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Group channel

Start typing indicators

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Start typing indicators

You can start showing a typing indicator using this API. Seeing whether other users are typing can help a more interactive conversation environment by showing real-time engagement of other users.

If you're looking for an easy way to show typing indicators on your app, check out Sendbird UIKit for a ready-to-use UI feature that can be customized to fit your needs.

https://sendbird.com/docs/chat/platform-api/v3/channel/managing-typing-indicators/start-typing-indicators#1-start-typing-indicators

channel_url
Type: string
Description: Specifies the URL of the channel to set typing indicators.

post/v3/group_channels/{channel_url}/typing

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api-APP_ID.sendbird.com
  • Auth
    none declared

Path parameters

channel_urlstring required

(Required)

Headers

api-tokenstring
Example:{{API_TOKEN}}

Request body

user_idsstring[] required

Response

Successful response

EmptyObjectResponse required

Changes

  • 7a85bad03e90Revision changes
    • warning

      deleted the header request parameter Api-Token

    • warning

      removed the optional property anyOf from the response with the status

    • info

      api operation id gcStartTypingIndicators removed and replaced with startTypingIndicators

    • info

      added the new optional header request parameter api-token

  • 2b1c519fe0c8Revision changes
    • info

      endpoint added