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Bulk Muting and Unmuting

Feature Overview

The app administrator can mute certain group members for a specific period of time.
The app administrator can unmute certain group members.
When muted users leave and then enter the group again, they remain muted.

API Calling Description

Applicable group types

Group Type
Support for This RESTful API
Private
No. Same as work groups (Work) in the new version.
Public
Yes
ChatRoom
Yes. Same as meeting groups (Meeting) in the new version.
AVChatRoom
Yes
Community
Yes
Above are the built-in group types of the Chat service. For more information, see Group System.
Note
Private groups (i.e., work groups in the new version) do not support muting members.

Sample request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/group_open_http_svc/forbid_send_msg?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/group_open_http_svc/forbid_send_msg
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. The value is fixed to json.

Maximum call frequency

200 calls per second

Sample request

Muting members You can set a specific period of time in MuteTime to mute specified members.
{
  "GroupId": "@TGS#2C5SZEAEF",
  "Members_Account": [ // Up to 500 member accounts
      "peter",
      "leckie"
  ],
  "MuteTime": 60 // Muting period, in seconds
}
Unmuting members To unmute members, set MuteTime to 0.
{
  "GroupId": "@TGS#2C5SZEAEF",
  "Members_Account": [ // Up to 500 member accounts
      "peter",
      "leckie"
  ],
  "MuteTime": 0 // 0 indicates to unmute members.
}

Request fields

Field
Type
Required
Description
GroupId
String
Yes
The ID of the group to be queried
Members_Account
Array
Yes
The member accounts to be muted. A maximum of 500 accounts are supported.
MuteTime
Integer
Yes
Muting period of the unsigned integer type, in seconds. 0: Unmute; 4294967295: Permanent muting
TopicId
String
Optional
ID of the topic whose muting status is to be set. This field applies only to topic-enabled community groups.

Sample response

{
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorCode":0
}

Response fields

Field
Type
Description
ActionStatus
String
Request result. OK: successful; FAIL: failed
ErrorCode
Integer
Error code. 0: Successful; other values: Failed
ErrorInfo
String
Error information

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
10002
Internal server error. Try again.
10003
Invalid command word.
10004
Invalid parameter. Check the error description and troubleshoot the issue.
10007
No operation permissions. For example, a common member in a public group tries to remove other users from the group, but only the app admin can do so.
10010
The group does not exist or has been deleted.
10015
Invalid group ID. Use the correct group ID.

API Debugging Tool

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

References

Getting the List of Muted Group Members (v4/group_open_http_svc/get_group_muted_account)