---
title: "Reference"
summary: "Slack apps can utilize a wide range of APIs and platform features to accomplish their tasks. Within this section contains a collection of reference guides for those features, providing a perusable list of parameters for POSTing."
url: "https://docs.slack.dev/reference"
type: "guide"
---

Source: https://docs.slack.dev/reference

# Reference

Slack apps can utilize a wide range of APIs and platform features to accomplish their tasks. Within this section contains a collection of reference guides for those features, providing a perusable list of parameters for POSTing.

The most visited reference pages are those for [methods](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/methods.md), [events](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/events.md), and [scopes](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/scopes.md). They're the foundation of all Slack apps.

### Methods {#methods}

We've got quite a bit of API methods! If you're not sure exactly what you're looking for, try filtering by method family to hone in on what looks like a possible solution. Or just start exploring! The Slack Sea stretches far past the horizon.

[Browse methods](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/methods.md)

### Events {#events}

Slack has always driven communication, and communication goes both ways! Browse our ensemble of events to enlighten and elucidate the comings and goings in your Slack workspace.

[Browse events](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/events.md)

### Scopes {#scopes}

You likely won't find yourself _browsing_ permission scopes (you'll visit their pages when you're informed you need specific scopes) but _understanding_ them is paramount to sculpting a secure Slack setup.

[Browse scopes](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/scopes.md)