Get invited users from Twilio Channel

Question

I have a Twilio channel and I'm trying to get its invited users, but I'm not sure how to do this:

    let messagingClient = this.state.messagingClient;
    messagingClient.getUserChannelDescriptors().then(channels => {
        let channelsHash = {};
        channels.items.map(channelDescriptor => {
            var channel = channelDescriptor.getChannel().then((channel) => {
            channelsHash[channel.uniqueName] = channel;
            console.log(channel.getInvited()) // print invited users
            });
        });

What would I replace the channel.getInvited() by? It seems like Twilio channels do indeed have such a property, as there is an invited resource here: https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/invites#action-list

philnash · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-12T14:51:56.737

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Twilio developer evangelist here.

I'm afraid that right now the JavaScript SDK does not have a method to retrieve the invited users. In order to get this functionality right now, you will need to use the REST API.

Getting invited users from the SDK is on the backlog though, so keep an eye on the library releases.

Edit

Using the REST API to get the invited members:

from twilio.rest import Client

# Initialize the client
account = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
token = "your_auth_token"
client = Client(account, token)

# Retrieve the channel
channel = client.chat \
                .services("ISXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX") \
                .channels("CHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
invites = channel.invites.list()

edited Sep 12 '17 at 14:51

answered Sep 12 '17 at 09:27

philnash

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Thanks philnash! Do you have a link to function in the REST API that I can use to do this? – Alex Sep 12 '17 at 14:00
What language are you using on the server? – philnash Sep 12 '17 at 14:26
I'm using python/flask – Alex Sep 12 '17 at 14:30
Added an example in Python. Let me know if that helps :) – philnash Sep 12 '17 at 14:52
Is this answer still up to date, or has this since been added to the JS SDK? – RYFN Jan 27 '20 at 09:24
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@RYFN I just checked [the channel docs for the latest JS SDK](http://media.twiliocdn.com/sdk/js/chat/releases/3.3.4/docs/Channel.html#getMembers__anchor) and I see nothing for getting invited members. – philnash Jan 27 '20 at 23:28
@philnash thank you for checking! :) we ended up using the REST API as described – RYFN Feb 07 '20 at 14:37

Get invited users from Twilio Channel

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