Slack Web API

/files.remote.add

POST

/files.remote.add

files.remotefiles

Adds a file from a remote service

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'https://slack.com/api/files.remote.add'

Response Example

200 - response

{
  "ok": true
}

Request

Body Params application/x-www-form-urlencoded

external_id

string

optional

Creator defined GUID for the file.

external_url

string

optional

URL of the remote file.

filetype

string

optional

type of file

indexable_file_contents

string

optional

A text file (txt, pdf, doc, etc.) containing textual search terms that are used to improve discovery of the remote file.

preview_image

string

optional

Preview of the document via multipart/form-data.

title

string

optional

Title of the file being shared.

token

string

optional

Authentication token. Requires scope: remote_files:write

Responses

🟢200Typical success response

application/json

Body

This method either only returns a brief _OK_ response or a verbose schema is not available for this method.

enum<boolean>

required

Allowed value:

true

Additional properties

integer | number | string | boolean

optional

🔴500Typical error response

Modified at 2023-08-15 05:39:46

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