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How do I pull data from a Slack API response with WebClient?

I am making a portal for our team's Slack channel, and I'm wanting to pull a list of all of our current users using the Slack Web API - using the method api/users.list.

The code I am playing around with is:

var response = client.UploadValues("https://slack.com/api/users.list",
                        "POST", new NameValueCollection()
                        {
                            { "token" ,"mySecretToken"}
                        });

I get an OK response back, but I'm having trouble actually finding out how to pull the data I want. When I look at the response object all I have is an array of bytes.

What am I missing to actually pull back an object with the user list information?

Solution

  • I needed to encode the response.

    Just add this after:

    var encoding = new UTF8Encoding();
var responseText = encoding.GetString(response);

    I can then use the responseText to pull out the data I need.