Get a Room

Overview

This endpoint allows you to retrieve detailed information about a specified room, including the member list, last message, member properties (unread count, read position), and other complete data.

API Endpoint

Get Room Details

Retrieve the complete information of a specified room.

GET /rooms/{id}

Headers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`IM-CLIENT-KEY`	string	✅	Client key
`IM-Authorization`	string	✅	Client token

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	✅	Room ID

Example Request

const response = await axios.get(
  `https://your-app.imkit.io/rooms/${roomId}`,
  {
    headers: {
      "IM-CLIENT-KEY": IM_CLIENT_KEY,
      "IM-Authorization": TOKEN,
    },
  }
);

cURL Example

curl "https://your-app.imkit.io/rooms/project-room-001" \
     -H 'IM-CLIENT-KEY: {IM-CLIENT-KEY}' \
     -H 'IM-Authorization: {IM-Authorization}'

Response

Success Response (200 OK)

Parameter	Type	Description
`RC`	number	Response code (0 indicates success)
`RM`	string	Response message
`result`	object	Complete room information

Room Object Fields

Parameter	Type	Description
`_id`	string	Room unique identifier
`appID`	string	Application identifier
`lastMessage`	object	Last message (including sender information)
`memberProperties`	array[object]	Member properties array (unread count, read position)
`members`	array[object]	Member details array
`unread`	number	Unread message count for the current user
`description`	string	Room description
`isSuperuser`	boolean	Whether the current user is a superuser

Member Properties Object

Parameter	Type	Description
`client`	string	Member user ID
`badge`	number	Unread message count
`lastRead`	string	Last read message ID

Example Response

{
  "RC": 0,
  "RM": "OK",
  "result": {
    "_id": "project-room-001",
    "appID": "SampleApp",
    "lastMessage": {
      "_id": "58b7b7c4c246bc0b41afb148",
      "message": "最新的訊息內容",
      "messageType": "text",
      "sender": {
        "_id": "user-a",
        "nickname": "Alice",
        "lastLoginTimeMS": 0
      },
      "messageTimeMS": 1488435140775
    },
    "memberProperties": [
      {
        "badge": 0,
        "lastRead": "58b7b7c4c246bc0b41afb148",
        "client": "user-a"
      },
      {
        "badge": 5,
        "client": "user-b"
      }
    ],
    "members": [
      {
        "_id": "user-a",
        "nickname": "Alice",
        "avatarUrl": "https://example.com/alice.jpg",
        "lastLoginTimeMS": 1487149355934
      },
      {
        "_id": "user-b",
        "nickname": "Bob",
        "avatarUrl": "https://example.com/bob.jpg",
        "lastLoginTimeMS": 1488438700398
      }
    ],
    "unread": 5,
    "description": "專案討論群",
    "isSuperuser": false
  }
}

Error Response

404 Not Found — Room does not exist

{
  "RC": 404,
  "RM": "Room not found",
  "error": {
    "code": "ROOM_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "The specified room does not exist"
  }
}

Use Cases

Room Information

Display details: Retrieve the member list and basic information of a room
Unread status: Query the unread message count and read position for each member

Management Operations

Member verification: Confirm whether a specific user is a member of a room
Status check: Check the last activity time of a room

Notes

Members only: Only room members or platform administrators can retrieve room details
Complete data: The response includes detailed information and properties for all members
Last message: The lastMessage object includes the sender’s complete information
Unread calculation: The unread field represents the unread count for the currently authenticated user

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