Create Channel

import { WebClient } from "@slack/web-api"

/**

 * Create Channel

 * Create a public or private channel. `name` must be lowercase, without spaces or periods, and at most 80 characters. Requires channels:manage (bot token) or channels:write (user token) on the connection; a private channel needs groups:write instead.

 */

export async function main(auth: RT.Slack, name: string, is_private?: boolean) {

  const client = new WebClient(auth.token)

  return await client.conversations.create(dropEmpty({ name, is_private }))

}

function dropEmpty<T extends { [key: string]: any }>(params: T) {

  return Object.fromEntries(

    Object.entries(params).filter(

      ([, v]) => v !== undefined && v !== null && v !== ""

    )

  ) as T

}