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Nishu
Nishu

Reputation: 133

How to let a user join channel in Slack App

I am working on a slack app which has its bot also.A user can share a file from the bot to any public channel even if he is not in that channel. If user is not in the channel then firstly I will add the user in the channel and then share the file. For this slack provides api https://api.slack.com/methods/channels.join which helps a user join a channel. But it expects a user token corresponding to the user who wants to join the channel. Now the issue is I only have bot token(xoxb-) and api token(xoxp-) corresponding to the user which has installed the app. So how can I get the token corresponding to any user whom I want to join OR I am missing something here. Please help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 297

Answers (1)

Erik Kalkoken
Erik Kalkoken

Reputation: 32827

No, you do not need a token corresponding with the joining user.

When installing a Slack app with a bot user you receive two tokens: a bot token and an app token. The app token (but not the bot token) will work for inviting users to public channels, provided your app has the required scopes (channels:write).

Upvotes: 2

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