---
title: "Admin Autocomplete Room Name for Private and Public Rooms"
slug: "admin-autocomplete-room-name-for-private-and-public-rooms"
status: "update"
updated: 2026-09-15T14:10:09Z
published: 2026-09-15T14:10:09Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/admin-autocomplete-room-name-for-private-and-public-rooms"
---

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# Admin Autocomplete Room Name for Private and Public Rooms

Get/api/v1/rooms.autocomplete.adminRooms

List public and private rooms whose names match a given string, excluding [DMs](https://docs.rocket.chat/docs/direct-messages), and [omnichannel rooms](https://docs.rocket.chat/docs/omnichannel). This endpoint is valuable when performing search operations. Only workspace administrators can use it. Any one of the following permissions are required:

- `view-room-administration`
- `can-audit`

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ

Query parametersselectorstringRequired

The term to be completed. It applies to room name and display name.

Example{"name":"ran"}

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5ff00ef0-6e69-4a28-8b0c-d9e48d0847f3'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='9e1d880c-f787-48ff-818c-23c38981cefc'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "_id": "664f0d815df46832f75b1877",
      "fname": "rangig",
      "name": "Ch9xkYwGHnsLe7CQR",
      "t": "c"
    },
    {
      "_id": "664f0d525df46832f75b1860",
      "fname": "rancher",
      "name": "rancher",
      "t": "p"
    },
    {
      "_id": "6630e94ad2226209149c67e2",
      "fname": "random",
      "name": "random",
      "t": "c"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
```

Expand Allobject  items Array of object   object  _idstring    
fnamestring    
namestring    
tstring    

successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='4db9bb0a-91f7-40d9-a4ca-ceff6d86b512'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='b82599d1-c6a0-46f6-bb55-46b30438cdf0'>Selector Param Required</option>
</select>Selector Param Required

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The 'selector' param is required"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='7c9e632a-42f3-4d5a-a0a0-cfbb77c90a8d'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='6792b86a-6072-4134-97a8-c736261bfd9c'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

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

object  statusstring    
messagestring