Send File to User

Send a file to a Slack user.

Options

Field	Definition	Type	Required
Field Type	Choose whether to send a file to a user by User ID or Username. Select User ID to reduce execution time. If you select a Username, you might experience long execution times if your org has many users.	Dropdown	TRUE

Field

Definition

Type

Required

Field Type

Choose whether to send a file to a user by User ID or Username.

Select User ID to reduce execution time.

If you select a Username, you might experience long execution times if your org has many users.

Dropdown

TRUE

Field	Definition	Type	Required
User
User ID	Unique identifier of the user. This field appears if Field Type is User ID.	Text	TRUE
Username	Username of the Slack user. This field appears if Field Type is Username	Text	TRUE
File
File Content	Content ID of the file to send to the user.	Text	TRUE
File Name	Name of the file to send. Include the file's extension. If you don't provide an extension, the downloaded file doesn't have an extension associated with it.	Text	FALSE
Title	A title to add to the file in the Slack message that contains the file.	Text	FALSE
Initial Comment	A comment to add to the file in the Slack message that contains the file.	Text	FALSE
Thread Timestamp	Timestamp of another message's ts value. See Retrieving individual messages. Note: Never use the ts value from a reply. Use the ts value of the reply's parent instead.	Text	FALSE

Field	Definition	Type
File ID	ID of the sent file.	Text
Name	Name of the sent file.	Text
Title	Title of the sent file.	Text
File Type	Type of the sent file. You might not get a return value from Slack for this field.	Text
Timestamp	Timestamp when the message was sent.	Text