Slack Canvases API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  version: '1.0'
  title: Slack Admin Access Canvases API
  description: "The Slack Admin API is a set of privileged endpoints\x14primarily under admin.* with related SCIM and Audit Logs APIs\x14that lets Enterprise Grid owners and admins automate organization\x11 wide management and governance. It covers user lifecycle (provision, suspend, assign roles), workspace and channel administration across workspaces (create, move, archive channels; manage membership and settings), app governance (approve/deny or allowlist/ban apps and install them to workspaces), invite request handling, and security/compliance controls such as information barriers, session and authentication policies, and org\x11level analytics exports. These APIs require elevated admin scopes and are commonly used to power automated onboarding/offboarding, centralized channel and app controls, and integrations with identity, ITSM, and compliance systems."
tags:
- name: Canvases
paths:
  /canvases.create:
    post:
      tags:
      - Canvases
      summary: Create Canvas
      description: Creates a Slack Canvas.
      operationId: postCanvasesCreate
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `canvases:write`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  type: string
                  description: Title of the canvas.
                document_content:
                  type: object
                  description: Initial content for the canvas.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  canvas_id:
                    type: string
              example:
                ok: true
                canvas_id: F123ABC
        default:
          description: Error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  error:
                    type: string
              example:
                ok: false
                error: invalid_auth
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - canvases:write
  /canvases.delete:
    post:
      tags:
      - Canvases
      summary: Delete Canvas
      description: Deletes a Slack Canvas.
      operationId: postCanvasesDelete
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `canvases:write`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              required:
              - canvas_id
              type: object
              properties:
                canvas_id:
                  type: string
                  description: ID of the canvas to delete.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  error:
                    type: string
              example:
                ok: false
                error: canvas_not_found
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - canvases:write
  /canvases.edit:
    post:
      tags:
      - Canvases
      summary: Edit Canvas
      description: Edits a Slack Canvas by inserting, replacing, or deleting content sections.
      operationId: postCanvasesEdit
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `canvases:write`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - canvas_id
              - changes
              type: object
              properties:
                canvas_id:
                  type: string
                  description: ID of the canvas to edit.
                changes:
                  type: array
                  description: Array of change operations (insert_at_start, insert_at_end, insert_after, insert_before, replace, delete).
                  items:
                    type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  error:
                    type: string
              example:
                ok: false
                error: canvas_not_found
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - canvases:write
  /canvases.access.delete:
    post:
      tags:
      - Canvases
      summary: Delete Canvas Access
      description: Removes access to a canvas for specified users or groups.
      operationId: postCanvasesAccessDelete
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `canvases:write`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - canvas_id
              type: object
              properties:
                canvas_id:
                  type: string
                  description: ID of the canvas.
                user_ids:
                  type: array
                  description: User IDs to remove access for.
                  items:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  error:
                    type: string
              example:
                ok: false
                error: canvas_not_found
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - canvases:write
  /canvases.access.set:
    post:
      tags:
      - Canvases
      summary: Set Canvas Access
      description: Sets access controls for a canvas, granting view or edit access to users or groups.
      operationId: postCanvasesAccessSet
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `canvases:write`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - canvas_id
              - access_level
              type: object
              properties:
                canvas_id:
                  type: string
                  description: ID of the canvas.
                access_level:
                  type: string
                  description: Access level to grant (read, write).
                  enum:
                  - read
                  - write
                user_ids:
                  type: array
                  description: User IDs to grant access to.
                  items:
                    type: string
                channel_ids:
                  type: array
                  description: Channel IDs to grant access to.
                  items:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  error:
                    type: string
              example:
                ok: false
                error: canvas_not_found
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - canvases:write
  /canvases.sections.lookup:
    post:
      tags:
      - Canvases
      summary: Lookup Canvas Sections
      description: Looks up sections in a canvas by type or criteria.
      operationId: postCanvasesSectionsLookup
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `canvases:read`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - canvas_id
              - criteria
              type: object
              properties:
                canvas_id:
                  type: string
                  description: ID of the canvas to search in.
                criteria:
                  type: object
                  description: Search criteria for finding sections.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  sections:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
              example:
                ok: true
                sections: []
        default:
          description: Error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  error:
                    type: string
              example:
                ok: false
                error: canvas_not_found
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - canvases:read