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Friend Group

Feature Description

To group friends into categories such as "Classmates at university" and "Coworkers", call the following APIs.

Creating a friend group

API
chat.createFriendGroup(options);
Parameter
The options parameter is of the Object type. It contains the following attribute values:
Name
Type
Description
name
String
List name
userIDList
Array
List of userID values of the friends to be added to the group
Returned value
Promise
Sample
let promise = chat.createFriendGroup({
  name: 'My friend group 1',
  userIDList: ['user0','user1']
});
promise.then(function(imResponse) {
  const { friendGroup,failureUserIDList } = imResponse;
  // friendGroup - Friend list instance
  // failureUserIDList - List of the `userID` values failed to be added
  // When the friend group is successfully created
  // the SDK triggers the TencentCloudChat.EVENT.FRIEND_GROUP_LIST_UPDATED event.
}).catch(function(imError) {
  console.warn('getFriendGroupInfo error:', imError); // Failed to obtain the information
});

Deleting a friend group

API
chat.deleteFriendGroup(options);
Parameter
The options parameter is of the Object type. It contains the following attribute values:
Name
Type
Description
name
String
group name
Returned value
Promise
Sample
let promise = chat.deleteFriendGroup({
  name: 'My friend group 1',
});
promise.then(function(imResponse) {
  console.log(imResponse.data); // Friend list instance
  // When the friend group is successfully deleted
  // the SDK triggers the TencentCloudChat.EVENT.FRIEND_GROUP_LIST_UPDATED event.
}).catch(function(imError) {
  console.warn('deleteFriendGroup error:', imError); // Failed to obtain the information
});

Renaming a friend group

API
chat.renameFriendGroup(options);
Parameter
The options parameter is of the Object type. It contains the following attribute values:
Name
Type
Description
oldName
String
Old group name
newName
String
New group name
Returned value
Promise
Sample
let promise = chat.renameFriendGroup({
  oldName: 'Friends',
  newName: 'Besties'
});
promise.then(function(imResponse) {
  console.log(imResponse.data); // FriendGroup instance
  // When the name of a friend group is changed successfully
  // the SDK triggers the TencentCloudChat.EVENT.FRIEND_GROUP_LIST_UPDATED event.
}).catch(function(imError) {
  console.warn('updateMyProfile error:', imError);
});

Getting friend group list

The friend groups cached in the SDK can be obtained. When a friend group is updated, the SDK will deliver the TencentCloudChat.EVENT.FRIEND_GROUP_LIST_UPDATED event.
API
chat.getFriendGroupList();
Returned value
Promise
Sample
let promise = chat.getFriendGroupList();
promise.then(function(imResponse) {
  const friendGroupList = imResponse.data; // Friend list
}).catch(function(imError) {
  console.warn('getFriendGroupList error:', imError); // Failed to obtain the friend group
});

Adding a friend to a list

API
chat.addToFriendGroup(options);
Parameter
The options parameter is of the Object type. It contains the following attribute values:
Name
Type
Description
name
String
Group name
userIDList
Array
List of userID values of the friends to be added
Returned value
Promise
Sample
let promise = chat.addToFriendGroup({
  name: 'My friend group 1',
  userIDList: ['user1','user2'],
});
promise.then(function(imResponse) {
  const { friendGroup, failureUserIDList } = imResponse.data;
  // friendGroup - Friend list instance
  // failureUserIDList - List of the `userID` values failed to be added
  // When the friends are successfully added to the friend group,
  // the SDK triggers the TencentCloudChat.EVENT.FRIEND_GROUP_LIST_UPDATED event.
}).catch(function(imError) {
  console.warn('addToFriendGroup error:', imError); // Failed to obtain the information
});

Removing a friend from a list

API
chat.removeFromFriendGroup(options);
Parameter
The options parameter is of the Object type. It contains the following attribute values:
Name
Type
Description
name
String
Group name
userIDList
Array
List of userID values of the friends to be removed
Returned value
Promise
Sample
let promise = chat.removeFromFriendGroup({
  name: 'My friend group 1',
  userIDList: ['user1','user2'],
});
promise.then(function(imResponse) {
  const { friendGroup, failureUserIDList } = imResponse.data;
  // friendGroup - Friend list instance
  // failureUserIDList - List of the `userID` values failed to be added
  // When the friends are successfully removed from the friend group
  // the SDK triggers the TencentCloudChat.EVENT.FRIEND_GROUP_LIST_UPDATED event.
}).catch(function(imError) {
  console.warn('addToFriendGroup error:', imError); // Failed to obtain the information
});