Slack Web API

/conversations.list

GET

/conversations.list

conversations

Lists all channels in a Slack team.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request GET 'https://slack.com/api/conversations.list'

Response Example

200 - response

{
    "channels": [
        {
            "created": 1449252889,
            "creator": "U012A3CDE",
            "id": "C012AB3CD",
            "is_archived": false,
            "is_channel": true,
            "is_ext_shared": false,
            "is_general": true,
            "is_group": false,
            "is_im": false,
            "is_member": true,
            "is_mpim": false,
            "is_org_shared": false,
            "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
            "is_private": false,
            "is_shared": false,
            "name": "general",
            "name_normalized": "general",
            "num_members": 4,
            "pending_shared": [],
            "previous_names": [],
            "purpose": {
                "creator": "",
                "last_set": 0,
                "value": "This channel is for team-wide communication and announcements. All team members are in this channel."
            },
            "topic": {
                "creator": "",
                "last_set": 0,
                "value": "Company-wide announcements and work-based matters"
            },
            "unlinked": 0
        },
        {
            "created": 1449252889,
            "creator": "U061F7AUR",
            "id": "C061EG9T2",
            "is_archived": false,
            "is_channel": true,
            "is_ext_shared": false,
            "is_general": false,
            "is_group": false,
            "is_im": false,
            "is_member": true,
            "is_mpim": false,
            "is_org_shared": false,
            "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
            "is_private": false,
            "is_shared": false,
            "name": "random",
            "name_normalized": "random",
            "num_members": 4,
            "pending_shared": [],
            "previous_names": [],
            "purpose": {
                "creator": "",
                "last_set": 0,
                "value": "A place for non-work-related flimflam, faffing, hodge-podge or jibber-jabber you'd prefer to keep out of more focused work-related channels."
            },
            "topic": {
                "creator": "",
                "last_set": 0,
                "value": "Non-work banter and water cooler conversation"
            },
            "unlinked": 0
        }
    ],
    "ok": true,
    "response_metadata": {
        "next_cursor": "dGVhbTpDMDYxRkE1UEI="
    }
}

Request

Query Params

token

string

optional

Authentication token. Requires scope: conversations:read

exclude_archived

string

optional

Set to true to exclude archived channels from the list

types

string

optional

Mix and match channel types by providing a comma-separated list of any combination of public_channel, private_channel, mpim, im

limit

integer

optional

The maximum number of items to return. Fewer than the requested number of items may be returned, even if the end of the list hasn't been reached. Must be an integer no larger than 1000.

cursor

string

optional

Paginate through collections of data by setting the cursor parameter to a next_cursor attribute returned by a previous request's response_metadata. Default value fetches the first "page" of the collection. See pagination for more detail.

Responses

🟢200Typical success response with only public channels

application/json

Body

Schema for successful response from conversations.list method

channels

array[array (objs_conversation) {1}]

required

optional

enum<boolean>

required

Allowed value:

true

response_metadata

object

optional

next_cursor

string

required

🔴500Typical error response

/conversations.leave

/conversations.mark