IM object

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An IM object An IM object is a legacy object that contains information about a direct message channel. IM objects are now conversation objects. information about a direct message channel.

    {
        "id": "D024BFF1M",
        "is_im": true,
        "user": "U024BE7LH",
        "created": 1360782804,
        "is_user_deleted": false
    },

Field	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the object.
is_im	boolean	Indicates if the object is an IM.
user	string	Each direct message channel is between two users. One of these users is always the calling user, the other's ID is indicated by the user property.
created	Unix timestamp	When the IM was created.
is_user_deleted	boolean	true if the other user's account has been disabled.

Some API methods will include extra state information for the channel.

• is_open shows if the DM channel is open.
• last_read is the timestamp for the last message the calling user has read in this channel.
• unread_count is a count of messages that the calling user has yet to read.
• latest is the latest message in the channel.