OpenIntegrations/docs/en/md/Slack/Message-management/Send-ephemeral-message.md

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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

    Token   = "xoxb-6965308400114-696804637...";
    Channel = "C06UFNUTKUL";
    User    = "U06UABH3APP";
    Image   = "https://openyellow.neocities.org/test_data/picture.jpg";
    Text    = "Ephemeral message";

    Block  = OPI_Slack.GenerateImageBlock(Image, "Image");
    Result = OPI_Slack.SendEphemeralMessage(Token, Channel, Text, User, Block);

    
  oint slack SendEphemeralMessage --token %token% --channel "C070VPMKN8J" --text %text% --user %user% --blocks %blocks%

{
  "ok": true,
  "message_ts": "1714146540.000300"
  }