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file_created event

A file was created

Facts

Required Scopes
Compatible APIs

Usage info​

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

{
    "token": "XXYYZZ",
    "team_id": "T123ABC456",
    "api_app_id": "A123ABC456",
    "event": {
        "type": "file_created",
        "file_id": "F2147483862",
        "file": {
            "id": "F2147483862"
        }
    },
    "type": "event_callback",
    "authed_users": [
        "U123ABC456",
        "U222222222"
    ],
    "event_id": "Ev123ABC456",
    "event_time": 123456789
}

The file_created event is sent to all connected clients for a user when that user uploads a file to Slack. The file property includes the file ID, as well as a top-level file_id. To obtain additional information about the file, use the files.info API method.

When a file is shared with other members of the workspace (which can happen at upload time) a file_sharedevent will also be sent.