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# Send ephemeral message
Sends a message that arrives in the channel but is visible only to a specific user



`Function SendEphemeralMessage(Val Token, Val Channel, Val Text = "", Val User = "", Val Blocks = "") Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|
  | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
  | Channel | --channel | String | Channel ID |
  | Text | --text | String | Message text |
  | User | --user | String | User ID |
  | Blocks | --blocks | Array of Structure | JSON array of block descriptions |

  
  Returns:  Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from Slack

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```bsl title="Code example"
  
  Channel = "C070VPMKN8J";
  Block = OPI_Slack.GenerateImageBlock("https://opi.neocities.org/test_data/picture.jpg", "Image");
  
  Response = OPI_Slack.SendEphemeralMessage(Token, Channel,, User, Block); //Map
  Response = OPI_Tools.JSONString(Response); //JSON string
```



```sh title="CLI command example"
    
  oint slack SendEphemeralMessage --token %token% --channel "C070VPMKN8J" --text %text% --user %user% --blocks %blocks%

```

```json title="Result"
{
  "ok": true,
  "message_ts": "1714146540.000300"
  }
```
