---
title: "Add Room Owner (Realtime)"
slug: "add-room-owner-realtime"
updated: 2026-05-14T21:50:02Z
published: 2026-05-14T21:50:02Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/add-room-owner-realtime"
---

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# Add Room Owner (Realtime)

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Set a user as room owner.

| Method | Requires Auth | Permission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `addRoomOwner` | Yes | `set-owner` |

## Payload parameters

| Argument | Example | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `roomId` | `siyr2oWQJBjQjhLwr` | Required | The room ID. |
| `userId` | `5fRTXMt7DMJbpPJfh` | Required | The user ID to be set as room owner. |

## Example call

```json
{
    "msg": "method",
    "method": "addRoomOwner",
    "id": "2",
    "params": [
        "siyr2oWQJBjQjhLwr",
	"5fRTXMt7DMJbpPJfh"
    ]
}
```

## **Example response**

### **Success**

```json
{
    "msg": "result",
    "id": "2",
    "result": true
}
```

### Errors

- **User not in the room**: This occurs when the `userId` doesn't belong to any user in the room.
- **Invalid User**: This occurs when the `userId` doesn't belong to any user in the workspace.
- **User is already a Owner**: This occurs when user is already a owner in that room.
- **No Permission:** This occurs when the authenticated user does not have the `set-owner` permission.

- [User not in the room](/apidocs/add-room-owner-realtime#tabs-1)
- [Invalid User](/apidocs/add-room-owner-realtime#tabs-2)
- [User is already an Owner](/apidocs/add-room-owner-realtime#tabs-3)
- [No Permission](/apidocs/add-room-owner-realtime#tabs-4)
- [Invalid Room](/apidocs/add-room-owner-realtime#tabs-5)

```json
{
    "msg": "result",
    "id": "2",
    "error": {
        "isClientSafe": true,
        "error": "error-user-not-in-room",
        "reason": "User is not in this room",
        "details": {
            "method": "addRoomOwner"
        },
        "message": "User is not in this room [error-user-not-in-room]",
        "errorType": "Meteor.Error"
    }
}
```

```json
{
    "msg": "result",
    "id": "2",
    "error": {
        "isClientSafe": true,
        "error": "error-invalid-user",
        "reason": "Invalid user",
        "details": {
            "method": "addRoomOwner"
        },
        "message": "Invalid user [error-invalid-user]",
        "errorType": "Meteor.Error"
    }
}
```

```json
{
    "msg": "result",
    "id": "2",
    "error": {
        "isClientSafe": true,
        "error": "error-user-already-owner",
        "reason": "User is already an owner",
        "details": {
            "method": "addRoomOwner"
        },
        "message": "User is already an owner [error-user-already-owner]",
        "errorType": "Meteor.Error"
    }
}
```
```

```json
{
    "msg": "result",
    "id": "2",
    "error": {
        "isClientSafe": true,
        "error": "error-not-allowed",
        "reason": "Not allowed",
        "details": {
            "method": "addRoomOwner"
        },
        "message": "Not allowed [error-not-allowed]",
        "errorType": "Meteor.Error"
    }
}
```

```json
{
    "msg": "result",
    "id": "2",
    "error": {
        "isClientSafe": true,
        "error": "error-invalid-room",
        "reason": "Invalid room",
        "details": {
            "method": "addRoomOwner"
        },
        "message": "Invalid room [error-invalid-room]",
        "errorType": "Meteor.Error"
    }
}
```