Send direct message without being contacted / mentioned first

[paulosuzart]

Hi,

I'm trying to implement a use case where a direct mensage will be sent to a user with no previous interaction between the target user and the bot. Is there any way to do that?

[brianleroux]

Hey @paulosuzart --it depends. If you have permissions granted via Add to Slack button you might have the scopes to do that but you'd have to list all users and that could be considered spammy behavior. Once you know the user_id You'll need to use api methods im.open and chat.postMessage to send a dm. The API is a little weird this way. LMK if this helps! 💯