# Help Finding Granular Scope: team\_chat:write:members **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Tags:** apps\ **Created:** [November 22, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334 "2024-11-22T05:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![halleyscomet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/halleyscomet/32/65151_2.png) [@halleyscomet](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/halleyscomet)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/1 "2024-11-22T05:32:59Z")
Endpoint: POST /chat/channels/_{channelId}_/members Error: Code: 4711, message: ‘Invalid access token, does not contain scopes:[team\_chat:write:members].’ **Description** I am trying (for the first time) to create a Zoom integration. The App is a general App, and its purpose is to post “announcements” to all users in an organization by authenticating as an admin, then creating a “announcements” channel if it does not exist, then looping through all users and adding them to the channel if they are not added, and then finally mentioning @all in the channel with the announcement. According to the error message, I obviously don’t have the correct scopes, however I can not seem to find the team\_chat:write:members scope in the App settings page. I do have the team\_chat:write:members:Admin scope enable however! Here are the scopes I currently have added: ```auto Team Chat Enable Chatbot within Zoom Team Chat Channel app:channel_content:write:admin Enable Chatbot within Zoom Team Chat Channel View all users' team chat channels team_chat:read:channel:admin View a chat channel team_chat:read:user_channel:admin View a user's chat channel team_chat:read:list_members:admin View a chat channel's members team_chat:read:list_channels:admin View chat channels team_chat:read:list_administrators:admin View a chat channel's admins team_chat:read:list_user_channels:admin View a user's chat channels View and manage all users' team chat channels team_chat:write:groups:admin Add groups to a chat channel team_chat:write:members:admin Add members to a chat channel team_chat:write:user_channel:admin Create a chat channel for a user team_chat:write:administrator:admin Add administrators to a chat channel team_chat:write:search_channels:admin Search account's channels team_chat:update:user_channel:admin Update a user's chat channel team_chat:read:list_groups:admin View a chat channel's member groups View and manage all users' team chat messages team_chat:write:user_message:admin Create a chat message for a user User View all user information user:read:list_users:admin View users user:read:user:admin View a user ``` ---
**Author:** ![halleyscomet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/halleyscomet/32/65151_2.png) [@halleyscomet](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/halleyscomet)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/2 "2024-11-25T14:04:37Z")
pls… :^) feel like I am taking crazy pills, as they say. is that scope not available for certain apps or users? ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/3 "2024-11-26T00:46:45Z")
Hi @halleyscomet Thanks for reaching out to us I believe the endpoint you are trying to call is intended to be used only for User-Level apps, but allow me some time to troubleshoot this on my end. Is this workflow correct? 1. Create a channel (if the channel announcements doesn’t exist under the admin account) 2. Add all users to announcement channels (using the Invite channel members endpoint: [Team Chat APIs - Zoom Developers](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/team-chat/#tag/chat-channels/POST/chat/channels/%7BchannelId%7D/members)) Is that correct or am I missing anything? ---
**Author:** ![halleyscomet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/halleyscomet/32/65151_2.png) [@halleyscomet](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/halleyscomet)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/4 "2024-11-26T03:55:52Z")
Thank so much Elisa. Yes, you are correct. Currently I am using the `chat/channels/{channelID}/members` endpiont, and get this error: ```auto message: 'Invalid access token, does not contain scopes:[team_chat:write:members].' ``` Is ther eanother endpoint I should be using? The app information in the marketplace gui is here: Status: Draft Date Updated: Nov 22 02:24 PM General App Account Level Team Chat It is a administrator managed app. The scopes that I am being told to add in the error message however do not appear in the add scopes search. I have a screenshot, but can not embed the image in posts it seems. ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/5 "2024-12-04T18:54:29Z")
Thanks @halleyscomet and sorry for the late reply here! It appears that this is an endpoint that is only to be access using an User level app ---
**Author:** ![halleyscomet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/halleyscomet/32/65151_2.png) [@halleyscomet](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/halleyscomet)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/6 "2024-12-05T02:42:02Z")
Thank you for your reply. What would be the design pattern for creating a channel and adding users to it be from an admin app? Adding users to channels seems like an admin-y thing to do… ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/7 "2024-12-06T21:21:48Z")
Hey @halleyscomet Have you tried using the Create a channel endpoint? > **[Team Chat APIs - Zoom Developers](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/team-chat/#tag/chat-channels/POST/chat/users/%7BuserId%7D/channels)** > > API reference for: Team Chat You can pass the members in your post request ---
**Author:** ![halleyscomet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/halleyscomet/32/65151_2.png) [@halleyscomet](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/halleyscomet)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/8 "2024-12-15T05:31:28Z")
Elisa, thank you for helping me out. The create a channel endpoint does indeed work correctly. There are a few snags that I would like to ask you about however. 1. The create a channel endpoint has a max 20 user add limit. My app is more geared towards enterprise orgs, where there may be 100s or 1000s of users. If I could use the above add users endpoint, this wouldn’t be a problem. Should my App be a user app instead of a admin level app after all? 2. Additionally, as employees join / leave a company, I would the ability to add them to the channel programmatically. Using the create channel endpoint, that would imply I would have to re-make the channel instead of just adding / deleting users from the channel. Do you have any advice for that? ---
**Author:** ![halleyscomet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/halleyscomet/32/65151_2.png) [@halleyscomet](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/halleyscomet)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/9 "2024-12-29T07:29:41Z")
Hello Elisa, If you (or anyone else) has advice about the best way to 1. Create a Channel if it does not exist 2. Add all users of an organization to that channel 3. @all the channel or like above 1. Create a channel with all users of an org in it 2. @all the channel it would be much appreciated. From where I am now, it seems like making my App an admin level app was a mistake, because I can not add users to the chat, and can only create a chat with 20 users in it max. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/help-finding-granular-scope-team-chatmembers/121334/10 "2026-01-01T23:05:49Z")
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