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channel_created event

A channel was created

Facts

Required Scopes
Compatible APIs

Usage info​

This example includes both the event wrapper and the event structure for the channel_created event.

{
    "token": "XXYYZZ",
    "team_id": "T123ABC456",
    "api_app_id": "A123ABC456",
    "event": {
        "type": "channel_created",
        "channel": {
            "id": "C024BE91L",
            "name": "fun",
            "created": 1360782804,
            "creator": "U024BE7LH"
        }
    },
    "type": "event_callback",
    "authed_users": [
        "U123ABC456",
        "U222222222"
    ],
    "event_id": "Ev123ABC456",
    "event_time": 123456789
}

The channel_created event is sent to all connections for a workspace when a new channel is created. Clients can use this to update their local cache of non-joined channels.