openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  version: '1.0'
  title: Slack Admin Access Messages API
  description: "The Slack Admin API is a set of privileged endpoints\x14primarily under admin.* with related SCIM and Audit Logs APIs\x14that lets Enterprise Grid owners and admins automate organization\x11 wide management and governance. It covers user lifecycle (provision, suspend, assign roles), workspace and channel administration across workspaces (create, move, archive channels; manage membership and settings), app governance (approve/deny or allowlist/ban apps and install them to workspaces), invite request handling, and security/compliance controls such as information barriers, session and authentication policies, and org\x11level analytics exports. These APIs require elevated admin scopes and are commonly used to power automated onboarding/offboarding, centralized channel and app controls, and integrations with identity, ITSM, and compliance systems."
tags:
- name: Messages
paths:
  /search.messages:
    get:
      tags:
      - Messages
      description: Searches for messages matching a query.
      externalDocs:
        description: API method documentation
        url: https://api.slack.com/methods/search.messages
      operationId: getSearchMessages
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: query
        description: 'Authentication token. Requires scope: `search:read`'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: count
        in: query
        description: Pass the number of results you want per "page". Maximum of `100`.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: highlight
        in: query
        description: Pass a value of `true` to enable query highlight markers (see below).
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: query
        in: query
        description: Search query.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: Return matches sorted by either `score` or `timestamp`.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sort_dir
        in: query
        description: Change sort direction to ascending (`asc`) or descending (`desc`).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Typical success response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: Default success template
                required:
                - ok
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_true'
                additionalProperties: true
                description: This method either only returns a brief _OK_ response or a verbose schema is not available for this method.
              example:
                messages:
                  matches:
                  - channel:
                      id: C12345678
                      is_ext_shared: false
                      is_mpim: false
                      is_org_shared: false
                      is_pending_ext_shared: false
                      is_private: false
                      is_shared: false
                      name: general
                      pending_shared: []
                    iid: cb64bdaa-c1e8-4631-8a91-0f78080113e9
                    permalink: https://hitchhikers.slack.com/archives/C12345678/p1508284197000015
                    team: T12345678
                    text: The meaning of life the universe and everything is 42.
                    ts: '1508284197.000015'
                    type: message
                    user: U2U85N1RV
                    username: roach
                  - channel:
                      id: C12345678
                      is_ext_shared: false
                      is_mpim: false
                      is_org_shared: false
                      is_pending_ext_shared: false
                      is_private: false
                      is_shared: false
                      name: random
                      pending_shared: []
                    iid: 9a00d3c9-bd2d-45b0-988b-6cff99ae2a90
                    permalink: https://hitchhikers.slack.com/archives/C12345678/p1508795665000236
                    team: T12345678
                    text: The meaning of life the universe and everything is 101010
                    ts: '1508795665.000236'
                    type: message
                    user: ''
                    username: robot overlord
                  pagination:
                    first: 1
                    last: 2
                    page: 1
                    page_count: 1
                    per_page: 20
                    total_count: 2
                  paging:
                    count: 20
                    page: 1
                    pages: 1
                    total: 2
                  total: 2
                ok: true
                query: The meaning of life the universe and everything
        default:
          description: Typical error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                title: Default error template
                required:
                - ok
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/defs_ok_false'
                additionalProperties: true
                description: This method either only returns a brief _not OK_ response or a verbose schema is not available for this method.
              example:
                error: No query passed
                ok: false
      security:
      - slackAuth:
        - search:read
      summary: Slack Get Search Messages
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        GenerateOperationSummariesFromPath: true
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        ChooseTags: true
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK