Method: spaces.create

  • Creates a space in Google Chat, which can be a named space or a group chat, supporting app and user authentication.

  • When using app authentication, the space.customer field is required and no members are added in Import mode; otherwise, the calling user becomes a member.

  • Uses the POST https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces HTTP request to create a space and requires specific OAuth scopes for authorization.

  • The request body should contain a Space object and the response, if successful, will contain the newly created Space object.

  • If the displayName already exists, an ALREADY_EXISTS error will be returned, suggesting to try a different displayName.

Creates a space. Can be used to create a named space, or a group chat in Import mode. For an example, see Create a space.

Supports the following types of authentication:

  • App authentication with administrator approval and one of the following authorization scopes:

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces.create
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces

  • User authentication with one of the following authorization scopes:

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import (import mode spaces only)

When authenticating as an app, the space.customer field must be set in the request.

When authenticating as an app, the Chat app is added as a member of the space. However, unlike human authentication, the Chat app is not added as a space manager. By default, the Chat app can be removed from the space by all space members. To allow only space managers to remove the app from a space, set space.permission_settings.manage_apps to managersAllowed.

Space membership upon creation depends on whether the space is created in Import mode:

  • Import mode: No members are created.
  • All other modes: The calling user is added as a member. This is:
    • The app itself when using app authentication.
    • The human user when using user authentication.

If you receive the error message ALREADY_EXISTS when creating a space, try a different displayName. An existing space within the Google Workspace organization might already use this display name.

HTTP request

POST https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Query parameters

Parameters
requestId

string

Optional. A unique identifier for this request. A random UUID is recommended. Specifying an existing request ID returns the space created with that ID instead of creating a new space. Specifying an existing request ID from the same Chat app with a different authenticated user returns an error.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Space.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Space.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces.create
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.spaces
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.import
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create

For more information, see the Authorization guide.