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group_purpose message

A group purpose was updated

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This example includes both the event wrapper and the event structure for the group_purpose message subtype event.

{
    "token": "XXYYZZ",
    "team_id": "T123ABC456",
    "api_app_id": "A123ABC456",
    "event": {
        "type": "message",
        "subtype": "group_purpose",
        "ts": "1358877455.000010",
        "user": "U2147483828",
        "purpose": "whatever",
        "text": "<@U2147483828|cal> set the group purpose: whatever"
    },
    "type": "event_callback",
    "authed_users": [
        "U123ABC456",
        "U222222222"
    ],
    "event_id": "Ev123ABC456",
    "event_time": 123456789
}

A group_purpose message is sent when the purpose for a private group is changed using the group.setPurpose method.