Automate sending messages

[tommy (Tommy Gaessler)]

Hey @prasanth.pendham,

You can send messages to channels now with POST /im/chat/messages, by passing in a Channel JID as the to_jid. This can be accomplished using a Chatbot, or OAuth App Type.

To find a channels to_jid here is how you call the Get channels endpoint (note this is deprecated, but will be replaced by the new Chat API’s coming later this month)

Questions related to /im/users/{userId}/chat/messages endpoint

Hey @hagop, Our GET Channels Endpoint was recently deprecated and removed from our docs, but we have a new Get Channels Endpoint coming soon. In the meantime, here is the deprecated endpoint, use with caution until the new ones are out. GET /im/users/{{ USER ID }}/channels HEADERS: "Authorization": "Bearer {{ ACCESS TOKEN }}" The group_jid in the response will work as the channelID. Be sure to subscribe to our release log here so you will be notified when the new Chat API’s are released. T…

Here is a tutorial on how to create a Chatbot from scratch,

https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/guides/chatbots/build-a-chatbot

Here is a tutorial on how to quickly send/test Chatbot messages,

https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/guides/tools-resources/postman/using-postman-to-test-zoom-chatbots

And here is a sample app using our Chatbot NPM package.

GitHub - zoom/vote-chatbot: Vote on topics in Zoom Chat

Let me know if that helps!

Thanks,
Tommy