Chat API#

Base endpoint is: /ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v1: since Nextcloud 13

Receive chat messages of a conversation#

• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: GET
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}
• Data:

field	type	Description
lookIntoFuture	int	1 Poll and wait for new message or 0 get history of a conversation
limit	int	Number of chat messages to receive (100 by default, 200 at most)
lastKnownMessageId	int	Serves as an offset for the query. The lastKnownMessageId for the next page is available in the X-Chat-Last-Given header.
lastCommonReadId	int	Send the last X-Chat-Last-Common-Read header you got, if you are interested in updates of the common read value. A 304 response does not allow custom headers and otherwise the server can not know if your value is modified or not.
timeout	int	$lookIntoFuture = 1 only, Number of seconds to wait for new messages (30 by default, 60 at most)
setReadMarker	int	1 to automatically set the read timer after fetching the messages, use 0 when your client calls Mark chat as read manually. (Default: 1)
includeLastKnown	int	1 to include the last known message as well (Default: 0)
noStatusUpdate	int	When the user status should not be automatically set to online set to 1 (default 0)
markNotificationsAsRead	int	0 to not mark notifications as read (Default: 1, only available with chat-keep-notifications capability)

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK
    • 304 Not Modified When there were no older/newer messages
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Given	int	Offset (lastKnownMessageId) for the next page.
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability and when lastCommonReadId was sent)

- Data:
    Array of messages, each message has at least:

field	type	Description
id	int	ID of the comment
token	string	Conversation token
actorType	string	See Constants - Actor types of chat messages
actorId	string	Actor id of the message author
actorDisplayName	string	Display name of the message author (can be empty for type deleted_users and guests)
timestamp	int	Timestamp in seconds and UTC time zone
systemMessage	string	empty for normal chat message or the type of the system message (untranslated)
messageType	string	Currently known types are comment, comment_deleted, system and command
isReplyable	bool	True if the user can post a reply to this message (only available with chat-replies capability)
referenceId	string	A reference string that was given while posting the message to be able to identify a sent message again (only available with chat-reference-id capability)
message	string	Message string with placeholders (see Rich Object String)
messageParameters	array	Message parameters for message (see Rich Object String)
expirationTimestamp	int	Unix time stamp when the message expires and show be removed from the clients UI without further note or warning (only available with message-expiration capability)
parent	array	Optional: See Parent data below
reactions	int[]	Optional: An array map with relation between reaction emoji and total count of reactions with this emoji
reactionsSelf	string[]	Optional: When the user reacted this is the list of emojis the user reacted with
markdown	bool	Optional: Whether the message should be rendered as markdown or shown as plain text
lastEditActorType	string	Optional: Actor type of the last editing author - See Constants - Actor types of chat messages (only available with edit-messages capability and when the message was actually edited)
lastEditActorId	string	Optional: Actor id of the last editing author (only available with edit-messages capability and when the message was actually edited)
lastEditActorDisplayName	string	Optional: Display name of the last editing author (only available with edit-messages capability and when the message was actually edited) (can be empty for type deleted_users and guests)
lastEditTimestamp	int	Optional: Unix time stamp when the message was last edited (only available with edit-messages capability and when the message was actually edited)
silent	bool	Optional: Whether the message was sent silently (only available with silent-send-state capability)

Parent data#

• When deleted:

field	type	Description
id	int	ID of the parent comment
deleted	bool	true when the parent is deleted

• Regular message:

  Full message array as shown above, but parent will never be set for a parent message.

Get context of a message#

• Required capability: chat-get-context
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: GET
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/{messageId}/context
• Data:

field	type	Description
limit	int	Number of chat messages to receive into each direction (50 by default, 100 at most)

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Given	int	Offset (lastKnownMessageId) for the next page when getting more history.
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability and when lastCommonReadId was sent)

- Data: See array definition in `Receive chat messages of a conversation`

Sending a new chat message#

• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: POST
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}
• Data:

field	type	Description
message	string	The message the user wants to say
actorDisplayName	string	Guest display name (ignored for logged in users)
replyTo	int	The message ID this message is a reply to (only allowed for messages from the same conversation and when the message type is not system or command)
referenceId	string	A reference string to be able to identify the message again in a "get messages" request, should be a random sha256 (only available with chat-reference-id capability)
silent	bool	If sent silent the message will not create chat notifications even for mentions (only available with silent-send capability)

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 201 Created
    • 400 Bad Request In case of any other error
    • 403 Forbidden When the conversation is read-only
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator
    • 413 Payload Too Large When the message was longer than the allowed limit of 32000 characters (or 1000 until Nextcloud 16.0.1, check the spreed => config => chat => max-length capability for the limit)
    • 429 Too Many Requests When a guest mentioned other participants too often (50 mention meesages per day)

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability)

- Data:
    The full message array of the new message, as defined in [Receive chat messages of a conversation](#receive-chat-messages-of-a-conversation)

Share a rich object to the chat#

See OCP\RichObjectStrings\Definitions for more details on supported rich objects and required data.

• Required capability: rich-object-sharing
• Method: POST
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/share
• Data:

field	type	Description
objectType	string	The object type
objectId	string	The object id
metaData	string	JSON encoded array of the rich objects data
actorDisplayName	string	Guest display name (ignored for logged in users)
referenceId	string	A reference string to be able to identify the message again in a "get messages" request, should be a random sha256 (only available with chat-reference-id capability)

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 201 Created
    • 400 Bad Request In case the meta data is invalid
    • 403 Forbidden When the conversation is read-only
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator
    • 413 Payload Too Large When the message was longer than the allowed limit of 32000 characters (or 1000 until Nextcloud 16.0.1, check the spreed => config => chat => max-length capability for the limit)

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability)

- Data:
    The full message array of the new message, as defined in [Receive chat messages of a conversation](#receive-chat-messages-of-a-conversation)

Share a file to the chat#

• Method: POST
• Endpoint: ocs/v2.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/shares
• Data:

field	type	Description
shareType	int	10 means share to a conversation
shareWith	string	The token of the conversation to share the file to
path	string	The file path inside the user's root to share
referenceId	string	A reference string to be able to identify the generated chat message again in a "get messages" request, should be a random sha256 (only available with chat-reference-id capability)
talkMetaData	string	JSON encoded array of the meta data

- `talkMetaData` array:

field	type	Description
messageType	string	A message type to show the message in different styles. Currently known: voice-message and comment
caption	string	A caption message that should be shown together with the shared file (only available with media-caption capability)
replyTo	int	The message ID this caption message is a reply to (only allowed for messages from the same conversation and when the message type is not system or command)
silent	bool	If sent silent the message will not create chat notifications even for mentions (only available with media-caption capability, yes media-caption not silent-send)

• Response: See official OCS Share API docs

List overview of items shared into a chat#

• Required capability: rich-object-list-media
• Method: GET
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/share/overview
• Data:

field	type	Description
limit	int	Number of chat messages with shares you want to get

• Response:

  • Note: if a file was shared multiple times it will be returned multiple times

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator

  • Data:

    • An array per item type
      • Array of messages as defined in Receive chat messages of a conversation

List items of type shared in a chat#

• Required capability: rich-object-list-media
• Method: GET
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/share
• Data:

field	type	Description
objectType	string	One of the Constants - Shared item types
lastKnownMessageId	int	Serves as an offset for the query. The lastKnownMessageId for the next page is available in the X-Chat-Last-Given header.
limit	int	Number of chat messages with shares you want to get

• Response:

  • Note: if a file was shared multiple times it will be returned multiple times

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Given	int	Offset (lastKnownMessageId) for the next page.

- Data:
  Array of messages as defined in [Receive chat messages of a conversation](#receive-chat-messages-of-a-conversation)

Clear chat history#

• Required capability: clear-history
• Method: DELETE

• Endpoint: /chat/{token}

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK - When deleting was successful
    • 202 Accepted - When deleting was successful but Matterbridge is enabled so the message was leaked to other services
    • 403 Forbidden When the user is not a moderator
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability)

- Data:
    The full message array of the new system message "You cleared the history of the conversation", as defined in [Receive chat messages of a conversation](#receive-chat-messages-of-a-conversation)
    When rendering this message the client should also remove all messages from any cache/storage of the device.

Deleting a chat message#

• Required capability: delete-messages - rich-object-delete indicates if shared objects can be deleted from the chat
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: DELETE

• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/{messageId}

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK - When deleting was successful
    • 202 Accepted - When deleting was successful, but a bot or Matterbridge is configured, so the information can be replicated to other services
    • 400 Bad Request The message is already older than 6 hours
    • 403 Forbidden When the message is not from the current user and the user not a moderator
    • 403 Forbidden When the conversation is read-only
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation or chat message could not be found for the participant
    • 405 Method Not Allowed When the message is not a normal chat message
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability)

- Data:
    The full message array of the new system message "You deleted a message", as defined in [Receive chat messages of a conversation](#receive-chat-messages-of-a-conversation)
    The parent message is the object of the deleted message with the replaced text "Message deleted by you".
    This message should **NOT** be displayed to the user but instead be used to remove the original message from any cache/storage of the device.

Editing a chat message#

• Required capability: edit-messages
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: PUT
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/{messageId}
• Data:

field	type	Description
message	string	The message the user wants to say

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK - When editing was successful
    • 202 Accepted - When editing was successful, but a bot or Matterbridge is configured, so the information can be replicated to other services
    • 400 Bad Request The message is already older than 24 hours or another reason why editing is not okay
    • 403 Forbidden When the message is not from the current user and the user not a moderator
    • 403 Forbidden When the conversation is read-only
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation or chat message could not be found for the participant
    • 405 Method Not Allowed When the message is not a normal chat message
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability)

- Data:
    The full message array of the new system message "You edited a message", as defined in [Receive chat messages of a conversation](#receive-chat-messages-of-a-conversation)
    The parent message is the object of the edited message with the new content.
    This message should **NOT** be displayed to the user but instead be used to update the original message from any cache/storage of the device.

Set reminder for chat message#

• Required capability: remind-me-later
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: POST
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/{messageId}/reminder
• Data:

field	type	Description
timestamp	int	Timestamp when the notification should be triggered. Preferable options for 6pm today, 8am tomorrow, Saturday 8am and Monday 8am should be offered.

• Response:
  • Status code:
    • 201 Created
    • 401 Unauthorized when the user is not logged in
    • 404 Not Found When the message could not be found in the room
    • 404 Not Found When the room could not be found for the participant, or the participant is a guest.
  • Data: Array with the details of the reminder

field	type	Description
userId	string	The user id of the user
token	string	The token of the conversation of the message
messageId	int	The message id this reminder is for
timestamp	int	The timestamp when the reminder is triggered

Get reminder for chat message#

• Required capability: remind-me-later
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: GET

• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/{messageId}/reminder

• Response:

  • Status code:
    • 200 OK
    • 401 Unauthorized when the user is not logged in
    • 404 Not Found When the message could not be found in the room
    • 404 Not Found When the room could not be found for the participant, or the participant is a guest.
    • 404 Not Found When the user has no reminder for this message
  • Data: Array with the details of the reminder

field	type	Description
userId	string	The user id of the user
token	string	The token of the conversation of the message
messageId	int	The message id this reminder is for
timestamp	int	The timestamp when the reminder is triggered

Delete reminder for chat message#

• Required capability: remind-me-later
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: DELETE

• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/{messageId}/reminder

• Response:

  • Status code:
    • 200 OK
    • 401 Unauthorized when the user is not logged in
    • 404 Not Found When the message could not be found in the room
    • 404 Not Found When the room could not be found for the participant, or the participant is a guest.

Mark chat as read#

• Required capability: chat-read-marker
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: POST
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/read
• Data:

field	type	Description
lastReadMessage	int/null	The last read message ID (Optional with chat-read-last capability)

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK
    • 404 Not Found When the room could not be found for the participant, or the participant is a guest.

  • Data in case of 200 OK:

    • Without federation-v1 capability empty
    • With federation-v1 capability, see array definition in Get user´s conversations

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability)

Mark chat as unread#

• Required capability: chat-unread
• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: DELETE

• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/read

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK
    • 404 Not Found When the room could not be found for the participant, or the participant is a guest.

  • Data in case of 200 OK:

    • Without federation-v1 capability empty
    • With federation-v1 capability, see array definition in Get user´s conversations

  • Header:

field	type	Description
X-Chat-Last-Common-Read	int	ID of the last message read by every user that has read privacy set to public. When the user themself has it set to private the value the header is not set (only available with chat-read-status capability)

Get mention autocomplete suggestions#

• Federation capability: federation-v1
• Method: GET
• Endpoint: /chat/{token}/mentions
• Data:

field	type	Description
search	string	Search term for name suggestions (should at least be 1 character)
limit	int	Number of suggestions to receive (20 by default)
includeStatus	bool	Whether the user status information also needs to be loaded

• Response:

  • Status code:

    • 200 OK
    • 403 Forbidden When the conversation is read-only
    • 404 Not Found When the conversation could not be found for the participant
    • 412 Precondition Failed When the lobby is active and the user is not a moderator

  • Data: Array of suggestions, each suggestion has at least:

field	type	Description
mentionId	string	Optional: Only available with federation-v1 capability - the identifier which should be sent as @<id> in the message (ids that contain spaces or slashes need to be wrapped in double-quotes when sending in a message: @"space user" and @"guest/random-string")
id	string	The id of the participant to mention. Note: while this should not be inserted into the message field when mentionId is present, it still has to be used to load e.g. avatar and user status of users that are from the same proxy server.
label	string	The display name of the mention option
source	string	The type of the mention option, currently only users, federated_users, group, guests or calls (for mentioning the whole conversation)
status	string	Optional: Only available with includeStatus=true and for users with a set status
statusIcon	string	Optional: Only available with includeStatus=true and for users with a set status
statusMessage	string	Optional: Only available with includeStatus=true and for users with a set status
details	string	Optional: Only provided for the "Everyone" option and can be used as a subline directly

System messages#

• conversation_created - {actor} created the conversation
• conversation_renamed - {actor} renamed the conversation from "foo" to "bar"
• description_set - {actor} set the description
• description_removed - {actor} removed the description
• call_started - {actor} started a call
• call_joined - {actor} joined the call
• call_left - {actor} left the call
• call_ended - Call with {user1}, {user2}, {user3}, {user4} and {user5} (Duration 30:23)
• call_ended_everyone - {user1} ended the call with {user2}, {user3}, {user4} and {user5} (Duration 30:23)
• call_missed - You missed a call from {user}
• call_tried - You tried to call {user}
• read_only_off - {actor} unlocked the conversation
• read_only - {actor} locked the conversation
• listable_none - {actor} limited the conversation to the current participants
• listable_users - {actor} opened the conversation accessible to registered users
• listable_all - {actor} opened the conversation accessible to registered users and users created with the Guests app
• lobby_timer_reached - The conversation is now open to everyone
• lobby_none - {actor} opened the conversation to everyone
• lobby_non_moderators - {actor} restricted the conversation to moderators
• guests_allowed - {actor} allowed guests in the conversation
• guests_disallowed - {actor} disallowed guests in the conversation
• password_set - {actor} set a password for the conversation
• password_removed - {actor} removed the password for the conversation
• user_added - {actor} added {user} to the conversation
• user_removed - {actor} removed {user} from the conversation
• group_added - {actor} added group {group} to the conversation
• group_removed - {actor} removed group {group} from the conversation
• circle_added - {actor} added circle {circle} to the conversation
• circle_removed - {actor} removed circle {circle} from the conversation
• moderator_promoted - {actor} promoted {user} to moderator
• moderator_demoted - {actor} demoted {user} from moderator
• guest_moderator_promoted - {actor} promoted {user} to moderator
• guest_moderator_demoted - {actor} demoted {user} from moderator
• message_deleted - Message deleted by {actor} (Should not be shown to the user)
• message_edited - Message edited by {actor} (Should not be shown to the user)
• history_cleared - {actor} cleared the history of the conversation
• file_shared - {file}
• object_shared - {object}
• matterbridge_config_added - {actor} set up Matterbridge to synchronize this conversation with other chats
• matterbridge_config_edited - {actor} updated the Matterbridge configuration
• matterbridge_config_removed - {actor} removed the Matterbridge configuration
• matterbridge_config_enabled - {actor} started Matterbridge
• matterbridge_config_disabled - {actor} stopped Matterbridge
• reaction - {reaction}
• reaction_deleted - Reaction deleted by author (replacement of reaction after the action has been performed)
• reaction_revoked - {actor} deleted a reaction (the action that will replace reaction with a reaction_deleted message)
• Creating a poll is an object_shared with a poll object
• poll_voted - Someone voted on the poll {poll}
• poll_closed - {actor} closed the poll {poll}
• message_expiration_enabled - {actor} set the message expiration to 3 hours
• message_expiration_disabled - {actor} disabled message expiration
• breakout_rooms_started - {actor} started breakout rooms
• breakout_rooms_stopped - {actor} stopped breakout rooms
• recording_started - {actor} started a video recording
• recording_stopped - {actor} stopped a video recording
• audio_recording_started - {actor} started an audio recording
• audio_recording_stopped - {actor} stopped an audio recording
• avatar_set - {actor} set the conversation avatar
• avatar_removed - {actor} removed the conversation avatar
• federated_user_added - {actor} invited {federated_user} / {federated_user} accepted the invitation
• federated_user_removed - {actor} removed {federated_user} / {federated_user} declined the invitation