel ID
Text--textStringMessage text
User--userStringUser ID
Blocks--blocksArray of StructureJSON array of block descriptions

Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from Slack


Code example
  
Channel = "C070VPMKN8J";
Block = OPI_Slack.GenerateImageBlock("https://opi.neocities.org/test_data/picture.jpg", "Image");

Response = OPI_Slack.SendEphemeralMessage(Token, Channel,, User, Block); //Map
Response = OPI_Tools.JSONString(Response); //JSON string
CLI command example
    
oint slack SendEphemeralMessage --token %token% --channel "C070VPMKN8J" --text %text% --user %user% --blocks %blocks%

Result
{
"ok": true,
"message_ts": "1714146540.000300"
}