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Updating Group Counters

Feature Overview

The app admin can use this API to update (set/increase/decrease) group counters. To use this feature, you need to purchase the Premium edition.

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 the meeting group (Meeting) in the new version.
AVChatRoom
Yes
Community
No
These are the preset group types in Chat. For more information, see Group System.

Sample request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/group_open_http_svc/update_group_counter?sdkappid=88888888&identifier=admin&usersig=xxx&random=99999999&contenttype=json

Request parameters

The following table describes only 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_attr
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

Basic format Update group counters:
{
    "GroupId": "@TGS#aC5SZEAEF",
    "GroupCounter":[
        {
            "Key":"like", // Group counter key
            "Value":5 // Group counter value
        }，
        {
            "Key":"unlike",
            "Value":1
        }
    ],
    "Mode": "Set"  // `Set`, `Increase`, `Decrease`
}

Request fields

Field
Type
Required
Description
GroupId
String
Yes
Group ID
GroupCounter
Array
Yes
List of group counters. Key indicates the key of the group counter. The list can contain up to 20 keys, with each key containing no more than 128 bytes. Value indicates the value of the group counter, which is a 64-bit signed integer.
Mode
String
No
Increase and Decrease indicate increasing or decreasing the original value respectively. If the Key does not exist, create one with Value being 0 and then increase or decrease the value. Set indicates setting Value corresponding to the Key.

Sample response

{
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorCode": 0,
    "GroupCounter":[  // List of the latest group counter key-value pairs updated
        {
            "Key":"like", // Group counter key
            "Value":5 // Latest group counter value
        }，
        {
            "Key":"unlike",
            "Value":1
        }
    ]
}

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
GroupCounter
Array
List of the latest group counter key-value pairs updated

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.
10004
Invalid parameter. Check the error description and troubleshoot the issue.
10007
Insufficient operation permission. For example, the current user is not a group member.
10010
The group does not exist or has been deleted.
10015
Invalid group ID. Check whether the group ID is entered correctly and whether the group exists.
10059
To use this feature, you need to purchase the Premium edition.
10063
The number of keys in the group counter exceeds the limit of 20.