block_suggestion response does not support description in an option

[ESteanes]

https://api.slack.com/reference/block-kit/composition-objects#option

We should be able to add a plain text description to an option object - this is possible using the API but is not available in the SDK

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[seratch]

Hi @ESteanes, thanks for writing in! This class represents the option data structure and it has the description fileld! Hope this helps.

[ESteanes]

In that case, are we able to make BlockSuggestions accept the OptionObject class?

My use case: I've got an External options field https://api.slack.com/reference/block-kit/block-elements#external_multi_select and maybe its not supported by the API officially but in a previous Go bot I was able to push OptionObjects in that BlockSuggestionResponse.

[seratch]

@ESteanes Oh, I see. The option value didn't support description in the past, but indeed, having a description is now feasible. The class needs to be updated to support the use case. Thanks for reporting this issue! We will resolve it in the next patch version release.