Slack API channels.archive doesn't find channel

Question

I can succesfully create a new channel. When I want to move my channel to the archive I get a response with as error code channel_not_found while i'm 100% sure my channel name is correct.

Does anyone know why I receive this? I'm using slack-node in Node.js

    slackController.slack.api('channels.archive', {
    channel: "#test123"
}, function (err, response) {
    console.log(response);
    return callback("ok");
});

Update: I've found out that you should not use the channel name but the channel id. — stef morren, Aug 11 '17 at 11:58
would be great if you could post the solution as an answer and then mark this question as complete. thank you. — Erik Kalkoken, Aug 11 '17 at 12:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '17 at 05:41

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Update: I've found out that you should not use the channel name but the channel id. The API documentation wasn't clear about that.

answered Aug 14 '17 at 05:41

stef morren

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Slack API channels.archive doesn't find channel

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