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API Update: New Field in API Responses
As the developer of a Slack app, you can have your app post a message as a user. The message will have the user’s name and avatar, and for…all intents and purposes, be a message from the user. There are some very good uses for this, but it can also be confusing and misleading. We’re making a change to help alleviate that potential confusion. ¶ Soon — but no earlier than Wednesday, April 20 — we will add a bot_id field to messages that are posted by apps on behalf of users. Now a message posted with as_user:true may have both a user ID and a bot ID, which will allow clients to label messages clearly as coming from a user, but…
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Important Changes to Files in the Web API
We are about to launch changes that will affect apps built on the Slack Web or RTM APIs. If that applies to you, continue reading! If not…, feel free to continue on your merry way. ¶ What’s Changing ¶ The Slack Web and RTM APIs return file objects in several places including files.info and files.list. Within the file object, there are several attributes including URLs for direct download and thumbnails of the file. For example: ¶ Thumbnails, url, and url_download can be downloaded directly. url_private and url_private_download currently require an authorization header with a token that has either the files:read or read scopes…Slack APINov 18, 2015
