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# Upload file
 Uploads a file to Slack servers



`Function UploadFile(Val Token, Val File, Val FileName, Val Title, Val Channel = "") Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|
  | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
  | File | --file | String, BinaryData | File for upload |
  | FileName | --filename | String | File name with extension |
  | Title | --title | String | File name in Slack |
  | Channel | --channel | String | Channel ID |

  
  Returns:  Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from Slack

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```bsl title="Code example"
  
  FileName = "megadoc.docx";
  File = New BinaryData("D:\" + FileName);
  Title = "NewFile";
  Channel = "C123456";
  
  Response = OPI_Slack.UploadFile(Token, File, FileName, Title, Channel); //Map
  Response = OPI_Tools.JSONString(Response);//JSON string
```



```sh title="CLI command example"
    
  oint slack UploadFile --token %token% --file %file% --filename "megadoc.docx" --title %title% --channel "C123456"

```

```json title="Result"
{
  "ok": true,
  "files": [
  {
  "id": "F070SS4UHNZ",
  "created": 1714146549,
  "timestamp": 1714146549,
  "name": "megadoc.docx",
  "title": "NewFile",
  "mimetype": "",
  "filetype": "",
  "pretty_type": "",
  "user": "U06UG1CAYH2",
  "user_team": "T06UD92BS3C",
  "editable": false,
  "size": 24069,
  "mode": "hosted",
  "is_external": false,
  "external_type": "",
  "is_public": false,
  "public_url_shared": false,
  "display_as_bot": false,
  "username": "",
  "url_private": "https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T06UD92BS3C-F070SS4UHNZ/megadoc.docx",
  "url_private_download": "https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T06UD92BS3C-F070SS4UHNZ/download/megadoc.docx",
  "media_display_type": "unknown",
  "permalink": "https://openintegrationsgroup.slack.com/files/U06UG1CAYH2/F070SS4UHNZ/megadoc.docx",
  "permalink_public": "https://slack-files.com/T06UD92BS3C-F070SS4UHNZ-e68bef4a91",
  "comments_count": 0,
  "is_starred": false,
  "shares": {},
  "channels": [],
  "groups": [],
  "ims": [],
  "has_more_shares": false,
  "has_rich_preview": false,
  "file_access": "visible"
  }
  ]
  }
```
