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Slack Close API

The Close API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for close.

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Operations 1

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POST /conversations.close Close a direct message · Slack Post Conversations Close #

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“Can my app close a DM so it leaves the sidebar?”

“Can a group direct message be closed too?”

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Close the direct message {channel}.

Close the group DM {channel}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: '1.0'
  title: Slack Conversations Close 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: Close
paths:
  /conversations.close:
    post:
      tags:
      - Close
      description: Closes a direct message or multi-person direct message.
      externalDocs:
        description: API method documentation
        url: https://api.slack.com/methods/conversations.close
      operationId: postConversationsClose
      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: Conversation to close.
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  description: Conversation to close.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Typical success response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: conversations.close success schema
                required:
                - ok
                type: object
                properties:
                  already_closed:
                    type: boolean
                  no_op:
                    type: boolean
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_true'
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for successful response conversations.close method
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Typical error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: conversations.close 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
                    - channel_not_found
                    - user_does_not_own_channel
                    - missing_scope
                    - not_authed
                    - invalid_auth
                    - account_inactive
                    - invalid_arg_name
                    - invalid_array_arg
                    - invalid_charset
                    - invalid_form_data
                    - invalid_post_type
                    - missing_post_type
                    - team_added_to_org
                    - invalid_json
                    - json_not_object
                    - request_timeout
                    - upgrade_required
                  needed:
                    type: string
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_false'
                  provided:
                    type: string
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for error response from conversations.close method
              example:
                error: channel_not_found
                ok: false
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - channels:write
        - groups:write
        - im:write
        - mpim:write
      summary: Slack Post Conversations Close
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        GenerateOperationSummariesFromPath: true
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        ChooseTags: true
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK

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