AWS lambda function used for slack command returning json instead of text

Question

I have a lambda function build on nodejs.

export const handler = async (event) => {
    return {
            statusCode: 200,
            body: JSON.stringify({
                "response_type": 'in_channel',
                "text": 'hello'
            })
        };
};

the response i get in slack is: {"response_type":"in_channel","text":"hello"} instead of hello;

What is happening? how can i fix this?

the response i get in slack is: {"response_type":"in_channel","text":"hello"} instead of hello;

What is happening? how can i fix this?

Answer 1

This probably happens because the content type is not specified.

export const handler = async (event) => {
    return {
            statusCode: 200,
            headers: {
              "content-type": "text/plain"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify{
                "response_type": 'in_channel',
                "text": 'hello'
            })
        };
};