API object type

im

An IM object is a legacy object that contains information about a direct message channel. IM objects are now conversation objects.

{
    "id": "D024BFF1M",
    "is_im": true,
    "user": "U024BE7LH",
    "created": 1360782804,
    "is_user_deleted": false
},

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	The ID of the object.
`is_im`	boolean	Indicates if the object is an IM.
`user`	string	Each direct message channel is between two users. One of these users is always the calling user, the other's ID is indicated by the `user` property.
`created`	Unix timestamp	When the IM was created.
`is_user_deleted`	boolean	`true` if the other user's account has been disabled.

Some API methods will include extra state information for the channel.

is_open shows if the DM channel is open.
last_read is the timestamp for the last message the calling user has read in this channel.
unread_count is a count of messages that the calling user has yet to read.
latest is the latest message in the channel.