---
title: "Open Rooms (Realtime)"
slug: "open-rooms-realtime"
updated: 2026-05-14T21:47:26Z
published: 2026-05-14T21:47:26Z
---

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# Open Rooms (Realtime)

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When a room is opened, it becomes visible in the channel list on the sidebar, and the "open" property in the user's subscription for that room is set to `true`.

| Method | Requires Auth |
| --- | --- |
| `openRoom` | Yes |

## Payload parameters

| Argument | Example | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `roomId` | `64a1f373376181965ab77f54` | Required | The room ID. |

## Example call

```json
{
    "msg": "method",
    "method": "openRoom",
    "id": "19",
    "params": [
        "64a1f540376181965ab77f5b"
    ]
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "msg": "result",
    "id": "19",
    "result": 1
}
```