Files

Query and delete team files.

Select

The driver will use the Slack API to filter by search criteria that refer to the Id, Created, UserId, Types, SpecificChannel, or SearchTerm columns. All columns support server-side processing for the = operator, and the Created column also supports server-side processing for the >, >=, <, <= operators.

The driver processes other search criteria client-side within the driver.

For example, the following queries are processed server side:

SELECT * FROM Files WHERE Created > '2017-01-01' AND UserId = 'U2345NDS' AND SpecificChannel = 'D71R6CSR1'

You can also filter files by querying the files' contents: Set the SearchTerm pseudocolumn in the criteria. All files containing the queried word will be retrieved. For example:

SELECT * FROM Files WHERE SearchTerm = 'text'

You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria that refers to other columns will cause an error.

Insert

Slack does not allow inserting new files.

Update

Slack does not allow updating files.

Delete

Files can be deleted by providing the Id of the file.

DELETE FROM Files WHERE Id = 'F71R6DRR1'

Columns


Name	Type	ReadOnly	Description
Id [KEY]	String	True	The Id of the file.
Name	String	True	The name of the file. It may nbe null for unnamed files
Title	String	True	The title of the file.
Created	Datetime	True	Creation date of the file.
UserId	String	True	User ID of the member that created this file.
Username	String	True	Username of the file creator.
InitialComment	String	True	A comment from the file uploader, and will only be set when the uploader left a comment at the time of upload.
Size	Integer	True	The filesize in bytes. Snippets are limited to a maximum file size of 1 megabyte
Filetype	String	True	The type of the file.
Mimetype	String	True	Mime type of the file.
PrettyType	String	True	Human-readable version of the type.
CommentsCount	Integer	True	Number of comments made on the file.
Mode	String	True	A property that contains one of hosted, external, snippet or post.
PublicChannelIds	String	True	A list of channel IDs in which the file is currently shared.
GroupIds	String	True	A list of private groups IDs in which the file is currently shared.
DirectMessageIds	String	True	A list of instant message IDs in which the file is currently shared.
Editable	Boolean	True	Indicates that files are stored in editable mode.
Permalink	String	True	URL that points to a single page for the file containing details, comments and a download link.
PermalinkPublic	String	True	If the file is available to the public, this URL points to the public file itself.
EditLink	String	True	Present for posts and snippets. The page where the file can be edited
UrlPrivate	String	True	Points to a URL to the file contents.
UrlPrivateDownload	String	True	For editable-mode files, this parameter includes headers to force a browser download.
Thumb480	String	True	Contains the URL of an 480x480 thumb.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.


Name	Type	Description
SpecificChannel	String	Filter files appearing in a specific channel, indicated by its ID.
SearchTerm	String	Filter by this column to retrieve all files that contain the word in the criteria.
Types	String	Filter files by type. Allowed values are all,spaces,snippets,images,gdocs,zips. Default value is all. The allowed values are all, spaces, snippets, images, gdocs, zips.