WebClient

A client for Slack’s Web API

This client provides an alias for each Web API method. Each method is a convenience wrapper for calling the WebClient#apiCall method using the method name as the first parameter.

Kind: static class of @slack/client
Extends: EventEmitter
Properties

Name	Type	Description
[token]	string	Authentication and authorization token for accessing Slack Web API (usually begins with xoxp, xoxb, or xoxa)
[slackApiUrl]	string	The base URL for reaching Slack’s Web API. Consider changing this value for testing purposes.

• .WebClient ⇐ EventEmitter
  • .apiCall(method, options) ⇒ Promise.<WebAPICallResult>
  • .apiCall(method, options, callback)
  • .apiCall(method, options, callback)

webClient.apiCall(method, options) ⇒ Promise.<WebAPICallResult>

Generic method for calling a Web API method

Kind: instance method of WebClient

Param	Type	Description
method	string	the Web API method to call {@see https://api.slack.com/methods}
options	WebAPICallOptions	options

webClient.apiCall(method, options, callback)

Kind: instance method of WebClient

Param	Type
method	string
options	WebAPICallOptions
callback	WebAPIResultCallback

webClient.apiCall(method, options, callback)

Kind: instance method of WebClient

Param	Type
method	string
options	WebAPICallOptions
callback	WebAPIResultCallback