Invite to Channel

Adds a user or bulk users to the channel.

HTTP MethodURLRequires Auth

POST

/api/v1/channels.invite

For a user to invite others, they must match at least one of the following premises:

  • If the user is part of a room of any type and has the add-user-to-joined-room permission.

  • If the user is part of a public room (t: 'c') and has the add-user-to-any-c-room permission.

  • If the user is part of a private room (t: 'p') and has the add-user-to-any-p-room permission.

Add a user

Body Parameters

KeyExample ValueDescription

roomId*

ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX

The channel ID.

userId*

nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK

The user ID to invite to the channel.

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.invite \
     -d '{ 
          "roomId": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX", 
          "userId": "nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK" }'

Example Response

{
  "channel": {
    "_id": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
    "ts": "2016-11-30T21:23:04.737Z",
    "t": "c",
    "name": "testing",
    "usernames": "testing",
    "msgs": 1,
    "_updatedAt": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.575Z",
    "lm": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.555Z"
  },
  "success": true
}

Add bulk users

Body Parameters

KeyExample ValueDescription

roomId*

ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX

The channel ID.

userIds*

["nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK", "SYqWzZ4Gsasdfgh"]

The user IDs of the users to invite to the channel

Example Call

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     -H "Content-type: application/json" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/channels.invite \
     -d '{ 
          "roomId": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX", 
          "userIds": ["nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK", "SYqWzZ4Gsasdfgh"]}'

Example Response

{
  "channel": {
    "_id": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
    "ts": "2016-11-30T21:23:04.737Z",
    "t": "c",
    "name": "testing",
    "usernames": [
      "testing",
      "testing1"
    ],
    "msgs": 1,
    "_updatedAt": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.575Z",
    "lm": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.555Z"
  },
  "success": true
}

Change Log

VersionDescription

0.48.0

Added

Last updated

Rocket.Chat versions receive support for six months after release.