OpenIntegrations/docs/en/md/Slack/Channel-management/Create-channel.md

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Create channel

Creates a new channel

Function CreateChannel(Val Token, Val Name, Val Private = False) Export

Parameter	CLI option	Type	Description
Token	--token	String	Bot token
Name	--title	String	Channel name
Private	--private	Boolean	Create channel as private

Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - serialized JSON response from Slack

    Token = "xoxb-6965308400114-696804637...";
    Name  = "testconv" + String(New UUID);

    Result = OPI_Slack.CreateChannel(Token, Name);

    
  oint slack CreateChannel --token %token% --title %title% --private %private%

{
 "ok": true,
 "channel": {
  "id": "C07R448PZJ8",
  "name": "testconv2383f9a9-fc9f-4928-ba19-511c3b7e9c66",
  "is_channel": true,
  "is_group": false,
  "is_im": false,
  "is_mpim": false,
  "is_private": false,
  "created": 1728454513,
  "is_archived": false,
  "is_general": false,
  "unlinked": 0,
  "name_normalized": "testconv2383f9a9-fc9f-4928-ba19-511c3b7e9c66",
  "is_shared": false,
  "is_org_shared": false,
  "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
  "pending_shared": [],
  "context_team_id": "T06UD92BS3C",
  "updated": 1728454513809,
  "parent_conversation": null,
  "creator": "U06UG1CAYH2",
  "is_ext_shared": false,
  "shared_team_ids": [
   "T06UD92BS3C"
  ],
  "pending_connected_team_ids": [],
  "is_member": true,
  "last_read": "0000000000.000000",
  "topic": {
   "value": "",
   "creator": "",
   "last_set": 0
  },
  "purpose": {
   "value": "",
   "creator": "",
   "last_set": 0
  },
  "previous_names": [],
  "priority": 0
 }
}