Modifying the Profile of a Group

Feature Overview

This API is used by the app admin to modify the profile of a specified group.

API Calling Description

Applicable group types

Group Type ID
RESTful API Support
Private
Yes. 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
These are the preset group types in Chat. For more information, see Group System.

Sample request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/group_open_http_svc/modify_group_base_info?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/modify_group_base_info
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

Modify basic group information Modify basic group information, such as the group name and group announcement.
{
"GroupId": "@TGS#1NVTZEAE4", // Group whose basic profile you want to modify (required)
"Name": "NewName", // Group name (optional)
"Introduction": "NewIntroduction", // Group introduction (optional)
"Notification": "NewNotification", // Group notice (optional)
"FaceUrl": "http://this.is.new.face.url", // Group profile photo (optional)
"MaxMemberNum": 500, // Maximum number of group members (optional)
"ApplyJoinOption": "NeedPermission", // Method for applying to join the group (optional)
"MuteAllMember": "On" // Mutes all members (optional). "On": Enable, "Off": Disable
}
Set custom group information Set a group's custom field information. By default, custom information is not available and needs to be enabled in the Chat console. For details, see the description table for request packet fields.
{
"GroupId": "@TGS#1NVTZEAE4", // Group whose basic profile you want to modify (required)
"AppDefinedData": [ // Custom field (optional)
{
"Key": "GroupTestData1", // Custom field key to be modified
"Value": "NewData" // New value of the custom field
}
]
}
Delete custom group information Delete a group's custom field information that you have set.
{
"GroupId": "@TGS#1NVTZEAE4", // Group whose basic profile you want to modify (required)
"AppDefinedData": [ // Custom field (optional)
{
"Key": "GroupTestData2",
"Value": "" // If this parameter is empty, the custom field is to be deleted.
}
]
}
ALL IN ONE
{
"GroupId": "@TGS#2J4SZEAEL", // Group whose basic profile you want to modify (required)
"Name": "NewName", // Group name (optional)
"Introduction": "NewIntroduction", // Group introduction (optional)
"Notification": "NewNotification", // Group notice (optional)
"FaceUrl": "http://this.is.new.face.url", // Group profile photo (optional)
"MaxMemberNum": 500, // Maximum number of group members (optional)
"ApplyJoinOption": "NeedPermission", // Method for applying to join the group (optional)
"MuteAllMember": "On", // Mutes all members, which is optional. `On`: Enable. `Off`: Disable
"AppDefinedData": [ // Custom field (optional)
{
"Key": "GroupTestData1", // Custom field key to be modified
"Value": "NewData" // New value of the custom field
},
{
"Key": "GroupTestData2",
"Value": "" // If this parameter is empty, the custom field is to be deleted.
}
]
}

Request fields

Field
Type
Required
Description
GroupId
String
Required
ID of the group whose basic information you want to modify.
Name
String
Optional
The maximum length is 30 bytes. This field is UTF-8-encoded, and one Chinese character occupies three bytes.
Introduction
String
Optional
The maximum length is 240 bytes. This field is UTF-8-encoded, and one Chinese character occupies three bytes.
Notification
String
Optional
The maximum length is 300 bytes. This field is UTF-8-encoded, and one Chinese character occupies three bytes.
FaceUrl
String
Optional
URL of the group profile photo, whose maximum length is 100 bytes.
MaxMemberNum
Integer
No
Maximum number of group members
For work groups (Work), public groups (Public), meeting groups (Meeting), and communities, see the upper limit on the number of group members in Group System.
For audio-video groups (AVChatRoom), this field is invalid and doesn't need to be specified.
ApplyJoinOption
String
Optional
Method for handling requests to join the group. Valid values: FreeAccess, NeedPermission, and DisableApply. Community groups currently do not support this field.
AppDefinedData
Array
Optional
By default, this field is not available. To learn how to enable group-level custom fields, see Custom Fields.
MuteAllMember
String
Optional
Mutes all members in a group and allows only the group admin, group owner, and system admin to speak.
InviteJoinOption
String
Optional
Method for handling invitations to join the group. Valid values: FreeAccess (directly inviting users to the group without approval and other operations), NeedPermission (requiring approval from the group admin or owner), and DisableInvite (not supporting SDK invitations to the group). This option is not supported by the AVChatRoom group type.
From_Account
String
Optional
Operator source account, optional. If this field is not filled in, the operator who modifies the group information is the App admin account used when calling this interface. In addition, the App can also "forge" the operator who modifies the group information through this field to implement some special functional requirements. If you specify this field, you must ensure that the account in the field exists.
EnablePermission
Integer
Optional
Only communities that support topics can set this field.
Whether to enable the permission group as the basis for permission judgement:
0: Disable
1: Enable
DefaultPermission
Integer
Optional
Only groups that enable the permission group as the basis for permission judgement can set this field.
The default permissions of a group member in the group.

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.
10026
The command word of the SDKAppID request is disabled. Please submit a ticket.
10007
Insufficient operation permissions. Check whether the operator is the app admin or whether the operator has the permission to modify the fields in the request.
10010
The group does not exist or has been deleted.
10015
Invalid group ID. Use the correct group ID.

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References