Method: spaces.findDirectMessage

• HTTP request
• Query parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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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.

// Supports the following types of authentication:

• App authentication

• User authentication

HTTP request

GET https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces:findDirectMessage

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Query parameters

Parameters

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 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/[e-mail] where [e-mail] 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.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.bot

For more information, see the Authorization guide.