REST Resource: spaces.members

Resource: Membership

Represents a membership relation in Google Chat, such as whether a user or Chat app is invited to, part of, or absent from a space.

JSON representation
{
  "name": string,
  "state": enum (MembershipState),
  "role": enum (MembershipRole),
  "createTime": string,
  "deleteTime": string,

  // Union field memberType can be only one of the following:
  "member": {
    object (User)
  },
  "groupMember": {
    object (Group)
  }
  // End of list of possible types for union field memberType.
}
Fields
name

string

Resource name of the membership, assigned by the server.

Format: spaces/{space}/members/{member}

state

enum (MembershipState)

Output only. State of the membership.

role

enum (MembershipRole)

Optional. User's role within a Chat space, which determines their permitted actions in the space.

This field can only be used as input in members.patch.

createTime

string (Timestamp format)

Optional. Immutable. The creation time of the membership, such as when a member joined or was invited to join a space. This field is output only, except when used to import historical memberships in import mode spaces.

deleteTime

string (Timestamp format)

Optional. Immutable. The deletion time of the membership, such as when a member left or was removed from a space. This field is output only, except when used to import historical memberships in import mode spaces.

Union field memberType. Member associated with this membership. Other member types might be supported in the future. memberType can be only one of the following:
member

object (User)

The Google Chat user or app the membership corresponds to. If your Chat app authenticates as a user, the output populates the user name and type.

groupMember

object (Group)

The Google Group the membership corresponds to.

Reading or mutating memberships for Google Groups requires user authentication.

MembershipState

Specifies the member's relationship with a space. Other membership states might be supported in the future.

Enums
MEMBERSHIP_STATE_UNSPECIFIED Default value. Don't use.
JOINED The user is added to the space, and can participate in the space.
INVITED The user is invited to join the space, but hasn't joined it.
NOT_A_MEMBER The user doesn't belong to the space and doesn't have a pending invitation to join the space.

MembershipRole

Represents a user's permitted actions in a Chat space. More enum values might be added in the future.

Enums
MEMBERSHIP_ROLE_UNSPECIFIED Default value. For users: they aren't a member of the space, but can be invited. For Google Groups: they're always assigned this role (other enum values might be used in the future).
ROLE_MEMBER A member of the space. The user has basic permissions, like sending messages to the space. In 1:1 and unnamed group conversations, everyone has this role.
ROLE_MANAGER A space manager. The user has all basic permissions plus administrative permissions that let them manage the space, like adding or removing members. Only supported in SpaceType.SPACE.

Group

A Google Group in Google Chat.

JSON representation
{
  "name": string
}
Fields
name

string

Resource name for a Google Group.

Represents a group in Cloud Identity Groups API.

Format: groups/{group}

Methods

create

Creates a membership for the calling Chat app, a user, or a Google Group.

delete

Deletes a membership.

get

Returns details about a membership.

list

Lists memberships in a space.

patch

Updates a membership.