Create Channel

Creates a new public channel, optionally including specified users. The channel creator is always included.

Channel naming has restraints following the regex filter [0-9a-zA-Z-_.]+ by default.

This can be modified in the Admin > General > UTF8. Channel names should not allow for any whitespaces.

HTTP Method	URL	Requires Auth
POST	/api/v1/channels.create	yes

Body Parameters

Key	Example Value	Description
name*	channelname	The name of the new channel.
members	["rocket.cat"]	The users to add to the channel when it is created.
readOnly	true	Set if the channel is read-only or not. The default value is false.
excludeSelf	true	If set to true, the user calling the endpoint is not automatically added as a member of the group. The default value is false.
customFields	{ "type": "default" }	If you have defined custom fields for your workspace, you can provide them in this object parameter.
extraData	"extraData": { "broadcast": true, "encrypted": false, "teamId": "658441562dd9f928ad9951aa" }	Enter the following details for the object: broadcast: Whether the group should be a broadcast group. encrypted: Whether the group should be encrypted. teamId: Enter the team ID for which you want to create a group. For more information, see Channels.

Example Call

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     -H "Content-type: application/json" \
     https://localhost:3000/api/v1/channels.create \
     -d '{ 
          "name": "channelname" }'

Example Response

{
   "channel": {
      "_id": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
      "name": "channelname",
      "t": "c",
      "usernames": [
         "example"
      ],
      "msgs": 0,
      "u": {
         "_id": "aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG",
         "username": "example"
      },
      "ts": "2016-05-30T13:42:25.304Z"
   },
   "success": true
}

Change Log

Version	Description
6.4.1	Added excludeSelf param
0.13.0	Added