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conversations.approveSharedInvite method

Facts​

DescriptionApproves an invitation to a Slack Connect channel
Method Access
POST https://slack.com/api/conversations.approveSharedInvite
Scopes
Content types
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
application/json
Rate LimitsTier 3: 50+ per minute

Arguments​

Required arguments

tokenstringRequired

Authentication token bearing required scopes. Tokens should be passed as an HTTP Authorization header or alternatively, as a POST parameter.

Example: xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx
invite_idRequired

ID of the shared channel invite to approve

Optional arguments

target_teamOptional

The team or enterprise id of the other party involved in the invitation you are approving

Usage info​

While any user may accept an invitation to a Slack Connect channel, many workspaces then require Slack Connect channels to be approved by an Admin or user with elevated permissions.

This Slack Connect API method approves an accepted invitation to a Slack Connect channel.

Your app may approve invitations that were either sent from your workspaces or received by users in your workspaces.

In order to approve an invitation, your app must be installed by a user who has the ability to approve Slack Connect channels.

You'll likely want to subscribe to the shared_channel_invite_accepted event in order to keep track of the invitations that have been accepted and are waiting for approval.

Response​

When your app successfully approves a Slack Connect channel invite:

{
	"ok": true
}

Errors​

This table lists the expected errors that this method could return. However, other errors can be returned in the case where the service is down or other unexpected factors affect processing. Callers should always check the value of the ok parameter in the response.

Error
Description
access_denied

Access to a resource specified in the request is denied.

accesslimited

Access to this method is limited on the current network

account_inactive

Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace when using a bot token.

already_approved

This invite was already approved by this team.

approval_inactive

The approval associated with the invite ID is not active.

approval_not_found

We could not find an approval associated with the invite ID provided.

channel_conversion_in_progress

A channel conversion is in progress

channel_not_found

The channel associated with this invite wasn't found.

deprecated_endpoint

The endpoint has been deprecated.

ekm_access_denied

Administrators have suspended the ability to post a message.

enterprise_is_restricted

The method cannot be called from an Enterprise.

fatal_error

The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering a catastrophic error. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.

internal_error

The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering an error, likely due to a transient issue on our end. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.

invalid_action

This action is no longer valid, e.g., trying to approve an invite that has already been approved.

invalid_arg_name

The method was passed an argument whose name falls outside the bounds of accepted or expected values. This includes very long names and names with non-alphanumeric characters other than _. If you get this error, it is typically an indication that you have made a very malformed API call.

invalid_arguments

The method was called with invalid arguments.

invalid_array_arg

The method was passed an array as an argument. Please only input valid strings.

invalid_auth

Some aspect of authentication cannot be validated. Either the provided token is invalid or the request originates from an IP address disallowed from making the request.

invalid_charset

The method was called via a POST request, but the charset specified in the Content-Type header was invalid. Valid charset names are: utf-8 iso-8859-1.

invalid_form_data

The method was called via a POST request with Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data, but the form data was either missing or syntactically invalid.

invalid_link

The link provided was invalid.

invalid_post_type

The method was called via a POST request, but the specified Content-Type was invalid. Valid types are: application/json application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data text/plain.

invite_not_found

The invite specified wasn't found.

method_deprecated

The method has been deprecated.

missing_post_type

The method was called via a POST request and included a data payload, but the request did not include a Content-Type header.

missing_scope

The token used is not granted the specific scope permissions required to complete this request.

missing_target_team

The target_team parameter is required for this request. The inviting team must provide this argument.

no_permission

The workspace token used in this request does not have the permissions necessary to complete the request. Make sure your app is a member of the conversation it's attempting to post a message to.

not_allowed_token_type

The token type used in this request is not allowed.

not_authed

No authentication token provided.

not_paid

The team attempting to approve this invite is not paid and therefore not eligible.

org_login_required

The workspace is undergoing an enterprise migration and will not be available until migration is complete.

ratelimited

The request has been ratelimited. Refer to the Retry-After header for when to retry the request.

request_timeout

The method was called via a POST request, but the POST data was either missing or truncated.

restricted_action

A team preference prevents the authenticated user from creating private channels.

service_unavailable

The service is temporarily unavailable

team_access_not_granted

The token used is not granted the specific workspace access required to complete this request.

team_added_to_org

The workspace associated with your request is currently undergoing migration to an Enterprise Organization. Web API and other platform operations will be intermittently unavailable until the transition is complete.

token_expired

Authentication token has expired

token_revoked

Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace or the app has been removed when using a user token.

two_factor_setup_required

Two factor setup is required.