---
title: "Get Group Counters"
slug: "get-group-counters"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/get-group-counters"
stale: true
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Get Group Counters

Get/api/v1/groups.counters

Get the private channel information for the authenticated user.

Permission required: `view-room-administration`

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0.65.0 | Added |

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

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X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

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Query parametersroomIdstring

The room ID. It is required if the `roomName` is not provided.

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roomNamestring

The room name. It is required if the `roomId` is not provided.

Examplegeneral
userIdstring

Counters for provided user ID (you need to have the `view-room-administration` permission for calling user). This parameter is optional

Responses200

OK

**Note** The response returns the following information:

- joined - Boolean flag that shows the particular user has joined the room or not.
- members - Count of current room members.
- unreads - Count of unread messages for specified user (calling user or for the provided `userId`).
- unreadsFrom - Start date-time of unread interval for specified user.
- msgs - Count of messages in the room.
- latest - End date-time of unread interval for specified user (or date-time of last posted message).
- userMentions - Count of user mentions in messages.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='c5126a3e-1ada-4801-8c63-d917c346e169'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='f9468246-e59e-4e14-a403-3556bf5fca06'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "joined": true,
  "members": 1,
  "unreads": 1,
  "unreadsFrom": "2018-02-18T21:51:20.091Z",
  "msgs": 1,
  "latest": "2018-02-23T17:20:17.345Z",
  "userMentions": 0,
  "success": true
}
```

object  joinedboolean    
membersinteger    
unreadsinteger    
unreadsFromstring    
msgsinteger    
lateststring    
userMentionsinteger    
successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5d7eb311-9bc7-42e7-9477-c4848c796fe2'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='869c4f88-8922-42eb-b5fb-ab51f7f4bc83'>Example 1</option>
</select>Example 1

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The required \"roomId\" or \"roomName\" param provided does not match any group [error-room-not-found]",
  "errorType": "error-room-not-found"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring    
errorTypestring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='138da186-b619-4c09-b7f4-88adbd00af3d'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='3853d3e8-ee72-4a69-85d6-f19188923a0a'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

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

object  statusstring    
messagestring