{
	"desc": "Sends a message to a channel.",

	"args": {
		"channel": {
			"type"		: "channel",
			"required"	: true,
			"desc"		: "Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to. Can be an encoded ID, or a name. See [below](#channels) for more details."
		},
		"text": {
			"required"	: true,
			"example"	: "Hello world",
			"desc"		: "Text of the message to send. See below for an explanation of [formatting](#formatting)."
		},
		"parse": {
			"example"	: "full",
			"desc"		: "Change how messages are treated. Defaults to `none`. See [below](#formatting)."
		},
		"link_names": {
			"example"	: "1",
			"desc"		: "Find and link channel names and usernames."
		},
		"attachments": {
			"example"	: "[{\"pretext\": \"pre-hello\", \"text\": \"text-world\"}]",
			"desc"		: "Structured message attachments."
		},
                "blocks": {
                        "required"      : false,
			"example"	: "[{\"type\": \"section\", \"text\": {\"type\": \"plain_text\", \"text\": \"Hello world\"}}]",
			"desc"		: "A JSON-based array of structured blocks, presented as a URL-encoded string"
		},
		"thread_ts": {
                        "required"      : false,
			"example"	: "1234567890.123456",
			"desc"		: "Provide another message's ts value to make this message a reply. Avoid using a reply's ts value; use its parent instead."
		},
		"unfurl_links": {
			"example"	: "true",
			"desc"		: "Pass true to enable unfurling of primarily text-based content."
		},
		"unfurl_media": {
			"example"	: "false",
			"desc"		: "Pass false to disable unfurling of media content."
		},
		"username": {
			"required"	: false,
			"example"	: "My Bot",
			"desc"		: "Set your bot's user name. Must be used in conjunction with `as_user` set to false, otherwise ignored. See [authorship](#authorship) below."
		},
		"as_user": {
			"required"	: false,
			"example"	: "true",
			"desc"		: "Pass true to post the message as the authed user, instead of as a bot. Defaults to false. See [authorship](#authorship) below."
		},
		"icon_url": {
			"required"	: false,
			"example"	: "http://lorempixel.com/48/48",
			"desc"		: "URL to an image to use as the icon for this message. Must be used in conjunction with `as_user` set to false, otherwise ignored. See [authorship](#authorship) below."
		},
		"icon_emoji": {
			"required"	: false,
			"example"	: ":chart_with_upwards_trend:",
			"desc"		: "emoji to use as the icon for this message. Overrides `icon_url`. Must be used in conjunction with `as_user` set to false, otherwise ignored. See [authorship](#authorship) below."
		}
	},

	"errors": {

		"channel_not_found"	: "Value passed for `channel` was invalid.",
		"not_in_channel"	: "Cannot post user messages to a channel they are not in.",
		"is_archived"		: "Channel has been archived.",
		"msg_too_long"		: "Message text is too long",
		"no_text"		: "No message text provided",
		"rate_limited"      : "Application has posted too many messages, [read the Rate Limit documentation](/docs/rate-limits) for more information"
	}
}