Exam Slack-Dev-201 Topic 1 Question 83 Discussion

Actual exam question for Salesforce's Slack-Dev-201 exam
Question #: 83
Topic #: 1
Your Slack app needs to update a previously sent message.
Which method of the Slack Web API should you use to accomplish this?

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chat.update chat.update is the correct method to update a message that has already been sent. This method allows you to modify the text or attachments of an existing message.
Why not the other options:
*Chat.postMessage is used for sending new messages, not updating existing ones.
*Messages.history retrieves the message history of a channel, but it doesn't allow you to update messages.
*Chat.scheduleMessage is used to schedule a message for future posting, not for updating already sent messages.

by Diana at Jul 23, 2026, 03:49 AM

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