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I am using AppMaker I would like to get the Chat ID of a user so I can open a chat window in a new tab to that user. However, I don't see a way to get it.

To be clear, I want the part at the end of a URL like this:

https://chat.google.com/u/0/dm/pUR6NABBAAE

For some reason this ID is different from the old Hangouts chat ID (which I get from the Person datasource).

Is there a way to do this? I have looked at the docs and searched StackOverflow but do not see anybody trying to do this.

Scott
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  • Nope. I have been trying to get this for a long time now, couldn't find any way. If a user sends a message then you can get this using `event` object. – Darpan Sanghavi Nov 13 '19 at 04:54

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No, there is no way to do what you want as of now.

Google is always receiving Feature Requests for their APIs so you could try submitting it there.

However, since the Hangouts API is directed at Bots and Google has a compromise to not create avenues for spammers, I doubt that will be implemented.

ZektorH
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  • Surely there can be a way to allow this without enabling spammers. I only want to do this within my organization, so for a start they could limit it to that. Oh, Google. – Scott Nov 13 '19 at 15:13
  • @Scott feel free to file a Feature Request for that with that information in it. – ZektorH Nov 13 '19 at 15:46