conversations.info

Retrieve information about a conversation.

Notices

Information about required scopes
This Conversations API method's required scopes depend on the type of channel-like object you're working with. You only need the scopes corresponding to that conversation type, found below in Required scopes.

Facts

Method access

HTTP

JavaScript

Python

Java

HTTP

GEThttps://slack.com/api/conversations.info

Bolt for Java

app.client().conversationsInfo

Bolt for Python

app.client.conversations_info

Bolt for JavaScript

app.client.conversations.info

Required scopes

Bot tokenschannels:readgroups:readim:readmpim:read

User tokenschannels:readgroups:readim:readmpim:read

Legacy bot tokensbot

Content types

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Rate limits

Tier 3

Arguments

Required arguments

token

token

·Required

Authentication token bearing required scopes. Tokens should be passed as an HTTP Authorization header or alternatively, as a POST parameter.

Example

xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx

channel

string

·Required

Conversation ID to learn more about

Example

C1234567890

Optional arguments

include_locale

boolean

·Optional

Set this to true to receive the locale for this conversation. Defaults to false

Example

true

include_num_members

boolean

·Optional

Set to true to include the member count for the specified conversation. Defaults to false

Default

false

Example

true

Usage info

This Conversations API method returns information about a workspace conversation.

Returns a conversation object, which could be a public channel, private channel, direct message, multi-person direct message, depending completely on the channel ID and the permissions granted to your token.

Some fields in the response, like unread_count and unread_count_display, are included for DM conversations only.

Example responses

Common successful response

Typical success response for a public channel. A response from a private channel and a multi-party IM is very similar to this example. Note that if the properties.tabs parameter is an empty set, it will not be included in the channel object.

{
    "ok": true,
    "channel": {
        "id": "C012AB3CD",
        "name": "general",
        "is_channel": true,
        "is_group": false,
        "is_im": false,
        "is_mpim": false,
        "is_private": false,
        "created": 1654868334,
        "is_archived": false,
        "is_general": true,
        "unlinked": 0,
        "name_normalized": "general",
        "is_shared": false,
        "is_frozen": false,
        "is_org_shared": false,
        "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
        "pending_shared": [],
        "context_team_id": "T123ABC456",
        "updated": 1723130875818,
        "parent_conversation": null,
        "creator": "U123ABC456",
        "is_ext_shared": false,
        "shared_team_ids": [
            "T123ABC456"
        ],
        "pending_connected_team_ids": [],
        "topic": {
            "value": "For public discussion of generalities",
            "creator": "W012A3BCD",
            "last_set": 1449709364
        },
        "purpose": {
            "value": "This part of the workspace is for fun. Make fun here.",
            "creator": "W012A3BCD",
            "last_set": 1449709364
        },
        "properties": {
            "tabs": [
                {
                    "id": "workflows",
                    "label": "",
                    "type": "workflows"
                },
                {
                    "id": "files",
                    "label": "",
                    "type": "files"
                },
                {
                    "id": "bookmarks",
                    "label": "",
                    "type": "bookmarks"
                }
            ]
        },
        "previous_names": []
    }
}

Alternate response

Typical success response for a 1:1 direct message

{
    "ok": true,
    "channel": {
        "id": "C012AB3CD",
        "created": 1507235627,
        "is_im": true,
        "is_org_shared": false,
        "user": "U27FFLNF4",
        "last_read": "1513718191.000038",
        "latest": {
            "type": "message",
            "user": "U5R3PALPN",
            "text": "Psssst!",
            "ts": "1513718191.000038"
        },
        "unread_count": 0,
        "unread_count_display": 0,
        "is_open": true,
        "locale": "en-US",
        "priority": 0.043016851216706
    }
}

Alternate response

When using the method with the include_num_members parameter, we return a num_members field

{
    "ok": true,
    "channel": {
        "id": "C012AB3CD",
        "created": 1507235627,
        "is_im": true,
        "is_org_shared": false,
        "user": "U27FFLNF4",
        "last_read": "1513718191.000038",
        "latest": {
            "type": "message",
            "user": "U5R3PALPN",
            "text": "Psssst!",
            "ts": "1513718191.000038"
        },
        "unread_count": 0,
        "unread_count_display": 0,
        "is_open": true,
        "locale": "en-US",
        "priority": 0.043016851216706,
        "num_members": 2
    }
}

Common error response

Typical error response when a channel cannot be found

{
    "ok": false,
    "error": "channel_not_found"
}

Errors

This table lists the expected errors that this method could return. However, other errors can be returned in the case where the service is down or other unexpected factors affect processing. Callers should always check the value of the ok params in the response.

Error	Description
`channel_not_found`	Value passed for `channel` was invalid.
`missing_scope`	The token used is not granted the specific scope permissions required to complete this request.
`team_access_not_granted`	The token used is not granted the specific workspace access required to complete this request.
`access_denied`	Access to a resource specified in the request is denied.
`account_inactive`	Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace when using a `bot` token.
`deprecated_endpoint`	The endpoint has been deprecated.
`ekm_access_denied`	Administrators have suspended the ability to post a message.
`enterprise_is_restricted`	The method cannot be called from an Enterprise.
`invalid_auth`	Some aspect of authentication cannot be validated. Either the provided token is invalid or the request originates from an IP address disallowed from making the request.
`method_deprecated`	The method has been deprecated.
`not_allowed_token_type`	The token type used in this request is not allowed.
`not_authed`	No authentication token provided.
`no_permission`	The workspace token used in this request does not have the permissions necessary to complete the request. Make sure your app is a member of the conversation it's attempting to post a message to.
`org_login_required`	The workspace is undergoing an enterprise migration and will not be available until migration is complete.
`token_expired`	Authentication token has expired
`token_revoked`	Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace or the app has been removed when using a `user` token.
`two_factor_setup_required`	Two factor setup is required.
`accesslimited`	Access to this method is limited on the current network
`fatal_error`	The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering a catastrophic error. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.
`internal_error`	The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering an error, likely due to a transient issue on our end. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.
`invalid_arg_name`	The method was passed an argument whose name falls outside the bounds of accepted or expected values. This includes very long names and names with non-alphanumeric characters other than `_`. If you get this error, it is typically an indication that you have made a very malformed API call.
`invalid_arguments`	The method was either called with invalid arguments or some detail about the arguments passed is invalid, which is more likely when using complex arguments like blocks or attachments.
`invalid_array_arg`	The method was passed an array as an argument. Please only input valid strings.
`invalid_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the `charset` specified in the `Content-Type` header was invalid. Valid charset names are: `utf-8` `iso-8859-1`.
`invalid_form_data`	The method was called via a `POST` request with `Content-Type` `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` or `multipart/form-data`, but the form data was either missing or syntactically invalid.
`invalid_post_type`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the specified `Content-Type` was invalid. Valid types are: `application/json` `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` `multipart/form-data` `text/plain`.
`missing_post_type`	The method was called via a `POST` request and included a data payload, but the request did not include a `Content-Type` header.
`ratelimited`	The request has been ratelimited. Refer to the `Retry-After` header for when to retry the request.
`request_timeout`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the `POST` data was either missing or truncated.
`service_unavailable`	The service is temporarily unavailable
`team_added_to_org`	The workspace associated with your request is currently undergoing migration to an Enterprise Organization. Web API and other platform operations will be intermittently unavailable until the transition is complete.

Warnings

This table lists the expected warnings that this method will return. However, other warnings can be returned in the case where the service is experiencing unexpected trouble.

Warning	Description
`missing_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, and recommended practice for the specified `Content-Type` is to include a `charset` parameter. However, no `charset` was present. Specifically, non-form-data content types (e.g. `text/plain`) are the ones for which `charset` is recommended.
`superfluous_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, and the specified `Content-Type` is not defined to understand the `charset` parameter. However, `charset` was in fact present. Specifically, form-data content types (e.g. `multipart/form-data`) are the ones for which `charset` is superfluous.

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