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User Channel Resource

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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.

Channel Properties

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Each User Channel resource contains these properties.

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties
account_sidSID<AC>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the User Channel resource.

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

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Service the User Channel resource is associated with.

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

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Channel the User Channel resource belongs to.

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

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the User the User Channel belongs to.

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

Optional

Not PII

The SID of a Member that represents the User on the Channel.

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

Optional

Not PII

The status of the User on the Channel. Can be: joined, invited, or not_participating.

Possible values:
joinedinvitednot_participating
last_consumed_message_indexinteger

Optional

Not PII

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

unread_messages_countinteger

Optional

Not PII

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.

linksobject<uri-map>

Optional

Not PII

The absolute URLs of the Members, Messages , Invites and, if it exists, the last Message for the Channel.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

Not PII

The absolute URL of the User Channel resource.

notification_levelenum<string>

Optional

Not PII

The push notification level of the User for the Channel. Can be: default or muted.

Possible values:
defaultmuted

Fetch a UserChannel resource

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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.

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
ServiceSidSID<IS>required
Not PII

The SID of the Service to fetch the User Channel resource from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
UserSidstringrequired
Not PII

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.

ChannelSidstringrequired
Not PII

The SID of the Channel that has the User Channel to fetch. This value can be either the sid or the unique_name of the Channel to fetch.

Fetch a UserChannel resourceLink to code sample: Fetch a UserChannel resource
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function fetchUserChannel() {

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  const userChannel = await client.chat.v2

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    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")

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    .users("UserSid")

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    .userChannels("ChannelSid")

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    .fetch();

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  console.log(userChannel.accountSid);

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}

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fetchUserChannel();

Output

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{

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "channel_sid": "ChannelSid",

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  "user_sid": "UserSid",

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  "member_sid": "MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "status": "joined",

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  "last_consumed_message_index": 5,

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  "unread_messages_count": 5,

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  "notification_level": "default",

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  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Users/USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "links": {

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    "channel": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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    "member": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members/MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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  }

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}

Read multiple UserChannel resources

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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.

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
ServiceSidSID<IS>required
Not PII

The SID of the Service to read the User Channel resources from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
UserSidstringrequired
Not PII

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.

Query parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
PageSizeinteger

Optional

Not PII

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

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000
Pageinteger

Optional

Not PII

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

Minimum: 0
PageTokenstring

Optional

Not PII

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read multiple UserChannel resourcesLink to code sample: Read multiple UserChannel resources
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function listUserChannel() {

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  const userChannels = await client.chat.v2

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    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")

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    .users("UserSid")

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    .userChannels.list({ limit: 20 });

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  userChannels.forEach((u) => console.log(u.accountSid));

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}

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listUserChannel();

Output

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{

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  "meta": {

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    "page": 0,

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    "page_size": 50,

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    "first_page_url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Users/USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "previous_page_url": null,

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    "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Users/USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "next_page_url": null,

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    "key": "channels"

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  },

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  "channels": [

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    {

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      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "channel_sid": "CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "user_sid": "USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "member_sid": "MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "status": "joined",

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      "last_consumed_message_index": 5,

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      "unread_messages_count": 5,

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      "notification_level": "default",

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      "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Users/USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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      "links": {

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        "channel": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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        "member": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members/MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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      }

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    }

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  ]

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}

Set the NotificationLevel

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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.

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
ServiceSidSID<IS>required
Not PII

The SID of the Service to update the User Channel resource in.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
UserSidstringrequired
Not PII

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.

ChannelSidstringrequired
Not PII

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

Request body parameters

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Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded
SchemaExample
Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties
NotificationLevelenum<string>

Optional

Not PII

The push notification level to assign to the User Channel. Can be: default or muted.

Possible values:
defaultmuted
LastConsumedMessageIndexinteger

Optional

Not PII

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

LastConsumptionTimestampstring<date-time>

Optional

Not PII

The ISO 8601(link takes you to an external page) timestamp of the last Message read event for the Member within the Channel.

Mute Notifications for a ChannelLink to code sample: Mute Notifications for a Channel
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function updateUserChannel() {

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  const userChannel = await client.chat.v2

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    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")

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    .users("UserSid")

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    .userChannels("ChannelSid")

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    .update({ notificationLevel: "muted" });

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  console.log(userChannel.notificationLevel);

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}

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updateUserChannel();

Output

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{

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "channel_sid": "ChannelSid",

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  "user_sid": "UserSid",

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  "member_sid": "MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "status": "joined",

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  "last_consumed_message_index": 5,

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  "unread_messages_count": 5,

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  "notification_level": "muted",

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  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Users/USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "links": {

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    "channel": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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    "member": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels/CHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Members/MBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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  }

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}

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