Event object

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We package all event types delivered over the Events API in a common JSON-formatted event wrapper.

{
        "token": "XXYYZZ",
        "team_id": "TXXXXXXXX",
        "api_app_id": "AXXXXXXXXX",
        "event": {
                "type": "name_of_event",
                "event_ts": "1234567890.123456",
                "user": "UXXXXXXX1"
        },
        "type": "event_callback",
        "authed_users": [
                "UXXXXXXX1",
                "UXXXXXXX2"
        ],
        "event_id": "Ev08MFMKH6",
        "event_time": 1234567890
}