Manage chat group mute list

Muting means to prevent group users from sending messages in the group. Chat provides multiple mute management APIs, including those for getting the mute list, adding a user to the mute list, and removing a user from the mute list.

This page shows how to manage the mute list by calling Chat RESTful APIs. Before calling the following methods, ensure that you understand the call frequency limit described in Limitations.

The following table lists common request and response parameters of the Chat RESTful APIs:

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Parameter	Type	Description	Required
host	String	The domain name assigned by the Chat service to access RESTful APIs. For how to get the domain name, see Get the information of your project.	Yes
org_name	String	The unique identifier assigned to each company (organization) by the Chat service. For how to get the org name, see Get the information of your project.	Yes
app_name	String	The unique identifier assigned to each app by the Chat service. For how to get the app name, see Get the information of your project.	Yes
username	String	The unique login account of the user. The user ID must be 64 characters or less and cannot be empty. The following character sets are supported: 26 lowercase English letters (a-z) 26 uppercase English letters (A-Z) 10 numbers (0-9) "_", "-", "." The username is case insensitive, so Aa and aa are the same username. Ensure that each username under the same app is unique.	Yes

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Parameter	Type	Description
action	String	The request method.
organization	String	The unique identifier assigned to each company (organization) by the Chat service. This is the same as org_name.
application	String	A unique internal ID assigned to each app by the Chat service. You can safely ignore this parameter.
applicationName	String	The unique identifier assigned to each app by the Chat service. This is the same as app_name.
uri	String	The request URI.
path	String	The request path, which is part of the request URI. You can safely ignore this parameter.
entities	JSON	The response entity.
data	JSON	The details of the response.
timestamp	Number	The Unix timestamp (ms) of the HTTP response.
duration	Number	The duration (ms) from when the HTTP request is sent to the time the response is received.

Chat RESTful APIs require Bearer HTTP authentication. Every time an HTTP request is sent, the following Authorization field must be filled in the request header:

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Authorization: Bearer ${YourAppToken}

In order to improve the security of the project, Agora uses a token (dynamic key) to authenticate users before they log in to the chat system. Chat RESTful APIs only support authenticating users using app tokens. For details, see Authentication using App Token.

Adds a chat group member to the group mute list. Once muted, members cannot send messages in the chat group or in any threads within the chat group.

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POST https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatgroups/{group_id}/mute

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
group_id	String	The group ID.	Yes

For other parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Content-Type	String	The parameter type. Set it as application/json.	Yes
Accept	String	The parameter type. Set it as application/json.	Yes
Authorization	String	The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${token}, where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value.	Yes

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
mute_duration	Long	The duration in which the specified member is muted, in milliseconds.	Yes
usernames	Array	The usernames to be added to the chat group mute list.	Yes

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds, and the data field in the response body contains the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
result	Boolean	Whether the chat group member is successfully added to the mute list. true: Success false: Failure
expire	Long	The Unix timestamp when the mute state expires, in milliseconds.
user	String	The username of the muted chat group member.

For other fields and descriptions, see Public parameter.

If the returned HTTP status code is not 200, the request fails. You can refer to Status code for possible causes.

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curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YourAppToken>' -d '{"usernames":["user1"], "mute_duration":86400000}' 'http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/10130212061185/mute'

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{

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"action": "post",

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"application": "527cd7e0-XXXX-XXXX-9f59-ef10ecd81ff0",

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"uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/10130212061185/mute",

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"entities": [],

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"data": [{

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"result": true,

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"expire": 1489158589481,

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"user": "user1"

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}],

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"timestamp": 1489072189508,

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"duration": 0,

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"organization": "XXXX",

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"applicationName": "XXXX"

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}

Removes the specified user from the chat group mute list. Once removed from the mute list, a member can once again send messages in the chat group and in the threads within the chat group.

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POST https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatgroups/{group_id}/mute/{member_id}

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
group_id	String	The group ID.	Yes
member_id	String	The group member ID. To remove more than one group member from the mute list, pass in multiple usernames separated by comma (,). For example, {member1}, {member2}.	Yes

For other parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Accept	String	The parameter type. Set it as application/json.	Yes
Authorization	String	The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${token}, where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value.	Yes

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds, and the data field in the response body contains the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
result	Boolean	Whether the user is successfully removed from the mute list. true: Yes. false: No.
user	String	The usernames removed from the mute list.

For other fields and descriptions, see Public parameter.

If the returned HTTP status code is not 200, the request fails. You can refer to Status code for possible causes.

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curl -X DELETE -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YourAppToken>' 'http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/10130212061185/mute/user1'

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{

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"action": "delete",

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"application": "527cd7e0-XXXX-XXXX-9f59-ef10ecd81ff0",

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"uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/10130212061185/mute/user1",

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"entities": [],

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"data": [{

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"result": true,

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"user": "user1"

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}],

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"timestamp": 1489072695859,

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"duration": 0,

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"organization": "XXXX",

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"applicationName": "XXXX"

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}

Retrieves the mute list of the chat group.

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GET https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatgroups/{group_id}/mute

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
group_id	String	The group ID.	Yes

For other parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Accept	String	The parameter type. Set it as application/json.	Yes
Authorization	String	The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${token}, where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value.	Yes

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds, and the data field in the response body contains the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
expire	Long	The Unix timestamp when the mute state expires, in milliseconds.
user	String	The usernames of the muted members.

For other fields and descriptions, see Public parameter.

If the returned HTTP status code is not 200, the request fails. You can refer to Status code for possible causes.

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curl -X GET -H 'Accept: application/json' 'http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/10130212061185/mute' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YourAppToken>'

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{

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"action": "post",

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"application": "527cd7e0-XXXX-XXXX-9f59-ef10ecd81ff0",

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"uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/10130212061185/mute",

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"entities": [],

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"data": [{

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"expire": 1489158589481,

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"user": "user1"

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}],

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"timestamp": 1489072802179,

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"duration": 0,

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"organization": "XXXX",

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"applicationName": "XXXX"

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}

This method mutes all the chat group members. If this method call succeeds, none of the chat group members can send messages in the chat group or in any threads within the chat group, except those in the group allow list.

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POST https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatgroups/{group_id}/ban

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
group_id	String	The chat group ID.	Yes

For other parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Content-Type	String	The parameter type. Set it as application/json.	Yes
Authorization	String	The authentication token of the user or admin, in the format of Bearer ${token}, where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value.	Yes

Parameter	Type	Description
mute-duration	Long	The amount of time the group members remain muted, in milliseconds.

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds, and the data field in the response body contains the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
result	Boolean	Whether all the chat group members are muted. true: Yes. false: No.
expire	Long	The Unix timestamp when the mute state expires, in milliseconds.

For other fields and descriptions, see Public parameter.

If the returned HTTP status code is not 200, the request fails. You can refer to Status code for possible causes.

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curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer {Your app token}' 'http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/{The group ID}/ban'

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{

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"action": "put",

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"application": "5cf28979-XXXX-XXXX-b969-60141fb9c75d",

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"uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/1208XXXX5169153/ban",

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"entities": [],

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"data": {

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"mute": true

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},

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"timestamp": 1594628861058,

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"duration": 1,

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"organization": "XXXX",

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"applicationName": "XXXX"

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}

This method unmutes all the chat group members. Once unmuted, the chat group members can once again send messages in the chat group and in the threads within the chat group.

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PUT https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatgroups/{group_id}/ban

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
group_id	String	The chat group ID.	Yes

For other parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Content-Type	String	The parameter type. Set it as application/json.	Yes
Authorization	String	The authentication token of the user or admin, in the format of Bearer ${token}, where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value.	Yes

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds, and the data field in the response body contains the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
result	Boolean	Whether all the chat group members are unmuted. true: Yes. false: No.

For other fields and descriptions, see Public parameter.

If the returned HTTP status code is not 200, the request fails. You can refer to Status code for possible causes.

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curl -X DELETE -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer {Your app token}' 'http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/1208XXXX5169153/ban'

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{

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"action": "put",

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"application": "527cd7e0-XXXX-XXXX-9f59-ef10ecd81ff0",

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"uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatgroups/120824965169153/ban",

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"entities": [],

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"data": {

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"mute": false

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},

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"timestamp": 1594628899502,

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"duration": 1,

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"organization": "XXXX",

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"applicationName": "XXXX"

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}