files.info

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Gets information about a team file.

Supported token types:

bot workspace user

Expected scopes:

files:read read

This method returns information about a file in your team.

Arguments

This method has the URL https://slack.com/api/files.info and follows the Slack Web API calling conventions.

Present these parameters as part of an application/x-www-form-urlencoded querystring or POST body. application/json is not currently accepted.

Argument	Example	Required	Description
`token`	`xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx`	Required	Authentication token bearing required scopes.
`file`	`F2147483862`	Required	Specify a file by providing its ID.
`count`	`20`	Optional, default=100	Number of items to return per page.
`page`	`2`	Optional, default=1	Page number of results to return.

Response

The response contains a file object, and a list of comment objects followed by paging information.

{
    "ok": true,
    "file": {
        "id" : "F2147483862",
        "timestamp" : 1356032811,

        "name" : "file.htm",
        "title" : "My HTML file",
        "mimetype" : "text\/plain",
        "filetype" : "text",
        "pretty_type": "Text",
        "user" : "U2147483697",

        "mode" : "hosted",
        "editable" : true,
        "is_external": false,
        "external_type": "",

        "size" : 12345,

        "url": "https:\/\/slack-files.com\/files-pub\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE-09acb6\/1.png",
        "url_download": "https:\/\/slack-files.com\/files-pub\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE-09acb6\/download\/1.png",
        "url_private": "https:\/\/slack.com\/files-pri\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE\/1.png",
        "url_private_download": "https:\/\/slack.com\/files-pri\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE\/download\/1.png",

        "thumb_64": "https:\/\/slack-files.com\/files-tmb\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE-c66246\/1_64.png",
        "thumb_80": "https:\/\/slack-files.com\/files-tmb\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE-c66246\/1_80.png",
        "thumb_360": "https:\/\/slack-files.com\/files-tmb\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE-c66246\/1_360.png",
        "thumb_360_gif": "https:\/\/slack-files.com\/files-tmb\/T024BE7LD-F024BERPE-c66246\/1_360.gif",
        "thumb_360_w": 100,
        "thumb_360_h": 100,

        "permalink": "https:\/\/tinyspeck.slack.com\/files\/cal\/F024BERPE\/1.png",
        "edit_link": "https:\/\/tinyspeck.slack.com\/files\/cal\/F024BERPE\/1.png/edit",
        "preview": "&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;\n&lt;html&gt;\n&lt;meta charset='utf-8'&gt;",
        "preview_highlight": "&lt;div class=\"sssh-code\"&gt;&lt;div class=\"sssh-line\"&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;!DOCTYPE html...",
        "lines" : 123,
        "lines_more": 118,

        "is_public": true,
        "public_url_shared": false,
        "channels": ["C024BE7LT", ...],
        "groups": ["G12345", ...],
        "initial_comment": {...},
        "num_stars": 7,
        "is_starred": true
    },
    "comments": [
        {
            "id": "Fc027BN9L9",
            "timestamp": 1356032811,
            "user": "U2147483697",
            "comment": "This is a comment"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "paging": {
        "count": 100,
        "total": 2,
        "page": 1,
        "pages": 0
    }
}

The file object contains information about the uploaded file.

Each comment object in the comments array contains details about a single comment. Comments are returned oldest first.

The paging information contains the count of comments returned, the total number of comments, the page of results returned in this response and the total number of pages available. Please note that the max count value is 1000 and the max page value is 100.

Bot user tokens may use this method to access information about files appearing in the channels they belong to.

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
`file_not_found`	Value passed for `file` was invalid
`file_deleted`	The requested file has been deleted
`not_authed`	No authentication token provided.
`invalid_auth`	Invalid authentication token.
`account_inactive`	Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace.
`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_array_arg`	The method was passed a PHP-style array argument (e.g. with a name like `foo[7]`). These are never valid with the Slack API.
`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/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.
`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.
`request_timeout`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the `POST` data was either missing or truncated.

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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