Open a view for a user.

Facts

Method access

HTTP
JavaScript
Python
Java
HTTP
POSThttps://slack-gov.com/api/views.open
Bolt for Java
app.client().viewsOpen
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Bolt for Python
app.client.views_open
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Required scopes

Bot tokensNo scope required
User tokensNo scope required

Content types

application/x-www-form-urlencodedapplication/json
  • Rate limits

    Tier 4
  • Arguments

    Required arguments

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

    Example
    xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx

    A view payload. This must be a JSON-encoded string.

    One of these arguments is required to open a view for a user.

    Exchange a trigger to post to the user.

    Example
    12345.98765.abcd2358fdea

    Exchange an interactivity pointer to post to the user.

    Example
    12345.98765.abcd2358fdea

    Usage info

    Open a modal with a user by exchanging a trigger_id received from another interaction. See the modals documentation to learn how to obtain triggers from interactive components.

    Within the view object, you can pass an external_id if you wish to use your own identifiers for views. The external_id should be a unique identifier of the view, determined by you. It must be unique for all views on a team, and it has a max length of 255 characters.

    Assuming your view object was properly formatted, valid, and the trigger_id was viable, you will receive a success response.

    If you call views.open on an already opened view you will receive a 200 response.

    Example responses

    Common successful response

    Typical success response includes the opened view payload.

    {
        "ok": true,
        "view": {
            "id": "VMHU10V25",
            "team_id": "T8N4K1JN",
            "type": "modal",
            "title": {
                "type": "plain_text",
                "text": "Quite a plain modal"
            },
            "submit": {
                "type": "plain_text",
                "text": "Create"
            },
            "blocks": [
                {
                    "type": "input",
                    "block_id": "a_block_id",
                    "label": {
                        "type": "plain_text",
                        "text": "A simple label",
                        "emoji": true
                    },
                    "optional": false,
                    "element": {
                        "type": "plain_text_input",
                        "action_id": "an_action_id"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "private_metadata": "Shh it is a secret",
            "callback_id": "identify_your_modals",
            "external_id": "",
            "state": {
                "values": {}
            },
            "hash": "156772938.1827394",
            "clear_on_close": false,
            "notify_on_close": false,
            "root_view_id": "VMHU10V25",
            "app_id": "AA4928AQ",
            "bot_id": "BA13894H"
        }
    }

    Common error response

    Typical error response, before getting to any possible validation errors.

    {
        "ok": false,
        "error": "invalid_arguments",
        "response_metadata": {
            "messages": [
                "invalid `trigger_id`"
            ]
        }
    }

    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 params in the response.

    ErrorDescription
    duplicate_external_id

    Error returned when the given external_id has already be used.

    exchanged_trigger_id

    The trigger_id was already exchanged in a previous call.

    expired_trigger_id

    The trigger_id is expired.

    invalid_trigger_id

    The trigger_id is invalid. The expected format for the trigger_id argument is "132456.7890123.abcdef".

    view_too_large

    Error returned if the provided view is greater than 250kb.

    access_denied

    Access to a resource specified in the request is denied.

    account_inactive

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

    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.

    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.

    method_deprecated

    The method has been deprecated.

    missing_scope

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

    not_allowed_token_type

    The token type used in this request is not allowed.

    not_authed

    No authentication token provided.

    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.

    org_login_required

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

    team_access_not_granted

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

    accesslimited

    Access to this method is limited on the current network

    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_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 either called with invalid arguments or some detail about the arguments passed is invalid, which is more likely when using complex arguments like blocks or attachments.

    invalid_array_arg

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

    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_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.

    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.

    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.

    service_unavailable

    The service is temporarily unavailable

    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.

    Warnings

    This table lists the expected warnings that this method will return. However, other warnings can be returned in the case where the service is experiencing unexpected trouble.

    WarningDescription
    missing_charset

    The method was called via a POST request, and recommended practice for the specified Content-Type is to include a charset parameter. However, no charset was present. Specifically, non-form-data content types (e.g. text/plain) are the ones for which charset is recommended.

    superfluous_charset

    The method was called via a POST request, and the specified Content-Type is not defined to understand the charset parameter. However, charset was in fact present. Specifically, form-data content types (e.g. multipart/form-data) are the ones for which charset is superfluous.

    Arguments

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    This will make a real API request. Beware of using it with live workspaces.

    API response


    Submit your arguments to see the API response
    Calling views.open
    Java
    JavaScript
    Python
    Java
    import com.slack.api.bolt.App; import com.slack.api.bolt.AppConfig; import com.slack.api.bolt.jetty.SlackAppServer; import com.slack.api.methods.SlackApiException; import java.io.IOException; import static com.slack.api.model.block.Blocks.*; import static com.slack.api.model.block.composition.BlockCompositions.markdownText; import static com.slack.api.model.block.element.BlockElements.asContextElements; import static com.slack.api.model.view.Views.*; public class ViewsOpen { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { var config = new AppConfig(); config.setSingleTeamBotToken(System.getenv("SLACK_BOT_TOKEN")); config.setSigningSecret(System.getenv("SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET")); var app = new App(config); // `new App()` does the same app.globalShortcut("open_modal", (req, ctx) -> { var logger = ctx.logger; try { var payload = req.getPayload(); // Call the conversations.create method using the built-in WebClient var modalView = view(v -> v .type("modal") .title(viewTitle(vt -> vt.type("plain_text").text("My App"))) .close(viewClose(vc -> vc.type("plain_text").text("Close"))) .blocks(asBlocks( section(s -> s.text(markdownText(mt -> mt.text("About the simplest modal you could conceive of :smile:\\n\\nMaybe <https://api.slack.com/reference/block-kit/block-elements|*make the modal interactive*> or <https://api.slack.com/surfaces/modals/using#modifying|*learn more advanced modal use cases*>.")))), context(c -> c.elements(asContextElements( markdownText("Psssst this modal was designed using <https://api.slack.com/tools/block-kit-builder|*Block Kit Builder*>") ))) )) ); var result = ctx.client().viewsOpen(r -> r // The token you used to initialize your app .token(System.getenv("SLACK_BOT_TOKEN")) .triggerId(payload.getTriggerId()) .view(modalView) ); // Print result logger.info("result: {}", result); } catch (IOException | SlackApiException e) { logger.error("error: {}", e.getMessage(), e); } return ctx.ack(); }); var server = new SlackAppServer(app); server.start(); } }
    JavaScript
    Code to initialize Bolt app
    // Require the Bolt for JavaScript package (github.com/slackapi/bolt) const { App, LogLevel } = require("@slack/bolt"); const app = new App({ token: "xoxb-your-token", signingSecret: "your-signing-secret", // LogLevel can be imported and used to make debugging simpler logLevel: LogLevel.DEBUG });
    // The open_modal shortcut opens a plain old modal // Shortcuts require the command scope app.shortcut('open_modal', async ({ ack, payload, client }) => { // Acknowledge shortcut request ack(); try { // Call the views.open method using the WebClient passed to listeners const result = await client.views.open({ trigger_id: payload.trigger_id, view: { "type": "modal", "title": { "type": "plain_text", "text": "My App" }, "close": { "type": "plain_text", "text": "Close" }, "blocks": [ { "type": "section", "text": { "type": "mrkdwn", "text": "About the simplest modal you could conceive of :smile:\n\nMaybe <https://api.slack.com/reference/block-kit/block-elements|*make the modal interactive*> or <https://api.slack.com/surfaces/modals/using#modifying|*learn more advanced modal use cases*>." } }, { "type": "context", "elements": [ { "type": "mrkdwn", "text": "Psssst this modal was designed using <https://api.slack.com/tools/block-kit-builder|*Block Kit Builder*>" } ] } ] } }); console.log(result); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } });
    Code to run app
    (async () => { // Start your app await app.start(process.env.PORT || 3000); console.log("⚡️ Bolt app is running!"); })();
    Python
    Code to initialize Bolt app
    import os # Import Bolt for Python (github.com/slackapi/bolt-python) from slack_bolt import App # Initializes your Bolt app with a bot token and signing secret app = App( token="xoxb-your-token", signing_secret="your-signing-secret" )
    # The open_modal shortcut opens a plain old modal # Shortcuts require the command scope @app.shortcut("open_modal") def open_modal(ack, shortcut, client, logger): # Acknowledge shortcut request ack() try: # Call the views.open method using the WebClient passed to listeners result = client.views_open( trigger_id=shortcut["trigger_id"], view={ "type": "modal", "title": {"type": "plain_text", "text": "My App"}, "close": {"type": "plain_text", "text": "Close"}, "blocks": [ { "type": "section", "text": { "type": "mrkdwn", "text": "About the simplest modal you could conceive of :smile:\n\nMaybe <https://api.slack.com/reference/block-kit/block-elements|*make the modal interactive*> or <https://api.slack.com/surfaces/modals/using#modifying|*learn more advanced modal use cases*>.", }, }, { "type": "context", "elements": [ { "type": "mrkdwn", "text": "Psssst this modal was designed using <https://api.slack.com/tools/block-kit-builder|*Block Kit Builder*>", } ], }, ], }, ) logger.info(result) except SlackApiError as e: logger.error("Error creating conversation: {}".format(e))
    Code to run app
    # Start your app if __name__ == "__main__": app.start(port=int(os.environ.get("PORT", 3000)))