Update setting

Update the value of a setting by passing the settings unique _id

URL	Requires Auth	HTTP Method
/api/v1/settings/:_id	YES	POST

The _id of a setting is the first argument of the RocketChat.settings.add method used in Rocket.Chat/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/startup/settings.js (among other files). For example, the following code in that settings.js file

this.add('Accounts_AllowAnonymousRead', false, {
    type: 'boolean',
    public: true
  });

means that the setting labeled "Allow anonymous read" in the section "Accounts" has _id equal to 'Accounts_AllowAnonymousRead'. The second argument is the default value (false). The third argument specifies the variable's type and whether it is public, hidden, and so on. To set a color, you can send

{
  value: '<color-code>',
  editor: 'color'
}

And also to trigger a action-button use:

{
  execute: true
}

Payload

Argument	Example	Required	Description
_id	Livechat_enabled	Required	The setting's _id field
value	true	Required	The value to update the setting.
color	<color-code>	Optional	The color code to update the setting.
editor	true	Required if color was set	The editor key, with color value.
execute	true	Optional	To trigger a action-button

Example Call

Curl

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:3000/api/v1/settings/Livechat_enabled' \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: w4KGA2YwTmz4k0cEwa58F6T-gyN4p4MLLWPDfDE8Sgi' \
--header 'X-User-Id: g8aroJivN5R32TxCm' \
--header 'Content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{ "value": true }'

Javascript

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("X-Auth-Token", "w4KGA2YwTmz4k0cEwa58F6T-gyN4p4MLLWPDfDE8Sgi");
myHeaders.append("X-User-Id", "g8aroJivN5R32TxCm");
myHeaders.append("Content-type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "value": false
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("http://localhost:3000/api/v1/settings/Livechat_enabled", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

Python

import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("localhost", 3000)
payload = json.dumps({
  "value": False
})
headers = {
  'X-Auth-Token': 'w4KGA2YwTmz4k0cEwa58F6T-gyN4p4MLLWPDfDE8Sgi',
  'X-User-Id': 'g8aroJivN5R32TxCm',
  'Content-type': 'application/json'
}
conn.request("POST", "/api/v1/settings/Livechat_enabled", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))

Example Result

{
  "success": true
}

Example Call

Setting a color

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     -H "Content-type:application/json" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/settings/Livechat_enabled \
     -d '{ "value": "#ffffff", "editor": "color"}'

Example Result

{
  "success": true
}

Example Call

Trigger an action

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     -H "Content-type:application/json" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/settings/Livechat_enabled \
     -d '{ "value": "method", "execute": true}'

Example Result

{
  "success": true
}

Change Log

Version	Description
0.65.0	Added option to set a color and trigger an action
0.42.0	Added