This guide explains how to use the create
method on the membership
resource
of the Google Chat API to invite or add a user or a
Chat app to a space also known as creating a
membership. When creating a membership, if the specified member has their
auto-accept policy turned off, then they're invited, and must accept the space
invitation before joining. Otherwise, creating a membership adds the member
directly to the specified space.
The
Membership
resource
represents whether a human user or Google Chat app is invited to,
part of, or absent from a space.
Prerequisites
Python
- Python 3.6 or greater
- The pip package management tool
The latest Google client libraries for Python. To install or update them, run the following command in your command-line interface:
pip3 install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib oauth2client
A published Chat app. To create and publish a Chat app, see Build a Google Chat app.
Authorization configured for the Chat app. Creating a membership requires User authentication with the
chat.memberships
orchat.memberships.app
authorization scope.
Invite or add a user to a space
To invite or add a user to a space, pass the following in your request:
- Specify the
chat.memberships
authorization scope. - Call the
create
method on themembership
resource. - Set
parent
to the resource name of the space in which to create membership. - Set
member
tousers/{user}
where{user}
is the person that you want to create membership for, and is either:- The ID for the
person
in the People API. For example, if the People API
person
resourceName
ispeople/123456789
, then setmembership.member.name
tousers/123456789
. - The ID for the user in the Directory API.
- The user's email address. For example,
users/222larabrown@gmail.com
orusers/larabrown@cymbalgroup.com
. If the user uses a Google Account or belongs to a different Google Workspace organization, you must use their email address.
- The ID for the
person
in the People API. For example, if the People API
person
The following example adds a user to a space:
Python
- In your working directory, create a file named
chat_membership_user_create.py
. Include the following code in
chat_membership_user_create.py
:import os.path from google.auth.transport.requests import Request from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow from googleapiclient.discovery import build from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError # Define your app's authorization scopes. # When modifying these scopes, delete the file token.json, if it exists. SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships"] def main(): ''' Authenticates with Chat API via user credentials, then adds a user to a Chat space by creating a membership. ''' # Authenticate with Google Workspace # and get user authorization. flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file( 'client_secrets.json', SCOPES) creds = flow.run_local_server() # Build a service endpoint for Chat API. chat = build('chat', 'v1', credentials=creds) # Use the service endpoint to call Chat API. result = chat.spaces().members().create( # The space in which to create a membership. parent = 'spaces/SPACE', # Specify which user the membership is for. body = { 'member': { 'name':'users/USER', 'type': 'HUMAN' } } ).execute() # Prints details about the created membership. print(result) if __name__ == '__main__': main()
In the code, replace the following:
SPACE
: a space name, which you can obtain from thespaces.list
method in the Chat API, or from a space's URL.USER
: a user ID.
In your working directory, build and run the sample:
python3 chat_membership_user_create.py
The Chat API returns an instance of
membership
that details the membership that was created.
Add a Chat app to a space
A Chat app can't add another app as a member to a space. To add a Chat app to a space or a direct message between two human users, pass the following in your request:
- Specify the
chat.memberships.app
authorization scope. - Call the
create
method on themembership
resource. - Set
parent
to the resource name of the space in which to create membership. - Set
member
tousers/app
; an alias that represents the app calling the Chat API.
The following example adds a Chat app to a space:
Python
- In your working directory, create a file named
chat_membership_app_create.py
. Include the following code in
chat_membership_app_create.py
:import os.path from google.auth.transport.requests import Request from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow from googleapiclient.discovery import build from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError # Define your app's authorization scopes. # When modifying these scopes, delete the file token.json, if it exists. SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.app"] def main(): ''' Authenticates with Chat API via user credentials, then adds the Chat app to a Chat space. ''' # Authenticate with Google Workspace # and get user authorization. flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file( 'client_secrets.json', SCOPES) creds = flow.run_local_server() # Build a service endpoint for Chat API. chat = build('chat', 'v1', credentials=creds) # Use the service endpoint to call Chat API. result = chat.spaces().members().create( # The space in which to create a membership. parent = 'spaces/SPACE', # Set the Chat app as the entity that gets added to the space. # 'app' is an alias for the Chat app calling the API. body = { 'member': { 'name':'users/app', 'type': 'BOT' } } ).execute() # Prints details about the created membership. print(result) if __name__ == '__main__': main()
In the code, replace
SPACE
with a space name, which you can obtain from thespaces.list
method in the Chat API, or from a space's URL.In your working directory, build and run the sample:
python3 chat_membership_app_create.py
The Chat API returns an instance of
membership
that details the membership that was created.
Related topics
- Get details about a user's or Chat app's membership.
- List members in a space.
- Remove a user or Chat app from a space.