Add participant to conversation

Ensure the conversation has a specific participant

post

Add a participant to the conversation if it hasn't already been added

Authorizations

accessKey

HTTPRequired

Uses the Authorization header: 'AccessKey ' followed by your access key token (e.g., 'Authorization: AccessKey AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUvWxYzAbCdEfGhIj')

Path parameters

workspaceIdstring · uuidRequired

The workspace ID

Example: b4e02c85-c6d2-4b15-8885-e09671799c61

conversationIdstring · uuidRequired

The conversation ID

Example: 67e4d358-ca94-421e-98b7-448860df9d33

Body

application/json

or

or

Responses

200

Participant already exists

application/json

A participant who can send and receive messages in the conversation

idstringRequired

Participant ID, the meaning of this field depends on type. If type is user then it's a user ID, if type is contact then it's a contact ID, if type is accessKey then it's the access key ID, and so on.

Example: cb22b001-6226-4d7c-acdd-7414b2bcdbaf

displayNamestringOptional

The participant's name.

Example: John Doe

avatarUrlstringOptional

An URL to the participant's avatar.

Example: https://example.bird.com/avatar-url

typestring · enumRequired

Participant type. The main ones are user, contact, and agent. user is a user belonging to your Bird workspace, contact is one of your customers, agent is a customer service agent, and the remaining types represent system participants.

Possible values:

statusstring · enumOptional

Participant status in the conversation. pending means it's pending approval, invited means it's pending acceptance from the participant, and active means the participant can send and receive messages.

Default: activePossible values:

201

Participant was added

application/json

404

The resource specified in the URL was not found

application/json

409

The resource already exists

application/json

422

The request body did not pass validation

application/json

post

/workspaces/{workspaceId}/conversations/{conversationId}/participants

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /workspaces/{workspaceId}/conversations/{conversationId}/participants HTTP/1.1
Host: api.bird.com
Authorization: AccessKey YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 77

{
  "id": "807812e4-da34-4759-95b3-244ab8e29788",
  "type": "user",
  "status": "active"
}

{
  "id": "cb22b001-6226-4d7c-acdd-7414b2bcdbaf",
  "displayName": "John Doe",
  "avatarUrl": "https://example.bird.com/avatar-url",
  "contact": {
    "identifierKey": "emailaddress",
    "identifierValue": "[email protected]",
    "platformAddress": "[email protected]",
    "platformAddressSelector": "attributes.workEmail"
  },
  "type": "user",
  "status": "active"
}

Examples

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.bird.com/workspaces/a1405560-c8d3-4b1a-877d-3f449ad95352/conversations/c9c60caa-eaf5-4628-9687-91de4d452bfa/participants" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: AccessKey abcd" \
-d '{
  "type": "contact",
  "contact": {
    "identifierKey": "emailaddress",
    "identifierValue": "[email protected]"
  }
}'

Response (201 - Created)