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title: "Add Channel Moderator"
slug: "add-channel-moderator"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/add-channel-moderator"
stale: true
---

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# Add Channel Moderator

Post/api/v1/channels.addModerator

Assign the `moderator` role to a channel member. See [Room Roles](https://docs.rocket.chat/docs/room-roles) for details about the roles.

Permission required: `set-moderator`

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0.49.4 | Added |

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ

Body parameters<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='0d5fce49-41ba-4d22-affc-3e992279a8ba'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='e2c46fc2-0ae1-4477-a699-2977449cd051'>Example</option>
</select>Example

```json
{
  "roomId": "WDuJLFkjwk6L7LdFC",
  "userId": "b66oZ8i9pkeSko33v"
}
```

object  roomIdstring    Required

The channel ID.

userIdstring    Required

The user ID that you want to set as the moderator.

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='383a0e03-9df5-46a5-9f3e-60bba3339771'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5791b8d7-2350-46d5-8b46-67e4931f1970'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "success": true
}
```

object  successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='2a875616-117f-4df3-b4a3-6176626472c4'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='b68cb90a-9ba7-4c99-bc29-b06bff1c3c58'>User is already a moderator</option>
</select>User is already a moderator

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "User is already a moderator [error-user-already-moderator]",
  "errorType": "error-user-already-moderator"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring    
errorTypestring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5f6aa754-66c7-45dd-931e-31e2b1119d46'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='24a28ea2-2b44-409e-955c-d573c8eaf63d'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

```json
{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
}
```

object  statusstring    
messagestring