API Reference

Chats

Participants

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Remove a participant from a chat

DELETE/v3/chats/{chatId}/participants

Remove a participant from an existing group chat.

Requirements:

• Group chats only
• Must have 3+ participants after removal

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

chatId: string

formatuuid

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

handle: string

Phone number (E.164 format) or email address of the participant to remove

ReturnsExpand Collapse

message: optional string

status: optional string

trace_id: optional string

Remove a participant from a chat

HTTP

HTTP

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curl https://api.linqapp.com/api/partner/v3/chats/$CHAT_ID/participants \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $LINQ_API_V3_API_KEY"

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500 example

{
  "message": "Participant removal queued",
  "status": "accepted",
  "trace_id": "trace_id"
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 400,
    "code": 1002,
    "message": "Phone number must be in E.164 format"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "code": 2004,
    "message": "Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication token"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 404,
    "code": 2001,
    "message": "Resource not found"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 409,
    "code": 2013,
    "message": "This chat is unavailable"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 500,
    "code": 3006,
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "success": false
}

Returns Examples

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500 example

{
  "message": "Participant removal queued",
  "status": "accepted",
  "trace_id": "trace_id"
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 400,
    "code": 1002,
    "message": "Phone number must be in E.164 format"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "code": 2004,
    "message": "Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication token"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 404,
    "code": 2001,
    "message": "Resource not found"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 409,
    "code": 2013,
    "message": "This chat is unavailable"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 500,
    "code": 3006,
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "success": false
}