You can now create announcement spaces and update space permission settings using the Chat API with App Authentication in the Developer Preview Program.
What does this mean for developers?
Chat API with App Authentication now provides expanded space management capabilities, enabling applications to:
- Create announcement spaces.
- Read and update space Permissions: Programmatically control space permissions, including granular control over features like @All mentions and member management, ensuring optimal collaboration and security.
Learn more and get started
You can enable this capability with new Chat app-specific OAuth scopes. Using these application scopes, Chat apps can create announcement spaces.
Code snippet of the new Chat application scopes and creating an announcement chat space using the application identity:
How to get started:
- Visit our developer documentation to explore how to authenticate and authorize Chat apps, and learn how to create announcement spaces and read and update space permission settings using application identity.
- Work with your Google Workspace administrator to set up the application scopes for your Chat app.
We’d love to hear what you think. Please also send us questions and feedback. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program, check out the program page.
Thank you for your continued collaboration,
Chat Platform Team