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Slack Pins API

The Pins API from Slack — 3 operation(s) for pins.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  version: '1.0'
  title: Slack Admin Access Pins 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: Pins
paths:
  /pins.add:
    post:
      tags:
      - Pins
      description: Pins an item to a channel.
      externalDocs:
        description: API method documentation
        url: https://api.slack.com/methods/pins.add
      operationId: postPinsAdd
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `pins:write`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              required:
              - channel
              type: object
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  description: Channel to pin the item in.
                timestamp:
                  type: string
                  description: Timestamp of the message to pin.
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - channel
              type: object
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  description: Channel to pin the item in.
                timestamp:
                  type: string
                  description: Timestamp of the message to pin.
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Typical success response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: pins.add schema
                required:
                - ok
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_true'
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for successful response from pins.add method
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Typical error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: pins.add 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:
                    - bad_timestamp
                    - message_not_found
                    - channel_not_found
                    - no_item_specified
                    - already_pinned
                    - permission_denied
                    - file_not_shared
                    - not_pinnable
                    - not_authed
                    - invalid_auth
                    - account_inactive
                    - no_permission
                    - 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
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_false'
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for error response from pins.add method
              example:
                error: channel_not_found
                ok: false
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - pins:write
      summary: Slack Post Pins Add
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        GenerateOperationSummariesFromPath: true
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        ChooseTags: true
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /pins.list:
    get:
      tags:
      - Pins
      description: Lists items pinned to a channel.
      externalDocs:
        description: API method documentation
        url: https://api.slack.com/methods/pins.list
      operationId: getPinsList
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: query
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `pins:read`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: channel
        in: query
        description: Channel to get pinned items for.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Typical success response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: pins.list success schema
                type: array
                description: Schema for successful response from pins.list method
              example:
                items:
                - channel: C2U86NC6H
                  created: 1508881078
                  created_by: U2U85N1RZ
                  message:
                    permalink: https://hitchhikers.slack.com/archives/C2U86NC6H/p1508197641000151
                    pinned_to:
                    - C2U86NC6H
                    text: What is the meaning of life?
                    ts: '1508197641.000151'
                    type: message
                    user: U2U85N1RZ
                  type: message
                - channel: C2U86NC6H
                  created: 1508880991
                  created_by: U2U85N1RZ
                  message:
                    permalink: https://hitchhikers.slack.com/archives/C2U86NC6H/p1508284197000015
                    pinned_to:
                    - C2U86NC6H
                    text: The meaning of life, the universe, and everything is 42.
                    ts: '1503289197.000015'
                    type: message
                    user: U2U85N1RZ
                  type: message
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Typical error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: pins.list 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:
                    - channel_not_found
                    - not_authed
                    - invalid_auth
                    - account_inactive
                    - no_permission
                    - 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
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_false'
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for error response from pins.list method
              example:
                error: invalid_auth
                ok: false
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - pins:read
      summary: Slack Get Pins List
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        GenerateOperationSummariesFromPath: true
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        ChooseTags: true
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /pins.remove:
    post:
      tags:
      - Pins
      description: Un-pins an item from a channel.
      externalDocs:
        description: API method documentation
        url: https://api.slack.com/methods/pins.remove
      operationId: postPinsRemove
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: header
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `pins:write`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              required:
              - channel
              type: object
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  description: Channel where the item is pinned to.
                timestamp:
                  type: string
                  description: Timestamp of the message to un-pin.
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
              - channel
              type: object
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  description: Channel where the item is pinned to.
                timestamp:
                  type: string
                  description: Timestamp of the message to un-pin.
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Typical success response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: pins.remove schema
                required:
                - ok
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_true'
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for successful response from pins.remove method
              example:
                ok: true
        default:
          description: Typical error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: pins.remove 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:
                    - bad_timestamp
                    - file_not_found
                    - file_comment_not_found
                    - message_not_found
                    - no_item_specified
                    - not_pinned
                    - permission_denied
                    - not_authed
                    - invalid_auth
                    - account_inactive
                    - no_permission
                    - invalid_arg_name
                    - invalid_array_arg
                    - invalid_charset
                    - invalid_form_data
                    - invalid_post_typ
                    - missing_post_typ
                    - team_added_to_org
                    - invalid_json
                    - json_not_object
                    - request_timeou
                    - upgrade_required
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_false'
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Schema for error response from pins.remove method
              example:
                error: no_pin
                ok: false
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - pins:write
      summary: Slack Post Pins Remove
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        GenerateOperationSummariesFromPath: true
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        ChooseTags: true
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK

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