Programmable Chat has been deprecated and is no longer supported. Instead, we'll be focusing on the next generation of chat: Twilio Conversations. Find out more about the EOL process here.
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The User Channel resource of Programmable Chat is a read-only resource that describes a Channel that the User is a Member of.
Each User Channel resource contains these properties.
The status of the User on the Channel. Can be: joined
, invited
, or not_participating
.
joined
invited
not_participating
The number of unread Messages in the Channel for the User. Note that retrieving messages on a client endpoint does not mean that messages are consumed or read. See Consumption Horizon feature to learn how to mark messages as consumed.
The absolute URLs of the Members, Messages , Invites and, if it exists, the last Message for the Channel.
The push notification level of the User for the Channel. Can be: default
or muted
.
default
muted
GET https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Users/{UserSid}/Channels/{ChannelSid}
The {UserSid}
value can be either the sid
or the identity
of the User resource and the {ChannelSid}
value can be either the sid
or the unique_name
of the Channel to fetch.
The SID of the User to fetch the User Channel resource from. This value can be either the sid
or the identity
of the User resource.
GET https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Users/{UserSid}/Channels
The {UserSid}
value can be either the sid
or the identity
of the User resource to read User Channel resources from.
The SID of the User to read the User Channel resources from. This value can be either the sid
or the identity
of the User resource.
How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.
POST https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Users/{UserSid}/Channels/{ChannelSid}
The NotificationLevel
property expresses whether a user receives pushes for this channel or not. This can be set separately for each user/channel pair.
The SID of the User to update the User Channel resource from. This value can be either the sid
or the identity
of the User resource.
The SID of the Channel with the User Channel resource to update. This value can be the Channel resource's sid
or unique_name
.
The push notification level to assign to the User Channel. Can be: default
or muted
.
default
muted