Adding user to Twilio channel.

Question

Is there a way of adding a user to a Twilio channel using the REST API?

from twilio.rest import Client

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

# Update the channel
user = client.chat \
                .services("ISXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX").users.list()[0]
channel = client.chat \
                .services("ISXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX") \
                .channels("CHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX").list()[0]
# How to add user to channel?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '17 at 14:37

8

Twilio developer evangelist here.

You can add a member to a channel by creating a member resource using your user's identity. So following on from your code you would need:

channel.members.create(user.identity)

Let me know if that helps.

answered Sep 28 '17 at 14:37

philnash

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Where do you get `user` or what if you want to add an other person? – Wilhelmina Lohan Nov 28 '18 at 00:25
This is just an example, all you need is the user's identity. – philnash Nov 29 '18 at 01:17
I mean the Client SDK has no list user method but the REST API does. Should the 1st person chat client be using the REST API as well or should it get the identity from your backend? https://stackoverflow.com/q/53510298/6656422 – Wilhelmina Lohan Nov 29 '18 at 16:24
Can we add multiple members in a single call? – LJP Feb 27 '19 at 05:38
@LJP No, you can't. – philnash Mar 03 '19 at 00:36
Thank you @philnash – LJP Mar 05 '19 at 08:34

Adding user to Twilio channel.

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