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Pulling Friends

Feature Overview

This API is used to pull the data of all friends by page.
It cannot pull profile data.
You do not need to specify the fields to pull. By default, all standard and custom friend data will be returned.

API Calling Description

Sample request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/sns/friend_get?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_get
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 requests

{
    "From_Account": "id",
    "StartIndex": 0,
    "StandardSequence": 0,
    "CustomSequence": 0
}

Request fields

Field
Type
Required
Description
From_Account
String
Yes
The UserID of the account that requests to pull friend data
StartIndex
Integer
Yes
The starting point of the page to be pulled
StandardSequence
Integer
No
The StandardSequence returned for the previous friend data pull. If the value of the StandardSequence field is the same as that in the backend, the backend will not return standard friend data.
CustomSequence
Integer
No
The CustomSequence returned for the previous friend data pull. If the value of the CustomSequence field is the same as that in the backend, the backend will not return custom friend data.

Sample responses

{
    "UserDataItem": [
        {
            "To_Account": "id1",
            "ValueItem": [
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_IM_AddSource",
                    "Value": "AddSource_Type_Android"
                },
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_IM_Remark",
                    "Value": "Remark1"
                },
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_IM_Group",
                    "Value":["Group1","Group2"]
                },
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_IM_AddTime",
                    "Value": 1563867420
                },
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_Custom_Test",
                    "Value": "CustomData1"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "To_Account": "id2",
            "ValueItem": [
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_IM_AddSource",
                    "Value": "AddSource_Type_IOS"
                },
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_IM_Group",
                    "Value":["Group1"]
                },
                {
                    "Tag": "Tag_SNS_IM_AddTime",
                    "Value": 1563867425
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "StandardSequence": 88,
    "CustomSequence": 46,
    "FriendNum": 20,
    "CompleteFlag": 1,
    "NextStartIndex": 0,
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorCode": 0,
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorDisplay": ""
}

Response fields

Field
Type
Description
UserDataItem
Array
The friend object array. Each friend object contains a To_Account field and a ValueItem array.
To_Account
String
The UserID of a friend
ValueItem
Array
The array for storing friend data. Each array element contains a Tag field and a Value field.
Tag
String
The name of a friend field
Value
String/Integer/Array
The value of the friend field. For more information, see Relationship Chain Fields.
StandardSequence
Integer
The sequence for standard friend data. The client can save this sequence and return it to the backend via the StandardSequence field in the next request.
CustomSequence
Integer
The sequence for custom friend data. The client can save this sequence and return it to the backend via the CustomSequence field in the next request.
FriendNum
Integer
The total number of friends
CompleteFlag
Integer
The ending tag of the page. A non-zero value indicates that all friend data is pulled.
NextStartIndex
Integer
The starting point of the next page
ActionStatus
String
The 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 ErrorCode and ErrorInfo respectively. 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.
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.

API Debugging Tool

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

Reference

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