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Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Retrieve a single chat (without its messages).

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) Chat.ReadBasic, Chat.Read, Chat.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application ChatSettings.Read.Chat*, ChatSettings.ReadWrite.Chat*, Chat.Manage.Chat*, Chat.ReadBasic.All, Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All

Note: Permissions marked with * use resource-specific consent.

HTTP request

GET /me/chats/{chat-id}
GET /users/{user-id | user-principal-name}/chats/{chat-id}
GET /chats/{chat-id}

Optional query parameters

This operation does not currently support OData query parameters to customize the response.

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of chat objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get a group chat

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/chats/19:b8577894a63548969c5c92bb9c80c5e1@thread.v2

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#chats/$entity",
    "id": "19:b8577894a63548969c5c92bb9c80c5e1@thread.v2",
    "topic": "test group 1",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-04-06T19:49:52.431Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2021-04-06T19:54:04.306Z",
    "chatType": "group",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/19%3Ab8577894a63548969c5c92bb9c80c5e1@thread.v2/0?tenantId=b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f",
    "tenantId": "b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f",
    "onlineMeetingInfo": null,
    "viewpoint": {
        "isHidden": true,
        "lastMessageReadDateTime": "2021-05-06T23:55:07.191Z"
    }
}

Example 2: Get a user's one on one chat

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5/chats/19:8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5_877192bd-9183-47d3-a74c-8aa0426716cf@unq.gbl.spaces

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#chats/$entity",
    "id": "19:8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5_877192bd-9183-47d3-a74c-8aa0426716cf@unq.gbl.spaces",
    "topic": null,
    "createdDateTime": "2019-04-18T23:51:42.099Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2019-04-18T23:51:43.255Z",
    "chatType": "oneOnOne",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/19%3A8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5_877192bd-9183-47d3-a74c-8aa0426716cf@unq.gbl.spaces/0?tenantId=2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34",
    "tenantId": "2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34",
    "onlineMeetingInfo": null,
    "viewpoint": {
        "isHidden": false,
        "lastMessageReadDateTime": "2021-07-06T22:26:27.98Z"
    }
}

Example 3: Get a chat and all its members

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/chats/19:b8577894a63548969c5c92bb9c80c5e1@thread.v2?$expand=members

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#chats(members())/$entity",
    "id": "19:b8577894a63548969c5c92bb9c80c5e1@thread.v2",
    "topic": "test group 1",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-04-06T19:49:52.431Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2021-04-21T17:13:44.033Z",
    "chatType": "group",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/19%3Ab8577894a63548969c5c92bb9c80c5e1@thread.v2/0?tenantId=b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f",
    "tenantId": "b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f",
    "onlineMeetingInfo": null,
    "viewpoint": {
        "isHidden": false,
        "lastMessageReadDateTime": "2021-08-09T17:38:24.101Z"
    },
    "members": [
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
            "id": "MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiODU3Nzg5NGE2MzU0ODk2OWM1YzkyYmI5YzgwYzVlMUB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzhjMGExYTY3LTUwY2UtNDExNC1iYjZjLWRhOWM1ZGJjZjZjYQ==",
            "roles": [
                "owner"
            ],
            "displayName": "John Doe",
            "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "userId": "8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca",
            "email": "john@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
            "tenantId": "b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f"
        },
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
            "id": "MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiODU3Nzg5NGE2MzU0ODk2OWM1YzkyYmI5YzgwYzVlMUB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzQ1OTVkMmYyLTdiMzEtNDQ2Yy04NGZkLTliNzk1ZTYzMTE0Yg==",
            "roles": [
                "owner"
            ],
            "displayName": "Test User 1",
            "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "userId": "4595d2f2-7b31-446c-84fd-9b795e63114b",
            "email": "testuser1@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
            "tenantId": "b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f"
        },
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
            "id": "MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiODU3Nzg5NGE2MzU0ODk2OWM1YzkyYmI5YzgwYzVlMUB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzgyZmU3NzU4LTViYjMtNGYwZC1hNDNmLWU1NTVmZDM5OWM2Zg==",
            "roles": [
                "owner"
            ],
            "displayName": "Test User 2",
            "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "userId": "82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f",
            "email": "testuser2@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
            "tenantId": "b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f"
        },
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
            "id": "MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiODU3Nzg5NGE2MzU0ODk2OWM1YzkyYmI5YzgwYzVlMUB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzJjOGQyYjVjLTE4NDktNDA2Ni1iNTdkLWU3YTBlOWU0NGVjOA==",
            "roles": [
                "owner"
            ],
            "displayName": "Test User 3",
            "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "userId": "2c8d2b5c-1849-4066-b57d-e7a0e9e44ec8",
            "email": "testuser3@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
            "tenantId": "b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f"
        },
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
            "id": "MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiODU3Nzg5NGE2MzU0ODk2OWM1YzkyYmI5YzgwYzVlMUB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzhlYTBlMzhiLWVmYjMtNDc1Ny05MjRhLTVmOTQwNjFjZjhjMg==",
            "roles": [
                "owner"
            ],
            "displayName": "Test User 4",
            "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "2021-04-20T17:13:43.715Z",
            "userId": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
            "email": "testuser4@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
            "tenantId": "b33cbe9f-8ebe-4f2a-912b-7e2a427f477f"
        }
    ]
}

Example 4: Get the meeting details of a chat associated with a Microsoft Teams meeting

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/chats/19:meeting_ZDZlYTYxOWUtYzdlMi00ZmMxLWIxMTAtN2YzODZlZjAxYzI4@thread.v2

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "id": "19:meeting_YDZlYTYxOWUtYzdlMi00ZmMxLWIxMTAtN2YzODZlZjAxYzI4@thread.v2",
    "topic": "Test Meeting",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-08-17T12:21:37.322Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2021-08-18T00:31:31.817Z",
    "chatType": "meeting",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/19%3Ameeting_YDZlYTYxOWUtYzdlMi00ZmMxLWIxMTAtN2YzODZlZjAxYzI4%40thread.v2/0?tenantId=2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34",
    "tenantId": "2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d35",
    "viewpoint": {
        "isHidden": false,
        "lastMessageReadDateTime": "2021-08-17T18:04:32.583Z"
    },
    "onlineMeetingInfo": {
        "calendarEventId": "AAMkADAzMjNhY2NiLWVmNDItNDVjYS05MnFjLTExY2U0ZWMyZTNmZQBGAAAAAAARDMODhhR0TZRGWo9nN0NcBwAmvYmLhDvYR6hCFdQLgxR-AAAAAAENAAAmvYmLhDvYR6hCFdQLgxR-AABkrglJAAA=",
        "joinWebUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3Ameeting_YDZlYTYxOWUtYzdlMi00ZmMxLWIxMTAtN2YzODZlZjAxYzI4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%222432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22bfb5bb25-3a8d-487d-9828-7875ced51a30%22%7d",
        "organizer": {
            "id": "bfb5bb25-3a8d-487d-9828-7875ced51a30",
            "displayName": null,
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
        }
    }
}