Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Apps Chat V1 Client class FindDirectMessageRequest.
A request to get direct message space based on the user resource.
Generated from protobuf message google.chat.v1.FindDirectMessageRequest
Namespace
Google \ Apps \ Chat \ V1
Methods
__construct
Constructor.
Parameters
Name
Description
data
array
Optional. Data for populating the Message object.
↳ name
string
Required. Resource name of the user to find direct message with. Format: users/{user}, where {user} is either the id for the person from the People API, or the id for the user in the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is 123456789, you can find a direct message with that person by using users/123456789 as the name. When authenticated as a user, you can use the email as an alias for {user}. For example, users/example@gmail.com where example@gmail.com is the email of the Google Chat user.
getName
Required. Resource name of the user to find direct message with.
Format: users/{user}, where {user} is either the id for the
person from the
People API, or the id for the
user
in the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is
123456789, you can find a direct message with that person by using
users/123456789 as the name. When authenticated as a
user,
you can use the email as an alias for {user}. For example,
users/example@gmail.com where example@gmail.com is the email of the
Google Chat user.
Returns
Type
Description
string
setName
Required. Resource name of the user to find direct message with.
Format: users/{user}, where {user} is either the id for the
person from the
People API, or the id for the
user
in the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is
123456789, you can find a direct message with that person by using
users/123456789 as the name. When authenticated as a
user,
you can use the email as an alias for {user}. For example,
users/example@gmail.com where example@gmail.com is the email of the
Google Chat user.
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