---
title: "Get Admin of Room"
slug: "get-admin-of-room"
status: "update"
updated: 2026-09-15T14:08:53Z
published: 2026-09-15T14:08:53Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/get-admin-of-room"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Get Admin of Room

Get/api/v1/rooms.adminRooms.getRoom

Retrieves the admin of a room.

Permission required: `view-room-administration`

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 8.7.0 | Restored `customFields` in the response |
| 2.4.0 | Added |

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ

Query parametersridstringRequired

The room ID.

Example654c9d1ca2f73c7460e1918b

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='28ebbc8e-20be-4592-8c32-25642d69bcef'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='eae5862e-25be-4d16-a56c-cac55765dc06'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "_id": "ukFsHiySDhMkQyyyF",
  "name": "freightwave",
  "fname": "freightwave",
  "t": "p",
  "msgs": 4,
  "usersCount": 1,
  "u": {
    "_id": "Gd6iymRZBK4C6wqHN",
    "username": "bruno.raymundo"
  },
  "ro": false,
  "default": false,
  "customFields": {
    "department": "engineering",
    "priority": "high"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Expand Allobject  _idstring    
namestring    
fnamestring    
tstring    
msgsinteger    
usersCountinteger    
uobject  _idstring    
usernamestring    

roboolean    
defaultboolean    
customFieldsobject  

The custom fields set on the room.

successboolean    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='27874704-ec81-43e4-ae72-d340c60a49f9'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5a17eb66-e1ff-4fde-975c-c92efed3ffb4'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

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

object  statusstring    
messagestring    

403

Forbidden

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='7b9581cc-917e-46fa-98a9-51a477289811'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='71daa0ee-5bc0-463a-aa1b-50f9ed82e8c3'>Permission Error</option>
</select>Permission Error

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "User does not have the permissions required for this action [error-unauthorized]"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring