• The user’s text may be rewritten in an academic manner as follows: The user is referring to various communication and storage features available on a digital platform. These features include channels
• Every folder will consist of a collection of TXT files that hold the chronological record of a discussion or the files transmitted by an individual user during the specified range of dates.
• Please be aware that when applying a date range to an export in Slack, any conversations that the user has been involved in will be included in the export, regardless of whether any messages were exchanged in those conversations during the specified dates. In the present scenario, the export file will not contain any messages displayed on the channel.

    "type": "message",
    "user": "U2147483697",
    "text": "Hello, world",
    "ts": "1355517523.000005"
}

Please be aware that certain messages may also have a “attachments” component. The value in question comprises a collection of objects that are associated with the given message.

A helpful suggestion is to utilize the channels.json and users.json files as references for translating the alphanumeric IDs associated with the “channel” and “user” columns.

Message subtypes

In addition to the communication exchanged by users inside the Slack platform, there are many subtypes of messages. The aforementioned messages are those that are disseminated by applications, bots, integrations, or the notifications that are displayed when a member becomes part of a channel. Below is a comprehensive compilation of several subtypes of messages:

Saved items, pinned items and reactions

• Messages might include supplementary characteristics that indicate the presence of any type of interaction.
• In the event that the boolean variable “s_starred” evaluates to true, it signifies that a user has chosen to save the corresponding message. If no individual has saved the message, the value in question will not be seen.
• When a message is pinned, users will have the ability to view the identification numbers of the neighboring locations within the “pinned_to” part.
• If the algorithm detects the phrase “reactions,” it will present a full collection of all emoji reactions that have been attached to the message, indicated as “name.” Furthermore, the system will provide the overall tally of individuals who have actively participated in the act of reacting, denoted as “count”, alongside a listing of the particular members who have engaged in said response, designated as “users”.

{
   "type": "message",
   "channel": "C2147483705",
   "user": "U2147483697",
   "text": "Hello, world",
   "ts": "1355517523.000005",
   "is_starred": true,
   "pinned_to": ["C024BE7LT", ...],
   "reactions": [
       {
           "name": "astonished",
           "count": 3,
           "users": [ "U1", "U2", "U3" ]
       },
       {
           "name": "facepalm",
           "count": 1034,
           "users": [ "U1", "U2", "U3", "U4", "U5" ]
       }

Note: v

[2020-04-20 13:47:27] <jjordan> Welcome to the Sales team channel! Our team is growing faster than ever

The exported file does not distinguish between messages exchanged within a thread and messages delivered to a channel. In the context of a threaded discussion, all messages inside a thread are integrated into the conversational flow, interspersed with other messages.

In a message, it is important to note that the mention of an individual does not need the use of the “@” sign preceding their display name.

• The individual in question
  The identification of the individual who implemented the modification.
• The “ts” refers to the timestamp, which indicates the specific moment at which the message was changed. One may utilize many online Unix time converters to facilitate the translation of the given timestamp.

The modifications will be recorded in the corresponding date file, documenting the specific date of the update. As an illustration, let us consider the following example:

{
        "type": "message",
        "user": "UTXHL6F8A",
        "upload": false,
        "ts": "1590101612.000000",
        "text": "Hello, this is the message after it was edited.",
        "previous": {
            "text": "Hello, this is the original message.",
            "blocks": [
                {
                    "type": "rich_text",
                    "block_id": "Bts",
                    "elements": [
                        {
                            "type": "rich_text_section",
                            "elements": [
                                {
                                    "type": "text",
                                    "text": "Hello, this is the original message."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        "original_ts": "1590101603.000300",
        "subtype": "message_changed",
        "editor_id": "UTXHL6F8A",
        "blocks": [
            {
                "type": "rich_text",
                "block_id": "O+PJ",
                "elements": [
                    {
                        "type": "rich_text_section",
                        "elements": [
                            {
                                "type": "text",
                                "text": "Hello, this is the message after it was edited."
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }

• The timestamp indicating the moment at which the message was modified, expressed in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
• The individual responsible for the message’s update, as indicated by their username.
• The temporal indicator that denotes the moment at which the initial communication was dispatched.
• The user’s text is already academic and does not require any modifications. The revised message will be shown in the Messages section within the context of the discussion.

As an illustration, consider the following example:

[2020-04-20 13:47:27] <jjordan> updated [2020-04-20 13:47:09] <jjordan> Welcome to the Sales team channel!

• The content of the removed message.
• The temporal indicator that denotes the moment at which the message was removed. One may utilize many online Unix time converters to facilitate the translation of the given timestamp.

The act of deleting a message will be recorded in the corresponding date file, documenting the specific date on which the deletion occurred. As an illustration, consider the following example:

{
       "type": "message",
       "user": "UTXHL6F8A",
       "upload": false,
       "ts": "1590101824.000000",
       "text": "",
       "previous": {
           "text": "This is a message that has been deleted.",
           "blocks": [
               {
                   "type": "rich_text",
                   "block_id": "ABSkQ",
                   "elements": [
                       {
                           "type": "rich_text_section",
                           "elements": [
                               {
                                   "type": "text",
                                   "text": "This is a message that has been deleted."
                               }
                           ]
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ]
       },
       "original_ts": "1590101818.000600",
       "subtype": "message_deleted",
       "editor_id": "UTXHL6F8A"
   }

• The timestamp denoting the precise moment of communication deletion, expressed in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
• The individual responsible for the deletion of the communication.
• The temporal indicator that denotes the moment at which the initial communication was dispatched.
• The original mail contains the following material.

The following is an example of a deleted message:

[2020-04-20 13:47:47] <jjordan> deleted [2020-04-20 13:47:42] <jjordan> Last week, we did X in sales!