group_joined event

You joined a private channel

Facts

Required Scopes

No scopes required!

Compatible APIs

RTM

Usage info

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

{
    "token": "XXYYZZ",
    "team_id": "T123ABC456",
    "api_app_id": "A123ABC456",
    "event": {
        "type": "group_joined",
        "channel": {
            "id": "C024242424",
            "name": "secret-plans",
            "is_group": true,
            "created": 1360782804,
            "creator": "U012121212",
            "is_archived": false,
            "is_mpim": false,
            "members": [
                "U012121212"
            ],
            "topic": {
                "value": "Plan the world domination",
                "creator": "U012121212",
                "last_set": 1360782804
            },
            "purpose": {
                "value": "To take over the world",
                "creator": "U012121212",
                "last_set": 1360782804
            }
        }
    },
    "type": "event_callback",
    "authed_users": [
        "U123ABC456",
        "U012121212"
    ],
    "event_id": "Ev123ABC456",
    "event_time": 123456789
}

The group_joined event is sent to all connections for a user when that user joins a private channel.

The channel value is the string identifier for the private channel.

In addition to this message, all existing members of the private channel will receive a group_join message event.