Channel Properties

The Channel type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	created	UNIX timestamp
	creator	User ID of the member that created this channel
	id	The channel ID
	is_archived	is_archived will be true if the channel is archived.
	is_general	is_general will be true if this channel is the "general" channel that includes all regular team members. In most teams this is called #general but some teams have renamed it.
	is_member	is_member will be true if the calling member is part of the channel.
	last_read	last_read is the timestamp for the last message the calling user has read in this channel.
	latest	latest is the latest message in the channel.
	members	members is a list of user ids for all users in this channel. This includes any disabled accounts that were in this channel when they were disabled.
	name	The name parameter indicates the name of the channel, without a leading hash sign.
	purpose	Purpose of this channel
	topic	Topic of this channel
	unread_count	unread_count is a full count of visible messages that the calling user has yet to read.
	unread_count_display	unread_count_display is a count of messages that the calling user has yet to read that matter to them (this means it excludes things like join/leave messages).