---
title: "Publish a user typing websocket event."
method: POST
path: "/api/v4/users/{user_id}/typing"
tags: ["users"]
---

# Publish a user typing websocket event.

`POST /api/v4/users/{user_id}/typing`

Notify users in the given channel via websocket that the given user is typing.
##### Permissions
Must have `manage_system` permission to publish for any user other than oneself.

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `channel_id` string, required — The id of the channel to which to direct the typing event.
  - `parent_id` string — The optional id of the root post of the thread to which the user is replying. If unset, the typing event is directed at the entire channel.

## Response `200`

User typing websocket event accepted for publishing.

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  - `status` string — Will contain "ok" if the request was successful and there was nothing else to return

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid or missing parameters in URL or request body
- `401` — No access token provided
- `403` — Do not have appropriate permissions

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