Returns the existing direct message with the specified user. If no direct message space is found, returns a 404 NOT_FOUND error. For an example, see Find a direct message.
With app authentication, returns the direct message space between the specified user and the calling Chat app.
With user authentication, returns the direct message space between the specified user and the authenticated user.
Required. Resource name of the user to find direct message with.
Format: users/{user}, where {user} is either the id for the person from the People API, or the id for the user in the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is 123456789, you can find a direct message with that person by using users/123456789 as the name. When authenticated as a user, you can use the email as an alias for {user}. For example, users/example@gmail.com where example@gmail.com is the email of the Google Chat user.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Space.
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Use a `GET` request to `https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces:findDirectMessage`. Provide the target user's resource name in the `name` query parameter (e.g., `users/123456789`). The request body should be empty. Upon success, the response includes a `Space` resource. Requires either App or User authentication and specific OAuth scopes like `chat.spaces` or `chat.spaces.readonly`.\n"],null,["# Method: spaces.findDirectMessage\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nReturns the existing direct message with the specified user. If no direct message space is found, returns a `404 NOT_FOUND` error. For an example, see [Find a direct message](/chat/api/guides/v1/spaces/find-direct-message).\n\nWith [app authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app), returns the direct message space between the specified user and the calling Chat app.\n\nWith [user authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user), returns the direct message space between the specified user and the authenticated user.\n\nSupports the following types of [authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize):\n\n- [App authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app) with the authorization scope:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.bot`\n- [User authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user) with one of the following authorization scopes:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly`\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces`\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces:findDirectMessage`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `name` | `string` Required. Resource name of the user to find direct message with. Format: `users/{user}`, where `{user}` is either the `id` for the [person](https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest/v1/people) from the People API, or the `id` for the [user](https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/reference/rest/v1/users) in the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is `123456789`, you can find a direct message with that person by using `users/123456789` as the `name`. When [authenticated as a user](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user), you can use the email as an alias for `{user}`. For example, `users/example@gmail.com` where `example@gmail.com` is the email of the Google Chat user. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Space](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces#Space).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.bot`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize)."]]
