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Slack Read Messages API

Fetch the latest messages from any Slack channel using a Bot Token. Great for AI agents that monitor channels, summarize threads, or trigger workflows from Slack activity.

API Docs $0.002 / request

About this tool

Read up to 100 latest messages from a Slack channel. Requires a Bot Token with channels:history (public) or groups:history (private) scope. Returns messages with timestamp, user ID, text, and subtype. Channel can be specified as ID (C01234567) or name (#general).

Quick Start

curl "https://api.iteratools.com/slack/messages?channel=general&limit=10&slack_token=xoxb-..." \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response

{
  "ok": true,
  "channel": "C01234567",
  "count": 10,
  "messages": [
    {"ts": "1742918400.000100", "text": "Deployment done ✅", "user": "U0987654"},
    {"ts": "1742918350.000090", "text": "Running tests...", "user": "U0123456"}
  ]
}

Pricing

$0.002 per request via x402 micropayment on Base (USDC).

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