Clear Room History

Cleans up a room, removing messages from the provided time range.

HTTP Method	URL	Requires Auth
POST	/api/v1/rooms.cleanHistory	yes

Body Parameter

Key	Example Value	Description
roomId*	ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX	The room ID.
latest*	2016-09-30T13:42:25.304Z	The end of time range of messages.
oldest*	2016-05-30T13:42:25.304Z	The start of the time range of messages.
inclusive	true	Whether messages which land on the latest and oldest dates should be included. By default, the value is false.
excludePinned	true	Whether pinned messages should be deleted. By default, the value is false.
filesOnly	true	Whether to only delete files and keep messages intact. By default, the value is false.
users	["vynmera", "ggazzo"]	Specific set of users whose content to delete. By default, the value is [], that is, everyone.
limit	10	The amount of messages to prune. By default, the value is 0 (all).
ignoreDiscussion	true	Determines if messages from discussions should be pruned. By default, the value is true.
ignoreThreads	true	Determines if messages from threads should be pruned. By default, the value is true.

Example Call

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     -H "Content-type: application/json" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/rooms.cleanHistory \
     -d '{ 
          "roomId": "roomId", 
          "latest": "2016-12-09T13:42:25.304Z", 
          "oldest": "2016-08-30T13:42:25.304Z" }'

Example Response

{
   "success": true
}

Change Log

Version	Description
0.64.0	Added
0.67.0	Added fields limit, excludePinned, filesOnly and users