Read Message History

Retrieve information about messages received on Slack.

If your workspace has a large number of channels, this card may exceed the 60 second time limit while trying to populate the Channel dropdown list. This timeout can also occur when testing a card.

Options

Field Definition Type Required

Channel

Name of the channel where the message was received.

A maximum of 200 public channels will be displayed. Even if the number of public channels don't exceed 200, API limitations may prevent some channels from being listed in the Channel dropdown.

The dropdown will display only those unarchived channels of which the user who created the Slack connection is a member. To specify a public channel that is not listed, select the Enter Channel ID option and populate the Channel ID input field.

If a failure occurs and no channels are listed in the dropdown, then only the Enter Channel ID option will be displayed.

 Dropdown TRUE

Use Date or Timestamps

Display option for when a message was received; options are Date or Timestamp.

 Dropdown TRUE

Input

Field Definition Type Required

Range

If you select the Date option, the following input fields are available:

Start Date

Start of the date range, expressed in a standard date format (for example, March 26 2021 or 03-26-2021).

 Date & Time FALSE

End Date

End of the date range, expressed in a standard date format (for example, March 26 2021 or 03-26-2021).

 Date & Time FALSE

If you select the Timestamp option, the following input fields are available:

Start Timestamp

Start of the time stamp range, expressed in Unix time.

 Text FALSE

End Timestamp

End of the time stamp range, expressed in Unix time.

 Text FALSE

Output

Field Definition Type

Messages

Text

Content of the message.

 Text

Timestamp

Time stamp when the message was sent.

 Date & Time

Author ID

ID of the user who sent the message.

 Text