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A Member resource of Programmable Chat represents the membership of a User to a Channel within a Service instance.

We recommend following the standard URI specification and avoid the following reserved characters ! * ' ( ) ; : @ & = + $ , / ? % # [ ] for values such as identity and friendly name.

Member Properties

Each Member resource contains these properties.

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

sidSID<MB>

Optional

The unique string that we created to identify the Member resource.

Pattern: ^MB[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

account_sidSID<AC>

Optional

The SID of the Account that created the Member resource.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

channel_sidSID<CH>

Optional

The SID of the Channel the Member resource belongs to.

Pattern: ^CH[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

service_sidSID<IS>

Optional

The SID of the Service the Member resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

identitystring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

The application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource's User within the Service. See access tokens for more info.

date_createdstring<date-time>

Optional

The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in ISO 8601 format.

date_updatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in ISO 8601 format.

role_sidSID<RL>

Optional

The SID of the Role assigned to the member.

Pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

last_consumed_message_indexinteger

Optional

The index of the last Message in the Channel that the Member has read.

last_consumption_timestampstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 timestamp of the last Message read event for the Member within the Channel.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

The absolute URL of the Member resource.

attributesstring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

The JSON string that stores application-specific data. If attributes have not been set, {} is returned.

Create a Member resource

POST https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Channels/{ChannelSid}/Members

The {ChannelSid} value can be the Channel's sid or its unique_name.

Headers

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabledenum<string>

Optional

The X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabled HTTP request header

Possible values:

truefalse

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to create the Member resource under.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

ChannelSidstringrequired

The SID of the Channel the new Member resource belongs to. This value can be the Channel resource's sid or unique_name.

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

Identitystringrequired

PII MTL: 30 days

The identity value that uniquely identifies the new resource's User within the Service. See access tokens for more info.

RoleSidSID<RL>

Optional

The SID of the Role to assign to the member. The default roles are those specified on the Service.

Pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

LastConsumedMessageIndexinteger

Optional

The index of the last Message in the Channel that the Member has read. This parameter should only be used when recreating a Member from a backup/separate source.

LastConsumptionTimestampstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 timestamp of the last Message read event for the Member within the Channel.

DateCreatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date, specified in ISO 8601 format, to assign to the resource as the date it was created. The default value is the current time set by the Chat service. Note that this parameter should only be used when a Member is being recreated from a backup/separate source.

DateUpdatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date, specified in ISO 8601 format, to assign to the resource as the date it was last updated. The default value is null. Note that this parameter should only be used when a Member is being recreated from a backup/separate source and where a Member was previously updated.

Attributesstring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

A valid JSON string that contains application-specific data.

Create a Member resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createMember() {
11  const member = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channels("ChannelSid")
14    .members.create({ identity: "Identity" });
15
16  console.log(member.sid);
17}
18
19createMember();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "channel_sid": "ChannelSid",
5  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "identity": "Identity",
7  "role_sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
8  "last_consumed_message_index": null,
9  "last_consumption_timestamp": null,
10  "date_created": "2016-03-24T21:05:50Z",
11  "date_updated": "2016-03-24T21:05:50Z",
12  "attributes": "{}",
13  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members/MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
14}

Fetch a Member resource

GET https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Channels/{ChannelSid}/Members/{Sid}

The {ChannelSid} value can be the Channel's sid or its unique_nameand the {Sid} value can be either the sid or the identity of the Member resource to fetch.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to fetch the Member resource from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

ChannelSidstringrequired

The SID of the Channel the Member resource to fetch belongs to. This value can be the Channel resource's sid or unique_name.

Sidstringrequired

The SID of the Member resource to fetch. This value can be either the Member's sid or its identity value.

Fetch a Member resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function fetchMember() {
11  const member = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channels("ChannelSid")
14    .members("Sid")
15    .fetch();
16
17  console.log(member.sid);
18}
19
20fetchMember();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "Sid",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "channel_sid": "ChannelSid",
5  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "identity": "jing",
7  "role_sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
8  "last_consumed_message_index": null,
9  "last_consumption_timestamp": null,
10  "date_created": "2016-03-24T21:05:50Z",
11  "date_updated": "2016-03-24T21:05:50Z",
12  "attributes": "{}",
13  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members/MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
14}

Read multiple Member resources

GET https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Channels/{ChannelSid}/Members

The {ChannelSid} value can be the Channel's sid or its unique_name.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to read the Member resources from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

ChannelSidstringrequired

The SID of the Channel the Member resources to read belong to. This value can be the Channel resource's sid or unique_name.

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

Identityarray[string]

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

The User's identity value of the Member resources to read. See access tokens for more details.

PageSizeinteger

Optional

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

Pageinteger

Optional

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

PageTokenstring

Optional

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read multiple Member resources

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listMember() {
11  const members = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channels("ChannelSid")
14    .members.list({ limit: 20 });
15
16  members.forEach((m) => console.log(m.sid));
17}
18
19listMember();

Output

1{
2  "meta": {
3    "page": 0,
4    "page_size": 50,
5    "first_page_url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members?PageSize=50&Page=0",
6    "previous_page_url": null,
7    "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members?PageSize=50&Page=0",
8    "next_page_url": null,
9    "key": "members"
10  },
11  "members": [
12    {
13      "sid": "MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
15      "channel_sid": "CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
16      "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
17      "identity": "jing",
18      "role_sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
19      "last_consumed_message_index": null,
20      "last_consumption_timestamp": null,
21      "date_created": "2016-03-24T21:05:50Z",
22      "date_updated": "2016-03-24T21:05:50Z",
23      "attributes": "{}",
24      "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members/MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
25    }
26  ]
27}

Update a Member resource

POST https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Channels/{ChannelSid}/Members/{Sid}

The {Sid} value can be either the sid or the identity of the Member resource to update and the {ChannelSid} value can be the Channel's sid or its unique_name.

Headers

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabledenum<string>

Optional

The X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabled HTTP request header

Possible values:

truefalse

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to update the Member resource in.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

ChannelSidstringrequired

The SID of the Channel the Member resource to update belongs to. This value can be the Channel resource's sid or unique_name.

Sidstringrequired

The SID of the Member resource to update. This value can be either the Member's sid or its identity value.

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

RoleSidSID<RL>

Optional

The SID of the Role to assign to the member. The default roles are those specified on the Service.

Pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

LastConsumedMessageIndexinteger

Optional

The index of the last Message that the Member has read within the Channel.

LastConsumptionTimestampstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 timestamp of the last Message read event for the Member within the Channel.

DateCreatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date, specified in ISO 8601 format, to assign to the resource as the date it was created. The default value is the current time set by the Chat service. Note that this parameter should only be used when a Member is being recreated from a backup/separate source.

DateUpdatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date, specified in ISO 8601 format, to assign to the resource as the date it was last updated.

Attributesstring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

A valid JSON string that contains application-specific data.

Update a Member resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateMember() {
11  const member = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channels("ChannelSid")
14    .members("Sid")
15    .update({ roleSid: "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" });
16
17  console.log(member.sid);
18}
19
20updateMember();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "Sid",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "channel_sid": "ChannelSid",
5  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "identity": "jing",
7  "role_sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
8  "last_consumed_message_index": 20,
9  "last_consumption_timestamp": "2016-03-24T21:05:52Z",
10  "date_created": "2016-03-24T21:05:50Z",
11  "date_updated": "2016-03-24T21:05:51Z",
12  "attributes": "{}",
13  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members/MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
14}

Delete a Member resource

DELETE https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Channels/{ChannelSid}/Members/{Sid}

The {Sid} value can be either the sid or the identity of the Member resource to delete and the {ChannelSid} value can be the Channel's sid or its unique_name.

Headers

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabledenum<string>

Optional

The X-Twilio-Webhook-Enabled HTTP request header

Possible values:

truefalse

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to delete the Member resource from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

ChannelSidstringrequired

The SID of the Channel the Member resource to delete belongs to. This value can be the Channel resource's sid or unique_name.

Sidstringrequired

The SID of the Member resource to delete. This value can be either the Member's sid or its identity value.

Delete a Member resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function deleteMember() {
11  await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .channels("ChannelSid")
14    .members("Sid")
15    .remove();
16}
17
18deleteMember();