Sample - Slack Web API
GET/conversations.info

Get conversation information

Retrieves information about a conversation. Provide the conversation channel identifier and optionally request its locale or member count with include_locale and include_num_members. The response contains the conversation object.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

4 parameters
tokenstringoptional
Authentication token with the `conversations:read` scope.
channelstringoptional
The conversation ID to retrieve information about.
include_localebooleanoptional
Set to `true` to include the conversation locale; defaults to `false` when omitted.
include_num_membersbooleanoptional
Set to `true` to include the conversation member count; defaults to `false` when omitted.

2 status codes
200Returns the requested conversation object.
channelarrayrequired
okbooleanrequired
Allowed:true
defaultReturned when the conversation cannot be found, the conversation belongs to an unsupported team context, or authentication or request formatting is invalid.
callstackstringoptional
Note: PHP callstack is only visible in dev/qa
errorstringrequired
Allowed:missing_scopechannel_not_foundteam_added_to_orgnot_authedinvalid_authaccount_inactiveinvalid_arg_nameinvalid_array_arginvalid_charsetinvalid_form_datainvalid_post_typemissing_post_type
neededstringoptional
okbooleanrequired
Allowed:false
providedstringoptional

Error handling

channel must identify an existing conversation, and the authentication token must have the conversations:read scope. include_locale and include_num_members default to false when omitted.