Group Invite

Invite one user or bulk users to the private group.
URL
Requires Auth
HTTP Method
/api/v1/groups.invite
yes
POST
Invite a user
Payload
Argument
Example
Required
Description
roomId
ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX
Required
The private group's id
userId
nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK
Required
The user id of the invited user
Example Call
curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     -H "Content-type: application/json" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/groups.invite \
     -d '{ "roomId": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX", "userId": "nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK" }'
Example Result
{
  "group": {
    "_id": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
    "ts": "2016-11-30T21:23:04.737Z",
    "t": "p",
    "name": "testing",
    "username": "testing",
    "u": {
        "_id": "aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG",
        "username": "testing1"
    },
    "msgs": 1,
    "_updatedAt": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.575Z",
    "lm": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.555Z"
  },
  "success": true
}
Invite bulk users
Payload
Argument
Example
Required
Description
roomId
ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX
Required
The private group's id
userIds
["nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK", "SYqWzZ4Gsasdfgh"]
Required
The user ids of the invited users
Example Call
curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     -H "Content-type: application/json" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/groups.invite \
     -d '{ "roomId": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX", "userIds": ["nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK", "SYqWzZ4Gsasdfgh"] }'
Example Result
{
  "group": {
    "_id": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
    "ts": "2016-11-30T21:23:04.737Z",
    "t": "p",
    "name": "testing",
    "usernames": [
      "testing",
      "testing1"
    ],
    "u": {
        "_id": "aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG",
        "username": "testing1"
    },
    "msgs": 1,
    "_updatedAt": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.575Z",
    "lm": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.555Z"
  },
  "success": true
}
Error
If you are an administrator and try to invite a user to a private group, of which you are not a member, then you will get an error:
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Not allowed [error-not-allowed]",
  "errorType": "error-not-allowed",
  "details": {
    "method": "addUsersToRoom"
  }
Change Log
Version
Description
0.48.0
Added

URL	Requires Auth	HTTP Method
`/api/v1/groups.invite`	`yes`	`POST`

Argument	Example	Required	Description
`roomId`	`ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX`	Required	The private group's id
`userId`	`nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK`	Required	The user id of the invited user

Argument	Example	Required	Description
`roomId`	`ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX`	Required	The private group's id
`userIds`	`["nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK", "SYqWzZ4Gsasdfgh"]`	Required	The user ids of the invited users

Version	Description
0.48.0	Added

Group Info

Group Kick

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