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 messagegoogle.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 theidfor thepersonfrom the People API, or theidfor theuserin the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is123456789, you can find a direct message with that person by usingusers/123456789as thename. Whenauthenticated as a user, you can use the email as an alias for{user}. For example,users/example@gmail.comwhereexample@gmail.comis 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 theidfor thepersonfrom the
People API, or theidfor theuserin the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is123456789, you can find a direct message with that person by usingusers/123456789as thename. Whenauthenticated as a
user,
you can use the email as an alias for{user}. For example,users/example@gmail.comwhereexample@gmail.comis 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 theidfor thepersonfrom the
People API, or theidfor theuserin the Directory API. For example, if the People API profile ID is123456789, you can find a direct message with that person by usingusers/123456789as thename. Whenauthenticated as a
user,
you can use the email as an alias for{user}. For example,users/example@gmail.comwhereexample@gmail.comis the email of the
Google Chat user.
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