- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
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Updates a section. Only sections of type CUSTOM_SECTION
can be updated. For details, see Create and organize sections in Google Chat
.
Requires user authentication with the authorization scope :
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.users.sections
HTTP request
PATCH https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{section.name=users/*/sections/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
section.name
string
Identifier. Resource name of the section.
For system sections, the section ID is a constant string:
- DEFAULT_DIRECT_MESSAGES:
users/{user}/sections/default-direct-messages - DEFAULT_SPACES:
users/{user}/sections/default-spaces - DEFAULT_APPS:
users/{user}/sections/default-apps
Format: users/{user}/sections/{section}
Query parameters
updateMask
string (
FieldMask
format)
Required. The mask to specify which fields to update.
Currently supported field paths:
-
displayName
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Section
.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Section
.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.users.sections
For more information, see the Authorization guide .

