Adding blocks to slack message update

n8n-io · Nov 15, 2021 · 81ee1fd · 81ee1fd
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diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/MessageDescription.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/MessageDescription.ts
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ export const messageFields = [
 		displayName: 'Text',
 		name: 'text',
 		type: 'string',
-		required: true,
+		required: false,
 		default: '',
 		displayOptions: {
 			show: {
@@ -566,6 +566,27 @@ export const messageFields = [
 			},
 		],
 	},
+	{
+		displayName: 'Blocks',
+		name: 'blocksJson',
+		type: 'json',
+		default: '',
+		required: false,
+		typeOptions: {
+			alwaysOpenEditWindow: true,
+		},
+		displayOptions: {
+			show: {
+				resource: [
+					'message',
+				],
+				operation: [
+					'update',
+				]
+			},
+		},
+		description: 'The blocks to add',
+	},
 	{
 		displayName: 'Blocks',
 		name: 'blocksUi',

diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/Slack.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/Slack.node.ts
@@ -843,7 +843,14 @@ export class Slack implements INodeType {
 							}
 						}
 						body['attachments'] = attachments;
+						const blocksJson = this.getNodeParameter('blocksJson', i, []) as string;
 
+						if (blocksJson !== '' && validateJSON(blocksJson) === undefined) {
+							throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), 'Blocks it is not a valid json');
+						}
+						if (blocksJson !== '') {
+							body.blocks = blocksJson;
+						}
 						// Add all the other options to the request
 						const updateFields = this.getNodeParameter('updateFields', i) as IDataObject;
 						Object.assign(body, updateFields);