Can we use "Bot is typing..." feature via APIs?

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Can we use "Bot is typing..." feature via APIs? #1328

Closed kranti-rh closed 3 weeks ago

kranti-rh commented 4 weeks ago

My bot takes some time to prepare a response. Is there any way to utilize the "Bot is typing..." feature via APIs? I'm using Bolt SDK for Java.

seratch commented 3 weeks ago

Hi @kranti-rh, thanks for asking the question!

Unfortunately, Slack's platform does not have any immediate plans to make enhancements to enable 3rd party apps to display "typing..." indicator. As a workaround, please consider the following approach:

call chat.postMessage with "Now preparing a response for you..." first
once the response is ready, call chat.update with channel ID + ts

I understand this is not the best solution for you, but I hope this helps.