Zoho Cliq · Example Payload

Chats

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Chats is an example object payload from Zoho Cliq, with 13 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

Retrieve all direct chatscreateChatV3bulkUpdateChatsV3searchChatsV3getChatV3updateChatV3markChatAsUnreadV3clearChatMessagesV3closeChatV3addMembersToChatV3removeMembersFromChatV3forkChatV3sendTypingActivityV3

Example Payload

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{
  "Retrieve all direct chats": {
    "path": "/chats",
    "method": "get",
    "examples": {
      "response_200": {
        "success": {
          "summary": "List of direct chats",
          "value": {
            "chats": [
              {
                "chat_id": "2890538000000012345",
                "name": "Alice Johnson",
                "chat_type": "direct_message",
                "participant_count": 2,
                "created_time": "2024-06-01T09:00:00.000Z",
                "last_modified_time": "2025-04-10T14:30:00.000Z",
                "pinned": false,
                "removed": false,
                "creator": {
                  "id": "70027934",
                  "name": "Tim Harrison"
                },
                "last_message_info": {
                  "message_id": "1773813859592_51531973059",
                  "sender": "70027934",
                  "time": "2025-04-10T14:30:00.000Z",
                  "content": {
                    "text": "See you at the standup!"
                  },
                  "type": "text"
                }
              },
              {
                "chat_id": "2890538000000067890",
                "name": "Bob Carter",
                "chat_type": "direct_message",
                "participant_count": 2,
                "created_time": "2024-09-15T11:00:00.000Z",
                "last_modified_time": "2025-04-09T09:45:00.000Z",
                "pinned": true,
                "removed": false,
                "creator": {
                  "id": "70027934",
                  "name": "Tim Harrison"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "createChatV3": {
    "path": "/chats",
    "method": "post",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "direct_chat": {
          "summary": "Direct Chat",
          "value": {
            "chat_type": "direct_message",
            "user_id": "70027934"
          }
        },
        "group_chat": {
          "summary": "Group Chat",
          "value": {
            "chat_type": "group_chat",
            "user_ids": [
              "70027934",
              "106324287",
              "70317945",
              "72589892"
            ],
            "title": "Q2 Product Review - Design, Engineering & QA"
          }
        }
      },
      "response_200": {
        "direct_chat": {
          "summary": "Direct Chat response",
          "value": {
            "url": "/v3/chats",
            "type": "chat",
            "data": {
              "user_membership": {
                "pinned": false,
                "removed": false
              },
              "chat_type": "direct_message",
              "name": "Ryan West",
              "creator": {
                "name": "Ryan West",
                "id": "855727963"
              },
              "participant_count": 2,
              "created_time": "2024-11-06T22:39:30-08:00",
              "last_modified_time": "2026-05-06T23:37:30-07:00",
              "chat_id": "2198144177691461096"
            }
          }
        },
        "group_chat": {
          "summary": "Group Chat response",
          "value": {
            "url": "/v3/chats",
            "type": "chat",
            "data": {
              "name": "Q2 Product Review - Design, Engineering & QA",
              "chat_id": "1456816193674892935",
              "chat_type": "group_chat",
              "participant_count": 5,
              "created_time": "2025-06-15T10:30:00+05:30",
              "last_modified_time": "2025-06-15T10:30:00+05:30",
              "user_membership": {
                "pinned": false,
                "removed": false
              },
              "creator": {
                "id": "70027934",
                "name": "Tim Harrison"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "bulkUpdateChatsV3": {
    "path": "/chats",
    "method": "put",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "read_status_update": {
          "summary": "Mark multiple chats as read",
          "value": {
            "operation": "read_status_update",
            "read_status": "read",
            "chats": [
              {
                "chat_id": "2890538000000012345",
                "last_message_id": "1773813859592_51531973059"
              },
              {
                "chat_id": "2890538000000067890",
                "last_message_id": "1773813860210_51531973060"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "clear_unread": {
          "summary": "Clear unread count for multiple chats",
          "value": {
            "operation": "clear_unread",
            "chat_ids": [
              "2890538000000012345",
              "2890538000000067890"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "response_200": {
        "read_status_update": {
          "summary": "Mark as read - success/failure breakdown",
          "value": {
            "type": "chat.read_status",
            "data": {
              "success": [
                "2890538000000012345",
                "2890538000000067890"
              ],
              "failure": []
            }
          }
        },
        "clear_unread": {
          "summary": "Clear unread count",
          "value": {
            "Response Code": "204 No response"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "searchChatsV3": {
    "path": "/chats/search",
    "method": "get",
    "examples": {
      "response_200": {
        "multiple_chats": {
          "summary": "Multiple chats found",
          "value": {
            "chats": [
              {
                "chat_id": "6795XXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
                "name": "General",
                "chat_type": "channel",
                "participant_count": 42,
                "created_time": "2024-01-10T09:00:00.000Z",
                "last_modified_time": "2025-03-20T14:30:00.000Z",
                "pinned": false,
                "removed": false,
                "creator": {
                  "id": "711622XXXX",
                  "name": "Alice"
                },
                "last_message_info": {
                  "message_id": "1710934200000",
                  "sender": "711622XXXX",
                  "time": "2025-03-20T14:30:00.000Z",
                  "content": {
                    "text": "Hello everyone!"
                  },
                  "type": "text"
                }
              },
              {
                "chat_id": "6795YYYYYYYYYYYY",
                "name": "Bob",
                "chat_type": "direct_message",
                "participant_count": 2,
                "created_time": "2024-06-01T10:00:00.000Z",
                "last_modified_time": "2025-03-18T11:00:00.000Z",
                "pinned": false,
                "removed": false
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "response_400": {
        "invalid_inputs": {
          "summary": "Invalid input parameters",
          "value": {
            "error": {
              "code": "invalid.inputs.submitted",
              "message": "An invalid value was passed. Please check chat_type or sort_by parameters."
            }
          }
        },
        "invalid_time": {
          "summary": "Invalid timestamp",
          "value": {
            "error": {
              "code": "invalid.time.submitted",
              "message": "Invalid timestamp format or modified_after must be earlier than modified_before."
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "response_401": {
        "unauthorized": {
          "summary": "Invalid auth token",
          "value": {
            "error": {
              "code": "unauthorized",
              "message": "Request was rejected because of invalid AuthToken."
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "response_403": {
        "invalid_access": {
          "summary": "Access denied",
          "value": {
            "error": {
              "code": "invalid_access",
              "message": "You are not a member of this organisation or do not have permission to access this resource."
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "response_429": {
        "rate_limit": {
          "summary": "Rate limit exceeded",
          "value": {
            "error": {
              "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
              "message": "Too many requests within a certain time frame. Please try again later."
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "response_500": {
        "server_error": {
          "summary": "Server error",
          "value": {
            "error": {
              "code": "chat_operation_failed",
              "message": "Cliq server encountered an error which prevents it from fulfilling the request."
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "getChatV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID}",
    "method": "get",
    "examples": {
      "response_200": {
        "get_chat": {
          "summary": "Chat details",
          "value": {
            "type": "chat",
            "data": {
              "chat_id": "2890538000000012345",
              "name": "Q2 Product Review - Design, Engineering & QA",
              "chat_type": "group_chat",
              "participant_count": 5,
              "created_time": "2025-06-15T10:30:00+05:30",
              "last_modified_time": "2025-06-15T10:30:00+05:30",
              "pinned": false,
              "removed": false,
              "creator": {
                "id": "70027934",
                "name": "Tim Harrison"
              },
              "unread_message_count": 3
            }
          }
        },
        "get_chat_with_last_message_info": {
          "summary": "Chat details with last message info",
          "value": {
            "type": "chat",
            "data": {
              "chat_id": "2890538000000012345",
              "name": "Q2 Product Review - Design, Engineering & QA",
              "chat_type": "group_chat",
              "participant_count": 5,
              "created_time": "2025-06-15T10:30:00+05:30",
              "last_modified_time": "2025-06-15T10:30:00+05:30",
              "pinned": false,
              "removed": false,
              "creator": {
                "id": "70027934",
                "name": "Tim Harrison"
              },
              "unread_message_count": 3,
              "last_message_info": {
                "message_id": "1773813859592_51531973059",
                "sender": "70027934",
                "time": "2025-06-15T10:30:00+05:30",
                "content": {
                  "text": "Let's sync up before the review."
                },
                "type": "text"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "updateChatV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID}",
    "method": "put",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "update_title": {
          "summary": "Update chat title",
          "value": {
            "operation": "update_title",
            "title": "Quarterly Rewards"
          }
        },
        "update_history_status": {
          "summary": "Update history status",
          "value": {
            "operation": "update_history_status",
            "history_status": "enabled"
          }
        }
      },
      "response_200": {
        "update_title": {
          "summary": "Title updated successfully",
          "value": {
            "type": "chat.title",
            "data": {
              "title": "Quarterly Rewards",
              "chat_id": "1424358626334691820"
            }
          }
        },
        "update_history_status": {
          "summary": "History status updated successfully",
          "value": "204 No response"
        }
      },
      "response_204": {
        "update_history_status": {
          "summary": "History status updated successfully",
          "value": {}
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "markChatAsUnreadV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID1}",
    "method": "put",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "mark_as_read": {
          "summary": "Mark chat as read",
          "value": {
            "operation": "mark_as_read",
            "last_message_id": "1773813859592_51531973059"
          }
        },
        "mark_as_unread": {
          "summary": "Mark chat as unread",
          "value": {
            "operation": "mark_as_unread",
            "message_id": "1773813859592_51531973059"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "clearChatMessagesV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID2}",
    "method": "put",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "clear_local_history": {
          "summary": "Clear local chat history",
          "value": {
            "operation": "clear_local_history"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "closeChatV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID3}",
    "method": "put",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "close_chat": {
          "summary": "Close a chat",
          "value": {
            "operation": "close_chat"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "addMembersToChatV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID}/members",
    "method": "post",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "add_members": {
          "summary": "Add members to a group chat",
          "value": {
            "user_ids": [
              "55743307",
              "55622727"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "response_200": {
        "add_members": {
          "summary": "Members added successfully",
          "value": {
            "type": "chat.member",
            "data": {
              "chat_id": "2971901296197152390",
              "added_user_ids": [
                "55743307",
                "55622727"
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "removeMembersFromChatV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID}/members",
    "method": "delete",
    "examples": {
      "response_200": {
        "remove_members": {
          "summary": "Members removed successfully",
          "value": {
            "type": "chat.member",
            "data": {
              "chat_id": "1729901956721293190",
              "removed_user_ids": [
                "55743307",
                "55622727"
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "forkChatV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID}/forks",
    "method": "post",
    "examples": {
      "response_200": {
        "fork_chat": {
          "summary": "Forked chat created",
          "value": {
            "type": "chat",
            "data": {
              "chat_id": "3104729000000098765",
              "name": "Fork: Q2 Product Review - Design, Engineering & QA",
              "chat_type": "group_chat",
              "participant_count": 3,
              "created_time": "2025-04-29T10:00:00+05:30",
              "last_modified_time": "2025-04-29T10:00:00+05:30",
              "pinned": false,
              "removed": false,
              "creator": {
                "id": "70027934",
                "name": "Tim Harrison"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "sendTypingActivityV3": {
    "path": "/chats/{CHAT_ID}/activities",
    "method": "post",
    "examples": {
      "request": {
        "Typing Indicator": {
          "summary": "Send typing indicator",
          "value": {
            "action": "typing"
          }
        },
        "Text entered": {
          "summary": "Send text entered activity",
          "value": {
            "action": "text_entered"
          }
        },
        "Text cleared": {
          "summary": "Send text cleared activity",
          "value": {
            "action": "text_cleared"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}