Manage chat room mute list

This page shows how to perform chat room member mute management by calling the Chat RESTful APIs, including muting and unmuting members in a chat room, and retrieving the list of muted members.

Before calling the following methods, ensure that you understand the call frequency limit of the Chat RESTful APIs described in Limitations.

Common parameters

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

Request parameters

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
`chatroom_id`	String	The chat room ID. The unique chat room identifier assigned to each chat room by the Chat. You can get the chat room ID from the response body in Retrieve the basic information of all chat rooms.	Yes

Response parameters

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.
`entities`	JSON	The response entity.
`data`	JSON	The details of the response.
`timestamp`	Number	The Unix timestamp (ms) when the user is registered.
`duration`	Number	The time duration (ms) from sending the HTTP request to receiving the response.

Muting a chat room member

Mutes a chat room member. Once a chat room member is muted, this member cannot send messages in the chat room.

For each App Key, the call frequency limit of this method is 100 per second.

HTTP request

POST https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatrooms/{chatroom_id}/mute

Path parameter

For the parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters .

Request header

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
`Content-Type`	String	`application/json`	Yes
`Accept`	String	`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

Request body

The request body is a JSON object, which contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description	Required
`mute_duration`	Number	The length of time to mute speech from the current time. The unit is milliseconds. `-1` indicates that the member is muted permanently.	Yes
`usernames`	String	The array of user IDs of chat room members that are to be muted. You can pass in a maximum of 60 user IDs.

HTTP response

Response body

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`result`	Bool	The mute result: `true:` Success `false`: Failure
`expire`	Number	The Unix timestamp (ms) when the mute state expires.
`user`	Array	The username of the muted chat room member.

For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

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

Example

Request example

# Replace <YourAppToken> with the app token generated in your server.
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YourAppToken>' -d
'{
    "usernames": [
        "user1",
        "user2"
    ],
    "mute_duration": 86400000
}''http://a1.easemob.com/easemob-demo/testapp/chatrooms/1265710621211/mute'

Response example

{
    "action": "post",
    "application": "22bcffa0-XXXX-XXXX-9df8-516f6df68c6d",
    "applicationName": "XXXX",
    "data": [
        {
            "result": true,
            "expire": 1642148173726,
            "user": "user1"
        },
        {
            "result": true,
            "expire": 1642148173726,
            "user": "user2"
        }
    ],
    "duration": 0,
    "entities": [],
    "organization": "XXXX",
    "timestamp": 1642060750410,
    "uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/mute"
}

Unmuting chat room members

Unmutes one or more chat room members. The unmuted members can continue to send messages in the chat room.

For each App Key, the call frequency limit of this method is 100 per second.

HTTP request

DELETE https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatrooms/{chatroom_id}/mute/{member}

Path parameter

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
`member`	String	The username of the chat room member to be unmuted. You can pass in a maximum of 60 user IDs that are separated with commas (","). In the URL, use "%2C" to represent ",".	Yes
For other parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Request header

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
`Accept`	String	`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

HTTP response

Response body

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds. The response body contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`result`	Bool	The unmute result: `true:` Success `false`: Failure
`user`	String	The username of the unmuted chat room member.

For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

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

Example

Request example

# Replace <YourAppToken> with the app token generated in your server.
curl -X DELETE -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YourAppToken>' 'https://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/mute/XXXX'

Response example

{
    "action": "delete",
    "application": "527cd7e0-XXXX-XXXX-9f59-ef10ecd81ff0",
    "uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/mute/XXXX",
    "entities": [],
    "data": [
        {
            "result": true,
            "user": "XXXX"
        }
    ],
    "timestamp": 1489072695859,
    "duration": 0,
    "organization": "XXXX",
    "applicationName": "XXXX"
}

Retrieving muted chat room members

Retrieves the list of all the muted members in the specified chat room.

For each App Key, the call frequency limit of this method is 100 per second.

GET https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatrooms/{chatroom_id}/mute

HTTP request

Path parameter

For the parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters .

Request header

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
`Accept`	String	`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

HTTP response

Response body

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds. The response body contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`expire`	Number	The Unix timestamp (ms) when the mute expires.
`user`	String	The username of the muted chat room member.

For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

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

Example

Request example

# Replace <YourAppToken> with the app token generated in your server.
curl -X DELETE -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YourAppToken>' 'https://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/mute'

Response example

{
    "action": "post",
    "application": "527cd7e0-XXXX-XXXX-9f59-ef10ecd81ff0",
    "uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/mute",
    "entities": [],
    "data": [
        {
            "expire": 1489158589481,
            "user": "user1"
        },
        {
            "expire": 1489158589481,
            "user": "user2"
        }
    ],
    "timestamp": 1489072802179,
    "duration": 0,
    "organization": "XXXX",
    "applicationName": "XXXX"
}

Muting all chat room members

Mutes all chat room members. Once this method call succeeds, only the members on the chat room allow list can send messages. For details, see Manage Chat Room Allow List.

Muting all chat room members has no connection with the mute list. That is to say, calling this API will not add all chat room members to the chat room mute list.

For each App Key, the call frequency limit of this method is 100 per second.

HTTP request

POST https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatrooms/{chatroom_id}/ban

Path parameter

For the parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Request header

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`Content-Type`	String	Yes	`application/json`
`Authorization`	String	Yes	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.

HTTP response

Response body

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds. The response body contains the following fields:

Parameter	Type	Description
`result`	Bool	Whether all members are successfully muted: `true`: Yes. `false`: No.
`expire`	Long	The Unix timestamp when the global mute state expires. Unit: milliseconds.

For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

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

Example

Request example

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer YWMt4LqJIul7EeizhBO5TSO_UgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGL4CTw6XgR6LaXXVmNX4QCAgMAAAFnG7GyAQBPGgDv4ENRUku7fg05Kev0a_aVC8NyA6O6PgpxIRjajSVN3g' 'http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/1265710621211/ban'

Response example

{
  "action": "put",
  "application": "5cf28979-XXXX-XXXX-b969-60141fb9c75d",
  "uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/ban",
  "entities": [],
  "data": {
    "mute": true
  },
  "timestamp": 1594628861058,
  "duration": 1,
  "organization": "XXXX",
  "applicationName": "XXXX"
}

Unmuting all chat room members

Unmutes all chat room members. Once unmuted, the chat room members resume the right to send messages in the chat room.

For each App Key, the call frequency limit of this method is 100 per second.

HTTP request

DELETE https://{host}/{org_name}/{app_name}/chatrooms/{chatroom_id}/ban

Path parameter

For the parameters and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

Request header

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`Content-Type`	String	Yes	`application/json`
`Authorization`	String	Yes	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.

HTTP response

Response body

If the returned HTTP status code is 200, the request succeeds. The response body contains the following fields:

Parameter	Type	Description
`result`	Boolean	Whether all chat room members are successfully unmuted: `true`: Yes. `false`: No.

For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.

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

Example

Request example

curl -X DELETE -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer YWMt4LqJIul7EeizhBO5TSO_UgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGL4CTw6XgR6LaXXVmNX4QCAgMAAAFnG7GyAQBPGgDv4ENRUku7fg05Kev0a_aVC8NyA6O6PgpxIRjajSVN3g' 'http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/ban'

Response example

{
  "action": "put",
  "application": "5cf28979-XXXX-XXXX-b969-60141fb9c75d",
  "uri": "http://XXXX/XXXX/XXXX/chatrooms/XXXX/ban",
  "entities": [],
  "data": {
    "mute": false
  },
  "timestamp": 1594628899502,
  "duration": 1,
  "organization": "XXXX",
  "applicationName": "XXXX"
}

Status codes

For details, see HTTP Status Codes.

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