Chat Update: Overview of Methods

After creating a chat, you can assign a different owner or change its appearance. Who can change the appearance depends on the chat settings:

• all participants,
• the owner and chat administrators,
• only the owner.

Quick navigation: all methods

Relationship of Methods with Other ObjectsRelationship of Methods with Other Objects

Chat. To change the chat parameters, pass the chat identifier CHAT_ID to the method. You can obtain the chat identifier using the method:

• creating a chat,
• getting the chat identifier,
• getting the list of chats,
• getting a shortened list of recent chats.

User. To change the owner of the chat, specify their identifier in the USER_ID parameter. You can obtain the user identifier using the getting the list of users method or the getting the list of chat participants method.

Change Chat OwnerChange Chat Owner

You can change the chat owner using the im.chat.setOwner method. The new owner will receive full access permissions to the chat.

Only the current owner of the chat can use this method.

Update IconUpdate Icon

You can update the chat icon using the im.chat.updateAvatar method. Pass the image in the AVATAR parameter as a base64 string, for example, 'AVATAR': 'iVBOKLSR…Rw0K=='.

After the update, a system message will be sent to the chat: John Smith changed the chat icon.

Change ColorChange Color

By default, the system randomly selects the chat color. The color is displayed if there is no icon.

You can change the color using the im.chat.updateColor method. In the COLOR parameter, pass the name of the color from the list of supported colors. After the change, a system message will be sent to the chat: John Smith changed the chat color to "Mint".

Change TitleChange Title

You can change the chat title using the im.chat.updateTitle method. After the change, a system message will be sent to the chat: John Smith changed the chat title to "New Chat Title".

Overview of MethodsOverview of Methods

Scope: im

Who can execute the method: depends on the method

Method	Description
im.chat.setOwner	Changes the chat owner
im.chat.updateAvatar	Changes the chat icon
im.chat.updateColor	Changes the chat color
im.chat.updateTitle	Changes the chat title