Unable to send slack message directly to user using files.completeUploadExternal

[angelinashepherd]

I am trying to upload a file to Slack and then send a direct message to a user, instead of to a channel. I'm using the node Slack SDK

const { ok, upload_url, file_id } = await slackClient.files.getUploadURLExternal({
    filename: fileName,
    length: fileLength,
  });

  if (!ok || isNil(file_id)) {
    throw new Error(`Failed to initiate uploading file ${fileName} to Slack channel ${slackChannelId}`);

  }

  const response = await axios({
    method: methods.POST,
    url: upload_url,
    responseType: 'arraybuffer',
    data: fileContent,
  });

  if (response.status !== StatusCodes.OK) {
    throw new Error(`Failed to upload file ${fileName} to Slack channel ${slackChannelId}`);
  }

  await slackClient.files.completeUploadExternal({
    files: [{ id: file_id, title: fileName }],
    channel_id: 'DXXXXXXXXXXXX',   // my own Slack 
    initial_comment: 'file was uploaded successfully!',
  });

Am I not able to do so?

[filmaj]

What kind of token (user or bot) are you using when making the file upload API calls? What error are you seeing?

[seratch]

channel_id: 'DXXXXXXXXXXXX', // my own Slack

Another possible cause of the failure your code is facing is that this DM ID might be wrong. The DM must be between your app's bot user and a human user within your Slack workspace. Copying a DM ID from a human user's DM may be a different one. You can use conversations.open API to get a valid DM ID.

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[hervenivon]

If someone has encountered this issue, please look at the following document. It will save you some time. https://tools.slack.dev/node-slack-sdk/web-api/#upload-a-file

This describes the filesUploadV2 wrapper around the files.getUploadURLExternal and files.completeUploadExternal methods.

PS: I think both methods would deserve a reference for this wrapper. Even better, an example 😇