---
title: "Open a Room"
slug: "open-a-room"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/open-a-room"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.rocket.chat/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Open a Room

Post/api/v1/rooms.open

Marks a room as "open" for the user, i.e. removes it from the user's list of hidden rooms and puts it back in the sidebar.

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='0f5f578c-bd1b-4ccb-b1d2-08bdf52c158d'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='1b5ce8b9-07a5-45c7-9897-f9ef58ce4dd8'>Example</option>
</select>Example

```json
{
  "roomId": "GENERAL"
}
```

object  roomIdstring    Required

The ID of the room to open.

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='729b17f0-b550-4cfd-aae8-413e2a5a0b75'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='44514811-6db2-4cf2-a4a9-782801975d87'>Success</option>
</select>Success

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

object  successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='cfe9d2bd-0975-4168-b1f6-68f0f18c5d4f'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='4e8e3ba3-0a82-4e4e-9a6b-039771ae396a'>Missing roomId</option>
</select>Missing roomId

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "must have required property 'roomId' [invalid-params]",
  "errorType": "invalid-params"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring    
errorTypestring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='e6bc30bb-cbf0-4020-92e7-836169bd649e'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='987ce469-247f-47bc-bcf5-9dd24cd8c95c'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

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

object  statusstring    
messagestring