Open direct message - Automate.ax

slack.openDirectMessage resolves a member’s DM conversation from their Slack user ID.

Example

automations/open-slack-dm.automation.ts

import { automation } from "automate.ax"
import { slack } from "automate.ax/slack"

export default automation("Open Slack DM", () => {
  slack.openDirectMessage({ userId: "U01234567" })
})

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Default	Description
`userId`	`string`	Yes	None	Slack user ID of the other participant.
`preventCreation`	`boolean`	No	`false`	Fails rather than creating a DM when none exists.
Second argument: `{ account }`	`string \| IntegrationAccountReference<"slack">`	No	Project default	Slack workspace binding.

Output

Returns { alreadyOpen: boolean; conversation: SlackConversation }. Pass conversation.id to slack.sendMessage. With preventCreation, Slack can reject the request if the two users have no existing DM.