A direct
message (DM) channel is a channel that only operates between two users. By design, it cannot have more or less than two users and is meant for private communication. Sending a DM is remarkably similar to sending a message to a channel, as the dm object is almost identical to the channel object.
Consider the following snippet:
slack.on(RTM_EVENTS.MESSAGE, (message) => {
let user = slack.dataStore.getUserById(message.user)
if (user && user.is_bot) {
return;
}
let channel = slack.dataStore.getChannelGroupOrDMById(message.channel);
if (message.text) {
let msg = message.text.toLowerCase();
if (/uptime/g.test(msg)) {
let dm = slack.dataStore.getDMByName(user.name);
let uptime = process.uptime();
// get the uptime in hours, minutes and seconds
let minutes = parseInt(uptime / 60, 10),
hours = parseInt(minutes / 60, 10),
seconds = parseInt(uptime - (minutes * 60) - ((hours * 60) * 60...