OpenIntegrations/docs/en/md/Slack/External-files-management/Get-external-file-list.md

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# Get list of external files
 Gets a list of external files of a user or channel



`Function GetExternalFileList(Val Token, Val Channel = "", Val Cursor = "") Export`

 | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Destination |
 |-|-|-|-|
 | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
 | Channel | --channel | String | Channel for selection |
 | Cursor | --cursor | String | Pointer from the previous request, if the result rows > 100 |

 
 Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from Slack

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```bsl title="Code example"
 
 Channel = "C070VPMKN8J";
 
 Response = OPI_Slack.GetExternalFileList(Token, Channel); //Map
 Response = OPI_Tools.JSONString(Response); //JSON string
```
	


```sh title="CLI command example"
 
 oint slack GetExternalFileList --token %token% --channel "C070VPMKN8J" --cursor %cursor%

```

```json title="Result"
{
 "ok": true,
 "files": [],
 "response_metadata": {
 "next_cursor": ""
 }
 }
```