spaces

POST /v1/spaces

Changed on Nov 2, 2026

Creates a space. Can be used to create a named space, or a group chat in Import mode. For an example, see Create a space. Supports the following types of authentication: - App authentication with administrator approval and one of the following authorization scopes: - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces.create - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces - User authentication with one of the following authorization scopes: - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import (import mode spaces only) When authenticating as an app, the space.customer field must be set in the request. When authenticating as an app, the Chat app is added as a member of the space. However, unlike human authentication, the Chat app is not added as a space manager. By default, the Chat app can be removed from the space by all space members. To allow only space managers to remove the app from a space, set space.permission_settings.manage_apps to managers_allowed. Space membership upon creation depends on whether the space is created in Import mode: * Import mode: No members are created. * All other modes: The calling user is added as a member. This is: * The app itself when using app authentication. * The human user when using user authentication. If you receive the error message ALREADY_EXISTS when creating a space, try a different displayName. An existing space within the Google Workspace organization might already use this display name.

Request

Base URL
https://chat.googleapis.com
URL
https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces
Auth
- OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces.create
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces.create
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create

Query parameters

requestIdstring

Optional. A unique ID for this request. A random UUID is recommended. Specifying a request ID makes the request idempotent, which ensures that multiple identical requests with the same request ID result in only a single space being created. Subsequent requests with the same request ID return the existing space and do not update the space, even if the requested details differ from the current state. To use this field effectively: - Ensure that subsequent requests are identical and use the same authentication credentials as the original request. - If a space was already created with the provided request ID, the request returns that space. Note that the returned space might not be fully populated; the API echoes the space in your request with the system-assigned resource name populated. To retrieve the latest metadata for the space, call GetSpace. - Reusing an existing request ID with a different authenticated user results in an error.

Request body

adminInstalledboolean

Output only. For direct message (DM) spaces with a Chat app, whether the space was created by a Google Workspace administrator. Administrators can install and set up a direct message with a Chat app on behalf of users in their organization. To support admin install, your Chat app must feature direct messaging.

createTimestring google-datetime

Optional. Immutable. For spaces created in Chat, the time the space was created. This field is output only, except when used in import mode spaces. For import mode spaces, set this field to the historical timestamp at which the space was created in the source in order to preserve the original creation time. Only populated in the output when spaceType is GROUP_CHAT or SPACE.

customerstring

Optional. Immutable. The customer id of the domain of the space. Required only when creating a space with app authentication and SpaceType is SPACE, otherwise should not be set. In the format customers/{customer}, where customer is the id from the Admin SDK customer resource. Private apps can also use the customers/my_customer alias to create the space in the same Google Workspace organization as the app. This field isn't populated for direct messages (DMs) or when the space is created by non-Google Workspace users.

displayNamestring

Optional. The space's display name. Required when creating a space with a spaceType of SPACE. If you receive the error message ALREADY_EXISTS when creating a space or updating the displayName, try a different displayName. An existing space within the Google Workspace organization might already use this display name. For direct messages, this field might be empty. Supports up to 128 characters.

externalUserAllowedboolean

Optional. Immutable. Whether this space permits any Google Chat user as a member. Input when creating a space in a Google Workspace organization. Omit this field when creating spaces in the following conditions: * The authenticated user uses a consumer account (unmanaged user account). By default, a space created by a consumer account permits any Google Chat user. For existing spaces, this field is output only.

importModeboolean

Optional. Whether this space is created in Import Mode as part of a data migration into Google Workspace. While spaces are being imported, they aren't visible to users until the import is complete. Creating a space in Import Moderequires user authentication.

importModeExpireTimestring google-datetime

Output only. The time when the space will be automatically deleted by the system if it remains in import mode. Each space created in import mode must exit this mode before this expire time using spaces.completeImport. This field is only populated for spaces that were created with import mode.

lastActiveTimestring google-datetime

Output only. Timestamp of the last message in the space.

namestring

Identifier. Resource name of the space. Format: spaces/{space} Where {space} represents the system-assigned ID for the space. You can obtain the space ID by calling the spaces.list() method or from the space URL. For example, if the space URL is https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#chat/space/AAAAAAAAA, the space ID is AAAAAAAAA.

predefinedPermissionSettings'PREDEFINED_PERMISSION_SETTINGS_UNSPECIFIED' | 'COLLABORATION_SPACE' | 'ANNOUNCEMENT_SPACE'

Optional. Input only. Predefined space permission settings, input only when creating a space. If the field is not set, a collaboration space is created. After you create the space, settings are populated in the PermissionSettings field. Setting predefined permission settings supports: - App authentication with administrator approval with the chat.app.spaces or chat.app.spaces.create scopes. - User authentication

singleUserBotDmboolean

Optional. Whether the space is a DM between a Chat app and a single human.

spaceHistoryState'HISTORY_STATE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'HISTORY_OFF' | 'HISTORY_ON'

Optional. The message history state for messages and threads in this space.

spaceThreadingState'SPACE_THREADING_STATE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'THREADED_MESSAGES' | 'GROUPED_MESSAGES' | 'UNTHREADED_MESSAGES'

Output only. The threading state in the Chat space.

spaceType'SPACE_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'SPACE' | 'GROUP_CHAT' | 'DIRECT_MESSAGE'

Optional. The type of space. Required when creating a space or updating the space type of a space. Output only for other usage.

spaceUristring

Output only. The URI for a user to access the space.

threadedboolean

Output only. Deprecated: Use spaceThreadingState instead. Whether messages are threaded in this space.

type'TYPE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'ROOM' | 'DM'

Output only. Deprecated: Use space_type instead. The type of a space.

Response

Successful response