Views

HomeTabView

Class

HomeTabView(blocks: Union[Block, List[Block]], private_metadata: Optional[str] = None, callback_id: Optional[str] = None, external_id: Optional[str] = None)

HomeTabViews are used with the views.publish Web API method.

See: https://api.slack.com/reference/surfaces/views#home.

Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
blocks	Union[Block, List[Block]]	A list of blocks that defines the content of the view (max 100).
private_metadata	Optional[str]	a string (max 3000 chars) that will be sent to your app in view_submission.
callback_id	Optional[str]	A string that will identify submissions of this view.
external_id	Optional[str]	A custom identifier that is unique within the views of a given Slack team.

ModalView

Class

ModalView(title: TextLike, blocks: Union[Block, List[Block]], close: Optional[TextLike] = None, submit: Optional[TextLike] = None, private_metadata: Optional[str] = None, callback_id: Optional[str] = None, clear_on_close: Optional[bool] = False, notify_on_close: Optional[bool] = False, external_id: Optional[str] = None, submit_disabled: Optional[bool] = False)

Modal views are used with the views.open, views.update and views.push Slack Web API methods.

See: https://api.slack.com/reference/surfaces/views#modal

Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
title	TextLike	heading that appears at the top left of the view.
blocks	Union[Block, List[Block]]	a list of blocks (max 100) that define the content of the view.
close	Optional[TextLike]	the text of the close button (max 24 chars) in the view. Must be Text.PLAINTEXT.
submit	Optional[TextLike]	the text of the submit button (max 24 chars) in the view. Must be Text.PLAINTEXT.
private_metadata	Optional[str]	a string (max 3000 chars) that will be sent to your app in view_submission.
callback_id	Optional[str]	A string that will identify submissions of this view.
clear_on_close	Optional[bool]	when True all views in the model will be cleared when it is closed.
notify_on_close	Optional[bool]	when True a view_closed event will be sent when the modal is closed.
external_id	Optional[str]	A custom identifier that is unique within the views of a given Slack team.
submit_disabled	Optional[bool]	when True disabled submitting the form until one or more inputs have been provided. Used only for configuaration models.