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Remove a participant from a chat

client.chats.participants.remove(stringchatID, ParticipantRemoveParams { handle } body, RequestOptionsoptions?): ParticipantRemoveResponse { message, status, trace_id }
DELETE/v3/chats/{chatId}/participants

Remove a participant from an existing group chat.

Requirements:

  • Group chats only
  • Must have 3+ participants after removal
ParametersExpand Collapse
chatID: string
formatuuid
body: ParticipantRemoveParams { handle }
handle: string

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

ReturnsExpand Collapse
ParticipantRemoveResponse { message, status, trace_id }
message?: string
status?: string
trace_id?: string

Remove a participant from a chat

import LinqAPIV3 from '@linqapp/sdk';

const client = new LinqAPIV3({
  apiKey: process.env['LINQ_API_V3_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const participant = await client.chats.participants.remove('550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000', {
  handle: '+12052499136',
});

console.log(participant.trace_id);
{
  "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
{
  "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
}