---
title: "GenericMessageEvent"
summary: "@slack/web-api / GenericMessageEvent"
url: "https://docs.slack.dev/tools/node-slack-sdk/reference/web-api/interfaces/GenericMessageEvent"
type: "guide"
---

Source: https://docs.slack.dev/tools/node-slack-sdk/reference/web-api/interfaces/GenericMessageEvent

[@slack/web-api](https://docs.slack.dev/tools/node-slack-sdk/reference/web-api.md) / GenericMessageEvent

# Interface: GenericMessageEvent

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:8

## Properties {#properties}

### app_context? {#app_context}

```
optional app_context?: object;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:38

#### entities? {#entities}

```
optional entities?:   | {  type: "slack#/types/channel_id";  value: string;}  | {  type: "slack#/types/canvas_id";  value: string;}  | {  type: "slack#/types/list_id";  value: string;}  | {  type: "slack#/types/message_context";  value: {     channel_id: string;     message_ts: string;  };} & object[];
```

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### assistant_thread? {#assistant_thread}

```
optional assistant_thread?: Record<string, unknown>;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:37

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### attachments? {#attachments}

```
optional attachments?: MessageAttachment[];
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:21

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### blocks? {#blocks}

```
optional blocks?: (Block | KnownBlock)[];
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:22

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### bot_id? {#bot_id}

```
optional bot_id?: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:15

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### bot_profile? {#bot_profile}

```
optional bot_profile?: BotProfile;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:16

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### channel {#channel}

```
channel: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:13

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### channel_type {#channel_type}

```
channel_type: ChannelTypes;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:20

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### client_msg_id? {#client_msg_id}

```
optional client_msg_id?: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:28

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### edited? {#edited}

```
optional edited?: object;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:24

#### ts {#ts}

```
ts: string;
```

#### user {#user}

```
user: string;
```

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### event_ts {#event_ts}

```
event_ts: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:11

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### files? {#files}

```
optional files?: File[];
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:23

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### is_starred? {#is_starred}

```
optional is_starred?: boolean;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:30

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### parent_user_id? {#parent_user_id}

```
optional parent_user_id?: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:29

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### pinned_to? {#pinned_to}

```
optional pinned_to?: string[];
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:31

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### reactions? {#reactions}

```
optional reactions?: object[];
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:32

#### count {#count}

```
count: number;
```

#### name {#name}

```
name: string;
```

#### users {#users}

```
users: string[];
```

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### subtype {#subtype}

```
subtype: undefined;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:10

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### team? {#team}

```
optional team?: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:12

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### text? {#text}

```
optional text?: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:17

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### thread_ts? {#thread_ts}

```
optional thread_ts?: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:19

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### ts {#ts-1}

```
ts: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:18

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### type {#type}

```
type: "message";
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:9

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### user {#user-1}

```
user: string;
```

Defined in: packages/types/dist/events/message.d.ts:14