Activity Feeds V3 is in closed alpha — do not use it in production (just yet).

Feed and Activity Visibility

Feed Visibility Levels

Feed groups have a default visibility (if it’s not set when creating the group, visible will be set). You can also override the group’s default when creating a feed. A feed’s visibility level can’t be changed after creation.

feed := client.Feeds().Feed("user", "alice")
feed.GetOrCreate(context.Background(), &getstream.GetOrCreateFeedRequest{
  Data: &getstream.FeedInput{
    // Override group's default visibility
    Visibility: getstream.PtrTo("public"),
  },
  UserID: getstream.PtrTo("alice"),
})

feedGroupID := "test-feed-group"
createResponse, err := client.Feeds().CreateFeedGroup(context.Background(), &getstream.CreateFeedGroupRequest{
  ID:                feedGroupID,
  DefaultVisibility: getstream.PtrTo("public"),
  // Other settings
})
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal("Error creating feed group:", err)
}
log.Printf("Feed group created: %+v", createResponse.Data)

Supported visibility levels:

LevelViewing feed (activities + metadata)FollowingPosting
visibleAnyone can viewAnyone can followOnly the owner or member/follower with the post permission can post
publicAnyone can viewAnyone can followAnyone can post
followersOnly approved followers can viewAnyone can send a follow request,
follow requests have to be approved
Only the owner or member/follower with the post permission can post
membersOnly members can viewOnly members can followOnly the owner or member/follower with the post permission can post
privateOnly the owner can viewOnly the owner can followOnly the owner can post

Activity Visibility Levels

  • public: marks the activity as public - everyone who can view feed content, can see it
  • private: marks the activity as private - only feed owner can see it
  • tag:mytag: marks the activity as only visible to followers/members with the permission to see this tag

This visibility system is very flexible and allows you to build:

  • Apps like Patreon where only certain levels of users can see your content
  • Apps like Strava where it’s possible to share your activity with nobody, everyone or your followers
let privateActivity = try await feed.addActivity(
    request: .init(
        text: "Premium content",
        type: "post",
        visibility: .tag,
        visibilityTag: "premium"
    )
)
// Premium users can see full activity, others a preview

For all the details on tag visibility read the Membership levels guide.

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