Hello, is there any document that explains how to access the chat channel from the API? thank you

We don’t have any official API documentation for chat ATM. To get the channel information the endpoint is: /chat/api/channels/:id.json If you want to access the messages: /chat/api/channels/:id/messages.json with available params being: fetch_from_last_read=true page_size=10 target_message_id=233…

Is it possible to POST to a dynamic channel as a particular user? I have seen the web hooks configuration, but it appears that only works for a single existing channel acting as the system user. I am using my instance as the backend for my platform’s community features and am interested in leveragi…

Typed too soon, I figured it out, but I’m guessing this is “unofficial” curl --location 'https://MY_DISCOURSE.com/chat/4.json' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Api-Key: THE_KEY' \ --header 'Api-Username: THE_ACTING_USER' \ --data '{ "message": "My great chat message!"}'

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Fairies-Feast (fairies0feast) February 22, 2024, 3:12am 3

You could try looking at this topic.

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