Membership object

Membership is an object that refers to a single user-channel relation in a chat.

Properties

The Membership object has the following properties:

class Membership {
    channel: Channel,
    user: User,
    custom: ObjectCustom
}

Parameter	Type	Description
channel	Channel	Channel object.
user	User	User object.
custom	ObjectCustom	Any custom properties or metadata associated with the channel-user membership, such as lastReadMessageTimetoken.

API limits

To learn about the maximum length of parameters used to set channel membership metadata, refer to REST API docs.

Methods

You can call the following methods on the Membership object.

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• getUnreadMessagesCount()
• (getter) lastReadMessageTimetoken
• setLastReadMessage()
• setLastReadMessageTimetoken()
• streamUpdates()
• (static) streamUpdatesOn()
• update()

Use case

For example, you can use the Membership object methods to:

• Update information on the user-channel relation and get updates on such changes.
• Decide what is the last message read by a user on a given channel.
• Get information on the total amount of messages unread by a user on a channel.