Posted by Mike Rhemtulla, Product Supervisor
Programmatically handle areas, memberships, messages, reactions and attachments
Final 12 months, we introduced new APIs in Developer Preview that enabled builders to programmatically create Chat areas and add members on behalf of customers. These APIs, along with the message, response, and attachments APIs at the moment are typically obtainable to all Workspace builders.
Google Chat has develop into a crucial connectivity device for hybrid organizations in addition to a robust device for streamlining workflows. The Google Chat API permits builders to construct person going through apps that combine workflows into Chat and supply contextual data proper into the dialog. Chat apps let customers obtain particulars and hyperlink previews straight from linked inner and third-party programs, and permits customers to rise up to hurry asynchronously and remedy points rapidly. For instance, customers can create or handle points in Jira for Google Chat, all with out leaving Chat.
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Some builders are already leveraging the brand new APIs to encourage collaboration for his or her prospects. LumApps, a number one intranet platform, permits its customers to start out a direct message in Google Chat from their person listing so those that are looking for others primarily based on job titles, roles, departments, or different attributes, can rapidly begin messaging one another.
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New Google Chat APIs within the Developer Preview Program
Along with the above Chat APIs now being typically obtainable for all Workspace builders, current Developer Preview individuals can now entry our latest characteristic: Creating Google Chat apps to import person information. For those who at present use different enterprise messaging platforms and wish to carry your information into Google Chat, now you can create a Chat app to import current messages, attachments, reactions, memberships, and extra.
The important thing characteristic of the Developer Preview performance are “import mode” areas, which permit Chat apps to keep up historic timestamps for areas and messages, to maintain the context and ordering of the imported information as customers count on. As properly, import mode areas suppress notifications and don’t permit finish customers to entry these areas whereas legacy information is being imported.
As extra customers look to get issues completed inside Google Chat, extending the capabilities of the product with apps will assist customers save time and get issues completed faster. We encourage you to discover what you are able to do at present with these sources:
