Slack

Slack Archive API

The Archive API from Slack — 2 operation(s) for archive.

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Operations 1

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /conversations.archive Archive a conversation · Slack Post Conversations Archive #
Ask an LLM
“Can I archive a channel that's no longer in use?”
“Is archiving a channel different from deleting it?”
Tell an agent
Archive the channel {channel}.
Archive conversation {channel} so nobody can post in it.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/admins
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/reference/methods
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/authentication
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/surfaces/canvases
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/apis/web-api/using-the-conversations-api
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/workflows/workflow-steps
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/surfaces/lists
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/authentication/sign-in-with-slack
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/legacy/legacy-rtm-api
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/workflows
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Documentation
https://docs.slack.dev/apis/web-api
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APIReference
https://docs.slack.dev/reference/methods
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RateLimits
https://docs.slack.dev/apis/web-api/rate-limits

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/slack/openapi/slack-archive-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/slack/json-schema/slack-message-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/slack/json-schema/slack-channel-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://artifacts.apis.io/slack/json-ld/slack-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

slack-archive-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: '1.0'
  title: Slack Conversations Archive API
  description: The Slack Conversations API is the unified Web API for working with all types of Slack conversationspublic and private channels, direct messages, and multi-person DMs.
tags:
- name: Archive
paths:
  /conversations.archive:
    post:
      tags:
      - Archive
      description: Archives a conversation.
      externalDocs:
        description: API method documentation
        url: https://api.slack.com/methods/conversations.archive
      operationId: postConversationsArchive
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `conversations:write`'
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  description: ID of conversation to archive
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  description: ID of conversation to archive
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Typical success response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: conversations.archive success schema
                required:
                - ok
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_true'
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for successful response conversations.archive method
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Typical error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: conversations.archive error schema
                required:
                - error
                - ok
                type: object
                properties:
                  callstack:
                    type: string
                    description: 'Note: PHP callstack is only visible in dev/qa'
                  error:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - method_not_supported_for_channel_type
                    - missing_scope
                    - not_supported
                    - channel_not_found
                    - already_archived
                    - cant_archive_general
                    - restricted_action
                    - not_authed
                    - invalid_auth
                    - account_inactive
                    - user_is_bot
                    - user_is_restricted
                    - user_is_ultra_restricted
                    - invalid_arg_name
                    - invalid_array_arg
                    - invalid_charset
                    - invalid_form_data
                    - invalid_post_type
                    - missing_post_type
                    - invalid_json
                    - json_not_object
                    - request_timeout
                    - upgrade_required
                    - team_added_to_org
                    - missing_charset
                    - superfluous_charset
                  needed:
                    type: string
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_false'
                  provided:
                    type: string
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for error response from conversations.archive method
              example:
                error: channel_not_found
                ok: false
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - channels:write
        - groups:write
        - im:write
        - mpim:write
      summary: Slack Post Conversations Archive
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        GenerateOperationSummariesFromPath: true
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        ChooseTags: true
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK