Method: spaces.patch

Updates a space. For an example, see Update a space.

If you're updating the displayName field and receive the error message ALREADY_EXISTS, try a different display name.. An existing space within the Google Workspace organization might already use this display name.

Requires user authentication.

HTTP request

PATCH https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{space.name=spaces/*}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
space.name

string

Resource name of the space.

Format: spaces/{space}

Query parameters

Parameters
updateMask

string (FieldMask format)

Required. The updated field paths, comma separated if there are multiple.

You can update the following fields for a space:

  • spaceDetails

  • displayName: Only supports updating the display name for spaces where spaceType field is SPACE. If you receive the error message ALREADY_EXISTS, try a different value. An existing space within the Google Workspace organization might already use this display name.

  • spaceType: Only supports changing a GROUP_CHAT space type to SPACE. Include displayName together with spaceType in the update mask and ensure that the specified space has a non-empty display name and the SPACE space type. Including the spaceType mask and the SPACE type in the specified space when updating the display name is optional if the existing space already has the SPACE type. Trying to update the space type in other ways results in an invalid argument error. spaceType is not supported with admin access.

  • spaceHistoryState: Updates space history settings by turning history on or off for the space. Only supported if history settings are enabled for the Google Workspace organization. To update the space history state, you must omit all other field masks in your request. spaceHistoryState is not supported with admin access.

  • accessSettings.audience: Updates the access setting of who can discover the space, join the space, and preview the messages in named space where spaceType field is SPACE. If the existing space has a target audience, you can remove the audience and restrict space access by omitting a value for this field mask. To update access settings for a space, the authenticating user must be a space manager and omit all other field masks in your request. You can't update this field if the space is in import mode. To learn more, see Make a space discoverable to specific users. accessSettings.audience is not supported with admin access.

  • Developer Preview: Supports changing the permission settings of a space, supported field paths include: permissionSettings.manage_members_and_groups, permissionSettings.modify_space_details, permissionSettings.toggle_history, permissionSettings.use_at_mention_all, permissionSettings.manage_apps, permissionSettings.manage_webhooks, permissionSettings.reply_messages (Warning: mutually exclusive with all other non-permission settings field paths). permissionSettings is not supported with admin access.
useAdminAccess

boolean

When true, the method runs using the user's Google Workspace administrator privileges.

The calling user must be a Google Workspace administrator with the manage chat and spaces conversations privilege.

Requires the chat.admin.spaces OAuth 2.0 scope.

Some FieldMask values are not supported using admin access. For details, see the description of updateMask.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Space.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Space.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.spaces
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces

For more information, see the Authorization guide.