• API documentation
• Introduction
• Set up a Chat Bot
• Definitions
• Chat Space Permissions
• Manage Chat Spaces
• Display Chat Spaces
• Manage Chat Members
• Display Chat Members
• Manage Chat Messages
• Display Chat Messages
• Display Chat Events
• Bulk Operations

• https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/overview
• https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest
• https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.members/list
• https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages/list
• https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.spaceEvents/list
• https://support.google.com/chat/answer/7655820
• https://support.google.com/a/answer/13369245
• https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/search
• https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces#Space.FIELDS.predefined_permission_settings

These features were added in version 6.60.00.

To use these commands you must update your service account authorization.

gam user [email protected] update serviceaccount

[*]  4)  Chat API - Memberships (supports readonly)
[*]  5)  Chat API - Memberships Admin (supports readonly)
[*]  6)  Chat API - Messages (supports readonly)
[*]  7)  Chat API - Spaces (supports readonly)
[*]  8)  Chat API - Spaces Admin (supports readonly)
[*]  9)  Chat API - Spaces Delete
[*] 10)  Chat API - Spaces Delete Admin

Added use_chat_admin_access Boolean variable to gam.cfg.

* When False, GAM uses user access when making all Chat API calls. For calls that support admin access,
    this can be overridden with the asadmin command line option.
* When True, GAM uses admin access for Chat API calls that support admin access; other calls will use user access.
* Default: False

Google requires that you have a Chat Bot configured in order to use the Chat API; set up a Chat Bot as described in the next section.

• Run the command gam setup chat; it will point you to a URL to configure your Chat Bot; this is required to use the Chat API.
• Enter an App name and Description of your choosing.
• For the Avatar URL you can use https://dummyimage.com/384x256/4d4d4d/0011ff.png&text=+GAM or a public URL to an image of your own choosing.
• In Functionality, uncheck both "Receive 1:1 messages" and "Join spaces and group conversations"
• In Connection settings, choose "Cloud Pub/Sub" and enter "no-topic" for the topic name. GAM doesn't yet listen to pub/sub so this option is not used.
• In Visibility, uncheck "Make this Chat app available to specific people and groups in Domain Workspace".
• Click Save.

• <UserTypeEntity>
• Drive File Selection for symbols not listed here, such as <DriveFileIDEntity>
• Command data from Google Docs/Sheets/Storage

<StorageBucketName> ::= <String>
<StorageObjectName> ::= <String>
<StorageBucketObjectName> ::=
        https://storage.cloud.google.com/<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        https://storage.googleapis.com/<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        gs://<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        <StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>

<UserGoogleDoc> ::=
        <EmailAddress> <DriveFileIDEntity>|<DriveFileNameEntity>|(<SharedDriveEntity> <SharedDriveFileNameEntity>)

<ChatContent> ::=
        ((text <String>)|
         (textfile <FileName> [charset <Charset>])|
         (gdoc <UserGoogleDoc>)|
         (gcsdoc <StorageBucketObjectName>))

<ChatEvent> ::= spaces/<String>/spaceEvents/<String>
<ChatMember> ::= spaces/<String>/members/<String>
<ChatMemberList> ::= "<ChatMember>(,<ChatMember>)*"
<ChatMessage> ::= spaces/<String>/messages/<String>
<ChatSpace> ::= spaces/<String> | space <String> | space spaces/<String>
<ChatThread> ::= spaces/<String>/threads/<String>
<ChatSpaceType> ::=
        space|
	groupchat|
	directmessage
<ChatSpaceTypeList> ::= "<ChatSpaceType>(,<ChatSpaceType>)*"
<ChatMessageID> ::= client-<String>
        <String> must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens up to 56 characters in length.

<ChatSpaceFieldName> ::=
        accesssettings|
        admininstalled|
        createtime|
        displayname|
        externaluserallowed|
        importmode|
        lastactivetime|
        membershipcount|
        name|
        permissionsettings|
        singleuserbotdm|
        spacedetails|
        spacehistorystate|
        spacethreadingstate|threaded|
        spacetype|type|
        spaceuri
<ChatSpaceFieldNameList> ::= "<ChatSpaceFieldName>(,<ChatSpaceFieldName>)*"

<ChatMemberFieldName> ::=
        createtime|
        deletetime|
        groupmember|
        member|
        name|
        role|
        state|
<ChatMemberFieldNameList> ::= "<ChatMemberFieldName>(,<ChatMemberFieldName>)*"

<ChatMessageFieldName> ::=
        accessorywidgets|
        actionresponse|
        annotations|
        argumenttext|
        attachedgifs|
        attachment|
        cards|
        cardsv2|
        clientassignedmessageid|
        createtime|
        deletetime|
        deletionmetadata|
        emojireactionsummaries|
        fallbacktext|
        formattedtext|
        lastupdatetime|
        matchedurl|
        name|
        privatemessageviewer|
        quotedmessagemetadata|
        sender|
        slashcommand|
        space|
        text|
        thread|
        threadreply
<ChatMessageFieldNameList> ::= "<ChatMessageFieldName>(,<ChatMessageFieldName>)*"

gam <UserTypeEntity> create chatspace
        [type <ChatSpaceType>] [announcement|collaboration]
        [restricted|(audience <String>)]
        [externalusersallowed <Boolean>]
        [members <UserTypeEntity>]
        [displayname <String>]
        [description <String>] [guidelines <String>]
        [history <Boolean>]
        [<ChatContent>]
        [formatjson|returnidonly]

For type space, the following apply:

• members <UserTypeEntity> - Optional, can not specify more that 20 users
• displayname <String> - Required
• description <String> - Optional
• guidelines <String> - Optional
• history <Boolean> - Optional
• announcement|collaboration - Initial permission settings; default is collaboration; this is in Developer Preview

For type groupchat, the following apply:

• members <UserTypeEntity> - Required, must specify between 2 and 20 users
• displayname <String> - Ignored
• description <String> - Optional
• guidelines <String> - Optional
• history <Boolean> - Optional

For type directmessage, the following apply:

• members <UserTypeEntity> - Required, must specify 1 user
• displayname <String> - Ignored
• description <String> - Ignored
• guidelines <String> - Ignored
• history <Boolean> - Optional

By default, Gam displays the information about the created chatspace as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.
• returnidonly - Display the chatspace name only

Use the <ChatContent> option to send an initial message to the created chatspace.

By default, details about the chatmessage are displayed.

• returnidonly - Display the chatmessage name only

gam <UserTypeEntity> update chatspace <ChatSpace>
        [restricted|(audience <String>)]|
        ([displayname <String>]
         [type space]
         [description <String>] [guidelines|rules <String>]
         [history <Boolean>])
        [managemembersandgroups managers|members]
        [modifyspacedetails managers|members]
        [togglehistory managers|members]
        [useatmentionall managers|members]
        [manageapps managers|members]
        [managewebhooks managers|members]
        [replymessages managers|members]
        [formatjson]

A groupchat space can be upgraded to a space by specifying type space and displayname <String>.

The restricted|audience options can not be combined with options displayname,type,description,guidelines,history.

You can manage permissions for chat spaces with the following options that are available with Developer Preview. [managemembersandgroups managers|members] [modifyspacedetails managers|members] [togglehistory managers|members] [useatmentionall managers|members] [manageapps managers|members] [managewebhooks managers|members] [postmessages managers|members] [replymessages managers|members]

By default, Gam displays the information about the created chatspace as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserItem> update chatspace asadmin <ChatSpace>
        [restricted|(audience <String>)]|
        ([displayname <String>]
         [type space]
         [description <String>] [guidelines|rules <String>]
         [history <Boolean>])
        [formatjson]

A groupchat space can be upgraded to a space by specifying type space and displayname <String>.

The restricted|audience options can not be combined with options displayname,type,description,guidelines,history.

By default, Gam displays the information about the created chatspace as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> delete chatspace <ChatSpace>

gam <UserItem> delete chatspace asadmin <ChatSpace>

gam <UserTypeEntity> info chatspace <ChatSpace>
        [fields <ChatSpaceFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> info chatspacedm <UserItem>
        [fields <ChatSpaceFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> show chatspaces
        [types <ChatSpaceTypeList>]
        [fields <ChatSpaceFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, chat spaces of all types are displayed.

• types <ChatSpaceTypeList> - Display specific types of spaces.

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> print chatspaces [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [types <ChatSpaceTypeList>]
        [fields <ChatSpaceFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, chat spaces of all types are displayed.

• types <ChatSpaceTypeList> - Display specific types of spaces.

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

# Local file
gam config auto_batch_min 1 redirect csv ./AllChatSpaces.csv multiprocess redirect stdout - multiprocess redirect stderr stdout all users print chatspaces
# Google sheet
gam config auto_batch_min 1 redirect csv - todrive <ToDriveAttribute>* multiprocess redirect stdout - multiprocess redirect stderr stdout all users print chatspaces

Add these options as desired:

        [types <ChatSpaceTypeList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

gam <UserItem> info chatspace asadmin <ChatSpace>
        [fields <ChatSpaceFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

For query and orderby information, see: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/search

Only spaces of <ChatSpaceType> space are displayed; spaces of <ChatSpaceType> groupchat and directmessage are not displayed.

gam <UserItem> show chatspaces asadmin
        [query <String>] [querytime<String> <Time>]
        [orderby <ChatSpaceAdminOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending]]
        [fields <ChatSpaceFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, all chat spaces of type SPACE are displayed.

• query <String> [querytime<String> <Time>] - Display selected chat spaces
  • See: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/search

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserItem> print chatspaces asadmin [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [query <String>] [querytime<String> <Time>]
        [orderby <ChatSpaceAdminOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending]]
        [fields <ChatSpaceFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, all chat spaces of type SPACE are displayed.

• query <String> [querytime<String> <Time>] - Display selected chat spaces
  • See: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/search

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

gam <UserTypeEntity> create chatmember <ChatSpace>
        [type human|bot] [role member|manager]
        (user <UserItem>)* (members <UserTypeEntity>)*
        (group <GroupItem>)* (groups <GroupEntity>)*
        [formatjson|returnidonly]

By default, Gam displays the information about the chatmember as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.
• returnidonly - Display the chatmember name only

Delete members by specifying a chat space and user/group email addresses.

gam <UserTypeEntity> delete chatmember <ChatSpace>
        ((user <UserItem>)|(members <UserTypeEntity>)|
         (group <GroupItem>)|(groups <GroupEntity>))+

Delete members from a user's chat space by specifying chatmember names.

gam <UserTypeEntity> remove chatmember members <ChatMemberList>

Creating memberships for users outside the administrator's Google Workspace organization isn't supported using asadmin.

gam <UserItem> create chatmember asadmin <ChatSpace>
        [type human|bot] [role member|manager]
        (user <UserItem>)* (members <UserTypeEntity>)*
        (group <GroupItem>)* (groups <GroupEntity>)*
        [formatjson|returnidonly]

By default, Gam displays the information about the chatmember as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.
• returnidonly - Display the chatmember name only

Delete members by specifying a chat space and user/group email addresses.

gam <UserItem> delete chatmember asadmin <ChatSpace>
        ((user <UserItem>)|(members <UserTypeEntity>)|
         (group <GroupItem>)|(groups <GroupEntity>))+

Delete members from a chat space by specifying chatmember names, asadmin

gam <UserItem> remove chatmember members asadmin <ChatMemberList>

Update members by specifying a chat space, user/group email addresses and role.

gam <UserTypeEntity> update chatmember <ChatSpace>
        role member|manager
        ((user <UserItem>)|(members <UserTypeEntity>))+

Update members by specifying chatmember names and role.

gam <UserTypeEntity> modify chatmember
        role member|manager
        members <ChatMemberList>

Update members by specifying a chat space, user/group email addresses and role.

gam <UserItem> update chatmember asadmin <ChatSpace>
        role member|manager
        ((user <UserItem>)|(members <UserTypeEntity>))+

Update members by specifying chatmember names and role.

gam <UserItem> modify chatmember asadmin
        role member|manager
        members <ChatMemberList>

gam <UserTypeEntity> info chatmember members <ChatMemberList>
        [fields <ChatMemberFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> show chatmembers
        <ChatSpace>* [types <ChatSpaceTypeList>]
        [showinvited [<Boolean>]] [showgroups [<Boolean>]] [filter <String>]
        [fields <ChatMemberFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, members for all of a user's chat spaces of all types are displayed.

• <ChatSpace> - Display members for a specific chat space
• types <ChatSpaceTypeList> - Display members for specific types of spaces.

By default, all JOINED user members in a chat space are displayed.

• showinvited - Display INVITED members.
• showgroups - Display group members,
• filter <String> - Filter memberships by a member's role and member.type.
  • To filter by role, set role to ROLE_MEMBER or ROLE_MANAGER.
  • To filter by type, set member.type to HUMAN or BOT.
  • To filter by both role and type, use the AND operator.
  • To filter by either role or type, use the OR operator.

For example, the following filters are valid:

role = "ROLE_MANAGER" OR role = "ROLE_MEMBER"
member.type = "HUMAN" AND role = "ROLE_MANAGER"

The following filters are invalid:

member.type = "HUMAN" AND member.type = "BOT"
role = "ROLE_MANAGER" AND role = "ROLE_MEMBER"

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> print chatmembers [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        <ChatSpace>* [types <ChatSpaceTypeList>]
        [showinvited [<Boolean>]] [showgroups [<Boolean>]] [filter <String>]
        [fields <ChatMemberFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, members for all of a user's chat spaces of all types are displayed.

• <ChatSpace> - Display members for a specific chat space
• types <ChatSpaceTypeList> - Display members for specific types of spaces.

By default, all JOINED user members in a chat space are displayed.

• showinvited - Display INVITED members.
• showgroups - Display group members,
• filter <String> - Filter memberships by a member's role and member.type.
  • To filter by role, set role to ROLE_MEMBER or ROLE_MANAGER.
  • To filter by type, set member.type to HUMAN or BOT.
  • To filter by both role and type, use the AND operator.
  • To filter by either role or type, use the OR operator.

For example, the following filters are valid:

role = "ROLE_MANAGER" OR role = "ROLE_MEMBER"
member.type = "HUMAN" AND role = "ROLE_MANAGER"

The following filters are invalid:

member.type = "HUMAN" AND member.type = "BOT"
role = "ROLE_MANAGER" AND role = "ROLE_MEMBER"

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

gam <UserItem> info chatmember asadmin members <ChatMemberList>
        [fields <ChatMemberFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

For query and orderby information, see: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/search

gam <UserItem> show chatmembers asadmin
        <ChatSpace>*  [query <String>] [querytime<String> <Time>]
        [showinvited [<Boolean>]] [showgroups [<Boolean>]] [filter <String>]
        [fields <ChatMemberFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, members for all chat spaces of type SPACE are displayed.

• <ChatSpace> - Display members for a specific chat space
• query <String> [querytime<String> <Time>] - Display members for selected chat spaces
  • See: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/search

By default, all JOINED user members in a chat space are displayed.

• showinvited - Display INVITED members.
• showgroups - Display group members,
• filter <String> - Filter memberships by a member's role and member.type.
  • To filter by role, set role to ROLE_MEMBER or ROLE_MANAGER.
  • To filter by type, set member.type to HUMAN or BOT.
  • To filter by both role and type, use the AND operator.
  • To filter by either role or type, use the OR operator.

For example, the following filters are valid:

role = "ROLE_MANAGER" OR role = "ROLE_MEMBER"
member.type = "HUMAN" AND role = "ROLE_MANAGER"

The following filters are invalid:

member.type = "HUMAN" AND member.type = "BOT"
role = "ROLE_MANAGER" AND role = "ROLE_MEMBER"

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserItem> print chatmembers asadmin  [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        <ChatSpace>*  [query <String>] [querytime<String> <Time>]
        [showinvited [<Boolean>]] [showgroups [<Boolean>]] [filter <String>]
        [fields <ChatMemberFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, members for all chat spaces of type SPACE are displayed.

• <ChatSpace> - Display members for a specific chat space
• query <String> [querytime<String> <Time>] - Display members for selected chat spaces
  • See: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/search

By default, all JOINED user members in a chat space are displayed.

• showinvited - Display INVITED members.
• showgroups - Display group members,
• filter <String> - Filter memberships by a member's role and member.type.
  • To filter by role, set role to ROLE_MEMBER or ROLE_MANAGER.
  • To filter by type, set member.type to HUMAN or BOT.
  • To filter by both role and type, use the AND operator.
  • To filter by either role or type, use the OR operator.

For example, the following filters are valid:

role = "ROLE_MANAGER" OR role = "ROLE_MEMBER"
member.type = "HUMAN" AND role = "ROLE_MANAGER"

The following filters are invalid:

member.type = "HUMAN" AND member.type = "BOT"
role = "ROLE_MANAGER" AND role = "ROLE_MEMBER"

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

There is no way to delete a user from a directmessage space.

gam redirect csv ./UserChatSpaces.csv user [email protected] print chatspaces types space,groupchat
gam redirect stdout ./DeleteUserChatMemberships.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./UserChatSpaces.csv gam user "~User" delete chatmember "~name" user "~User"

Messages are limited to 4,096 characters and will be trimmed to that length.

Chat supports simple formatting allowing you to bold, underline, italics and strikethrough your text.

gam <UserTypeEntity> create chatmessage <ChatSpace>
        <ChatContent>
        [messageId <ChatMessageID>]
        [(thread <ChatThread>)|(threadkey <String>) [replyoption fail|fallbacktonew]]
        [returnidonly]

Specify the text of the message: <ChatContent>

• text <String> - The message is <String>
• textfile <FileName> [charset <Charset>] - The message is read from a local file
• gdoc <UserGoogleDoc> - The message is read from a Google Doc.
• gcsdoc <StorageBucketObjectName> - The message is read from a Google Cloud Storage file.

By default, a new message thread is created; use thread <ChatThread> or threadkey <String> to create the message as a reply to an existing thread. Use replyoption to specify what happens if the specified thread does not exist:

• fail - If the thread soes not exiat, a Not Found error is generated
• fallbacktonew - If the thread does not exist, start a new thread

The first time you reply to a thread you must use thread <ChatThread>; if you also specify threadkey <String> then you can use just threadkey <String> in subsequent replies.

If you specify thread or threadkey but not replyoption, the default is `fail'.

By default, details about the chatmessage are displayed.

• returnidonly - Display the chatmessage name only

This example creates a new chat message in the given room.

gam user [email protected] create chatmessage space spaces/iEMj8AAAAAE text "Hello Chat"

This example creates a formatted message and posts it to an existing thread

gam user [email protected] create chatmessage space spaces/AAAADi-pvqc thread spaces/AAAADi-pvqc/threads/FMNw-iE9jN4 text "*Bold* _Italics_ ~Strikethrough~"

This example reads the MotD.txt file and posts its contents to Chat.

gam user [email protected] create chatmessage spaces spaces/AAAADi-pvqc textfile MotD.txt

This example reads the Google Doc MotD and posts its contents to Chat.

gam user [email protected] create chatmessage spaces spaces/AAAADi-pvqc gdoc [email protected] name "MotD"

Updates and rewrites an existing Chat message. Message will show as edited and no notification will be sent to members.

gam <UserTypeEntity> update chatmessage name <ChatMessage>
        <ChatContent>

Specify the text of the message: <ChatContent>

• text <String> - The message is <String>
• textfile <FileName> [charset <Charset>] - The message is read from a local file
• gdoc <UserGoogleDoc> - The message is read from a Google Doc.
• gcsdoc <StorageBucketObjectName> - The message is read from a Google Cloud Storage file.

This example updates an existing chat message with new text.

gam user [email protected] update chatmessage name spaces/AAAADi-pvqc/messages/PKJrx90ooIU.PKJrx90ooIU text "HELLO CHAT?"

Deletes the given Chat message. Members will no longer see the message.

gam <UserTypeEntity> delete chatmessage name <ChatMessage>

gam user [email protected] delete chatmessage name spaces/AAAADi-pvqc/messages/PKJrx90ooIU.PKJrx90ooIU

Display a specific Chat message.

gam <UserTypeEntity> info chatmessage name <ChatMessage>
        [fields <ChatMessageFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam user [email protected] info chatmessage name spaces/AAAADi-pvqc/messages/PKJrx90ooIU.PKJrx90ooIU

gam <UserTypeEntity> show chatmessages
        <ChatSpace>+
        [showdeleted [<Boolean>]] [filter <String>]
        [fields <ChatMessageFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> print chatmessages [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        <ChatSpace>+
        [showdeleted [<Boolean>]] [filter <String>]
        [fields <ChatMessageFieldNameList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

By default, deleted messages are not displayed; use showdeleted to also display deleted messages.

Use filter <String> to filter messages by createTime and thread.name.

To filter messages by the date they were created, specify the createTime with a timestamp in RFC-3339 format and double quotation marks. For example, "2023-04-21T11:30:00-04:00".

• Use the greater than operator > to list messages that were created after a timestamp.
• Use the less than operator < to list messages that were created before a timestamp.
• To filter messages within a time interval, use the AND operator between two timestamps.
• To filter by thread, specify the thread.name, formatted as spaces/{space}/threads/{thread}. You can only specify one thread.name per query.
• To filter by both thread and date, use the AND operator in your query.

For example, the following queries are valid on Linux/MacOS:

filter 'createTime > "2012-04-21T11:30:00-04:00"'
filter 'createTime > "2012-04-21T11:30:00-04:00" AND thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123'
filter 'createTime > "2012-04-21T11:30:00+00:00" AND createTime < "2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00" AND thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123'
filter 'thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123'

For example, the following queries are valid on Windows Command Prompt:

filter "createTime > \"2012-04-21T11:30:00-04:00\""
filter "createTime > \"2012-04-21T11:30:00-04:00\" AND thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123"
filter "createTime > \"2012-04-21T11:30:00+00:00\" AND createTime < \"2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00\" AND thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123"
filter "thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123"

For example, the following queries are valid on Windows PowerShell:

filter 'createTime > \"2012-04-21T11:30:00-04:00\"'
filter 'createTime > \"2012-04-21T11:30:00-04:00\" AND thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123"'
filter 'createTime > \"2012-04-21T11:30:00+00:00\" AND createTime < \"2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00\" AND thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123'
filter 'thread.name = spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA/threads/123'

Display a specific Chat event.

gam <UserTypeEntity> info chatevent name <ChatEvent>
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam user [email protected] info chatevent name spaces/AAAAsUhqjkg/spaceEvents/MTcxMTY4ODM2NDE3OTQzOV81X3VwZGF0ZWQ

gam <UserTypeEntity> show chatevents
        <ChatSpace>+
        filter <String>
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam <UserTypeEntity> print chatevents [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        <ChatSpace>+
        filter <String>
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

Use filter <String> to filter events by when they occurred and by the type of event.

To filter events by the date they happened, specify the start_time and end_time with a timestamp in RFC-3339 format and double quotation marks.

You must specify at least one event type (event_types) using the has : operator. To filter by multiple event types, use the OR operator. For a list of supported event types, see: https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.spaceEvents#SpaceEvent.FIELDS.event_type

For example, the following queries are valid on Linux/MacOS:

filter 'start_time="2024-03-15T11:30:00-04:00" AND event_types:"google.workspace.chat.message.v1.created"'
filter 'start_time="2024-03-15T11:30:00+00:00" AND end_time="2024-03-3100:00:00+00:00"event_types:"google.workspace.chat.message.v1.created"'

For example, the following queries are valid on Windows Command Prompt:

filter "start_time=\"2024-03-15T11:30:00-04:00\" AND event_types:\"google.workspace.chat.message.v1.created\""
filter "start_time=\"2024-03-15T11:30:00+00:00\" AND end_time=\"2024-03-3100:00:00+00:00\" AND event_types:\"google.workspace.chat.message.v1.created\""

For example, the following queries are valid on Windows PowerShell:

filter 'start_time=\"2024-03-15T11:30:00-04:00\" AND event_types:\"google.workspace.chat.message.v1.created\"'
filter 'start_time=\"2024-03-15T11:30:00+00:00\" AND end_time=\"2024-03-3100:00:00+00:00\" AND event_types:\"google.workspace.chat.message.v1.created\"'

gam config auto_batch_min 1 redirect csv ./ChatSpaces.csv multiprocess [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*] redirect stdout - multiprocess redirect stderr <UserTypeEntity> print chatspaces
        [types <ChatSpaceTypeList>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

gam config auto_batch_min 1 redirect csv ./ChatSpaces.csv multiprocess [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*] redirect stdout - multiprocess redirect stderr <UserTypeEntity> print chatspaces
        [types <ChatSpaceTypeList>]
gam redirect csv ./ChatSpaceMembers.csv multiprocess [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*] redirect stdout - multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./ChatSpaces.csv gam user "~User" print chatmembers "~name"
        [showinvited [<Boolean>]] [filter <String>]