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Before a Topic Is Created

Feature Overview

This callback allows you to view the user's topic creation request on the application backend in real time. In addition, the application backend can reject the request.

Notes

To enable this callback, you must configure the URL. This callback and the callback before group creation use the same switch. For detailed directions, see Webhook Configuration.
During this callback, the IM backend initiates an HTTP POST request to the app backend.
After receiving the callback request, the app backend must check whether the SDKAppID contained in the request URL is the SDKAppID of the app.
For more security considerations, see the Security Considerations section in Third-Party Callback Overview.
You need to enable the topic feature in the console before using it.

Callback Triggering Scenarios

The application user creates a topic on the client.
The application admin creates a topic through the RESTful API.

Callback Triggering Timing

It will be triggered before the IM backend creates a topic.

API Calling Description

Sample request URL

In the following sample, the callback URL configured in the app is https://www.example.com. Example:
https://www.example.com?SdkAppid=$SDKAppID&CallbackCommand=$CallbackCommand&contenttype=json&ClientIP=$ClientIP&OptPlatform=$OptPlatform

Request parameters

Parameter
Description
https
The request protocol is HTTPS, and the request method is POST.
www.example.com
Callback URL
SdkAppid
The SDKAppID assigned by the IM console when the app is created
CallbackCommand
Fixed value: Group.CallbackBeforeCreateTopic.
contenttype
Fixed value: JSON.
ClientIP
Client IP, such as 127.0.0.1
OptPlatform
Client platform. For valid values, see the description of OptPlatform in the Callback Protocols section of Third-Party Callback Overview.

Sample request

{
    "CallbackCommand": "Group.CallbackBeforeCreateTopic", // Callback command
    "Operator_Account": "leckie", // Operator
    "Type": "Community", // Group type
    "Name": "MyFirstTopic" // Group name
}

Request fields

Object
Type
Description
CallbackCommand
String
Callback command
Operator_Account
String
UserID of the operator who initiates the topic creation request
Type
String
Group type of the topic. Here, it is Community.
Name
String
Name of the topic requested to be created

Sample response

Creation allowed

The user is allowed to create a topic.
{
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorCode": 0 // Creation allowed
}

Creation refused

The user is not allowed to create a topic. No topic will be created, and the error code 10016 will be returned to the caller.
{
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorCode": 1 // Creation refused
}

Response fields

Field
Type
Required
Description
ActionStatus
String
Yes
Request result. OK: Successful; FAIL: Failed
ErrorCode
Integer
Yes
Error code. Valid values: 0 (creation allowed); 1 (creation refused). If you want to use your own error code to refuse a user request for topic creation, you need to pass in ErrorCode and ErrorInfo to the client, with ErrorCode in the range of [10100,10200].
ErrorInfo
String
Yes
Error message

References

Third-Party Callback Overview
RESTful API: Creating Topic