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Method: users.availability.markAsAway
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Marks user as AWAY in Google Chat.
Sets the user's state to away and is not affected by the user's activity.
This method only updates the authenticated user's availability.
Requires user authentication with authorization scope :
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.users.availability
HTTP request
POST https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=users/*/availability}:markAsAway
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
Parameters
name
string
Required. The resource name of the availability to mark as away. Format: users/{user}/availability
{user} is the id for the Person in the People API or Admin SDK directory API. For example, users/123456789.
The user's email address or me can also be used as an alias to refer to the caller. For example, users/user@example.com or users/me.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Availability .
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.users.availability
For more information, see the Authorization guide .
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Last updated 2026-07-07 UTC.
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