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Updating Friends

Feature Overview

This API is used to update the relationship chain data of multiple friends of a user at a time.
You are advised to update multiple friends of a user at a time to avoid write conflicts caused by concurrent writes.

API Calling Description

Sample request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/sns/friend_update?sdkappid=88888888&identifier=admin&usersig=xxx&random=99999999&contenttype=json

Request parameters

The following table describes the modified parameters when this API is called. For other parameters, see RESTful API Overview.
Parameter
Description
xxxxxx
Domain name corresponding to the country/region where your SDKAppID is located.
China: console.tim.qq.com
Singapore: adminapisgp.im.qcloud.com
Seoul: adminapikr.im.qcloud.com
Frankfurt: adminapiger.im.qcloud.com
Silicon Valley: adminapiusa.im.qcloud.com
Jakarta: adminapiidn.im.qcloud.com
v4/sns/friend_update
Request API.
sdkappid
SDKAppID assigned by the Chat console when an app is created
identifier
App admin account. For more information, see the App Admin section in Login Authentication.
usersig
Signature generated by the app admin account. For details, see Generating UserSig.
random
A random 32-bit unsigned integer ranging from 0 to 4294967295.
contenttype
Request format, which should always be json.

Maximum call frequency

200 calls per second

Sample request

Basic format
{
  "From_Account":"id",
  "UpdateItem":
  [
      {
          "To_Account":"id1",
          "SnsItem":
          [
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Remark",
                  "Value":"remark1"
              }
          ]
      }
  ]
}
Response to a complete request
{
  "From_Account":"id",
  "UpdateItem":
  [
      {
          "To_Account":"id1",
          "SnsItem":
          [
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Remark",
                  "Value":"remark1"
              },
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Group",
                  "Value":
                  [
                      "group1",
                      "group2"
                  ]
              },
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_Custom_Test",
                  "Value":"test"
              }
          ]
      }
  ]
}
Response to a batch request
{
  "From_Account":"id",
  "UpdateItem":
  [
      {
          "To_Account":"id1",
          "SnsItem":
          [
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Remark",
                  "Value":"remark1"
              }
          ]
      },
      {
          "To_Account":"id2",
          "SnsItem":
          [
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Remark",
                  "Value":"remark2"
              },
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Group",
                  "Value":
                  [
                      "group1",
                      "group2"
                  ]
              }
          ]
      },
      {
          "To_Account":"id3",
          "SnsItem":
          [
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Remark",
                  "Value":"remark3"
              },
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_IM_Group",
                  "Value":
                  [
                      "group3"
                  ]
              },
              {
                  "Tag":"Tag_SNS_Custom_Test",
                  "Value":"test"
              }
          ]
      }
  ]
}

Request fields

Field
Type
Required
Description
From_Account
String
Yes
UserID of the account for which to update relationship chain data.
UpdateItem
Array
Yes
An object array of friends to be updated.
To_Account
String
Yes
UserID of a friend.
SnsItem
Array
Yes
An object array of the relationship chain data to be updated.
Tag
String
Yes
The name of a relationship chain field to be updated. Users are only allowed to update the remarks, group, and custom fields of relationship chain. For more information on relationship chain fields, see the Friend Lists in Relationship Chain Management.
Value
Array/String/Integer
Yes
The value of a relationship chain field. For information on value types, see the Friend Lists section in Relationship Chain Management.

Sample response

Response to a basic or complete request
{
  "ResultItem":
  [
      {
          "To_Account":"id1",
          "ResultCode":0,
          "ResultInfo":""
      }
  ],
  "ActionStatus":"OK",
  "ErrorCode":0,
  "ErrorInfo":"",
  "ErrorDisplay":""
}
Response to a batch request
{
  "ResultItem":
  [
      {
          "To_Account":"id1",
          "ResultCode":0,
          "ResultInfo":""
      },
      {
          "To_Account":"id2",
          "ResultCode":30011,
          "ResultInfo":"Err_SNS_FriendUpdate_Group_Num_Exceed_Threshold"
      },
      {
          "To_Account":"id3",
          "ResultCode":30002,
          "ResultInfo":"Err_SNS_FriendImport_SdkAppId_Illegal"
      }
  ],
  "Fail_Account":["id2","id3"],
  "ActionStatus":"OK",
  "ErrorCode":0,
  "ErrorInfo":"",
  "ErrorDisplay":""
}

Response fields

Field
Type
Description
ResultItem
Array
The result of updating friends, which is an array of UserIDs and corresponding results.
To_Account
String
UserID of the friend that you requested to update.
ResultCode
Integer
The result of To_Account. 0: Successful. Other values: Failed. For details on non-zero results, see Error Codes.
ResultInfo
String
The error description of To_Account. This field is empty if the request succeeds.
Fail_Account
Array
The users that failed to be verified. This field is only returned when at least one user fails.
ActionStatus
String
Request result. OK: Successful. FAIL: Failed.
ErrorCode
Integer
Error code. 0: successful. Other values: failed. For details on non-zero results, see Error Codes.
ErrorInfo
String
Detailed error information.
ErrorDisplay
String
Detailed information displayed on the client


Error Codes

The returned HTTP status code for this API is always 200 unless a network error (such as error 502) occurs. The specific error code and details can be found in the response fields ResultCode, ResultInfo, ErrorCode, and ErrorInfo. For public error codes (60000 to 79999), see Error Codes. The following table describes the error codes specific to this API:
Error Code
Description
30001
Incorrect request parameter. Check your request according to the error description.
30002
The SDKAppID does not match.
30003
The requested account does not exist.
30004
The request requires app admin permissions.
30006
Internal server error. Try again.
30007
Network timeout. Try again later.
30008
A write conflict occurred due to concurrent write operations. You are advised to use bulk processing.
30011
The maximum number of friend lists has been reached.

API Debugging Tool

Use the RESTful API online debugging tool to debug this API.

Reference

Adding Friends
Importing Friends
Deleting Friends
Deleting All Friends
Verifying Friends
Pulling Friends
Pulling Specified Friends