User management

The operations performed on users, such as updating and deleting, have an effect on all products (chat, feeds and video).

Creating and connecting users

When creating users, there are a few important things to keep in mind:

The id field is mandatory, in most cases you want this to be the same ID you use on your database.
The role field is optional, by default it is set to user but you can specify any existing role.
Custom data can be added to users in the custom field.
name and image are optional and handled by all SDKs automatically to render users.

const newUser: UserRequest = {
  id: 'user-id',
  role: 'user',
  custom: {
    color: 'red',
  },
  name: 'This is a test user',
  image: 'link/to/profile/image',
};
await client.upsertUsers([newUser]);

users := map[string]getstream.UserRequest{
    "user1": {
        ID:   "user1",
        Name: getstream.PtrTo("Test User 1"),
        Role: getstream.PtrTo("user"),
    },
    "user2": {
        ID:   "user2",
        Name: getstream.PtrTo("Test User 2"),
        Role: getstream.PtrTo("user"),
    },
}
request := &getstream.UpdateUsersRequest{
    Users: users,
}

response, err := client.UpdateUsers(context.Background(), request)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error updating users:", err)
}
log.Printf("Users updated successfully: %+v\n", response)

Map<String, UserRequest> usersMap = new HashMap<>();
usersMap.put(
    testUserId,
    UserRequest.builder().id(testUserId).name("Test User 1").role("user").build());
usersMap.put(
    testUserId2,
    UserRequest.builder().id(testUserId2).name("Test User 2").role("user").build());

UpdateUsersRequest updateUsersRequest = UpdateUsersRequest.builder().users(usersMap).build();

client.updateUsers(updateUsersRequest).execute();

use GetStream\ClientBuilder;
use GetStream\GeneratedModels;

$client = (new ClientBuilder())
    ->apiKey($apiKey)
    ->apiSecret($apiSecret)
    ->build();

$response = $client->updateUsers(new GeneratedModels\UpdateUsersRequest(
    users: [
        'user-id-1' => [
            'id' => 'user-id-1',
            'name' => 'Test User 1',
            'role' => 'user',
            'custom' => (object)[
                'color' => 'red'
            ]
        ],
        'user-id-2' => [
            'id' => 'user-id-2',
            'name' => 'Test User 2',
            'role' => 'user'
        ]
    ]
));

var updateUsersRequest = new UpdateUsersRequest
{
    Users = new Dictionary<string, UserRequest>
    {
        [_testUserId] = new UserRequest
        {
            ID = _testUserId,
            Name = "Test User 1",
            Role = "user"
        },
        [_testUserId2] = new UserRequest
        {
            ID = _testUserId2,
            Name = "Test User 2",
            Role = "user"
        },
        [_testUserId3] = new UserRequest
        {
            ID = _testUserId3,
            Name = "Test User 3",
            Role = "user"
        }
    }
};
var userResponse = await _client.UpdateUsersAsync(updateUsersRequest);

users = {
    self.test_user_id: UserRequest(
        id=self.test_user_id, name="Test User 1", role="user"
    ),
    self.test_user_id_2: UserRequest(
        id=self.test_user_id_2, name="Test User 2", role="user"
    ),
}
response = self.client.update_users(users=users)

# Create/update users in batch
update_request = GetStream::Generated::Models::UpdateUsersRequest.new(
  users: {
    'user1' => {
      'id' => 'user1',
      'name' => 'Test User 1',
      'role' => 'user',
    },
    'user2' => {
      'id' => 'user2',
      'name' => 'Test User 2',
      'role' => 'user',
    },
  },
)

response = client.common.update_users(update_request)

Users can be created on the fly when using client-side SDKs. Users created with this method will have the user role:

import { FeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-client";

const client = new FeedsClient("<API key>");
await client.connectUser(
  {
    id: "john",
    // Optional data
    name: "John",
    image: "url/to/profile/picture",
  },
  "<user token or provider>",
);

// When logging out: await client.disconnectUser();

import { useCreateFeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-react-sdk";

const client = useCreateFeedsClient({
  apiKey,
  userData: {
    id: "adam",
    // Optional data
    name: "Adam",
    image: "url/to/profile/picture",
  },
  tokenOrProvider: "<string token or token API call>",
});

// When logging out: await client.disconnectUser();

import { useCreateFeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-react-native-sdk";

const client = useCreateFeedsClient({
  apiKey,
  userData: {
    id: "adam",
    // Optional data
    name: "Adam",
    image: "url/to/profile/picture",
  },
  tokenOrProvider: "<string token or token API call>",
});

// When logging out: await client.disconnectUser();

import StreamCore
import StreamFeeds

let client = FeedsClient(
    apiKey: APIKey("<your_api_key>"),
    user: User(
        id: "john",
        name: "John",           // optional
        image: "url/to/profile/picture"  // optional
    ),
    token: UserToken("<user_token>"),
    tokenProvider: nil
)

// When logging out: try await client.disconnect()

val client = FeedsClient(
    context = context,
    apiKey = StreamApiKey.fromString("<your_api_key>"),
    user = User(
        id = "john",
        name = "John",           // optional
        image = "url/to/profile/picture"  // optional
    ),
    tokenProvider = object : StreamTokenProvider {
        override suspend fun loadToken(userId: StreamUserId): StreamToken {
            return StreamToken.fromString("<user_token>")
        }
    }
)
val connectResult: Result<StreamConnectedUser> = client.connect()

// When logging out: client.disconnect()

import 'package:stream_feeds/stream_feeds.dart';

final client = StreamFeedsClient(
  apiKey: '<your_api_key>',
  user: User(
    id: 'john',
    name: 'John',           // optional
    image: 'url/to/profile/picture',  // optional
  ),
  tokenProvider: TokenProvider.static(UserToken('<user_token>')),
);
await client.connect();

// When logging out: await client.disconnect();

Querying users

You can query and filter users using the queryUsers endpoint. This allows you to search for users based on various criteria such as custom fields, roles, and other user properties.

const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: "admin",
    },
    sort: [{ field: "created_at", direction: -1 }],
    limit: 10,
    offset: 0,
  },
});

console.log(response.users);

const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: "admin",
    },
    sort: [{ field: "created_at", direction: -1 }],
    limit: 10,
    offset: 0,
  },
});

console.log(response.users);

const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: "admin",
    },
    sort: [{ field: "created_at", direction: -1 }],
    limit: 10,
    offset: 0,
  },
});

console.log(response.users);

const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: "admin",
    },
    sort: [{ field: "created_at", direction: -1 }],
    limit: 10,
    offset: 0,
  },
});

console.log(response.users);

response, err := client.QueryUsers(context.Background(), &getstream.QueryUsersRequest{
    Payload: &getstream.QueryUsersPayload{
        FilterConditions: map[string]any{
            "role": "admin",
        },
        Sort: []getstream.SortParamRequest{
            {
                Field:     getstream.PtrTo("created_at"),
                Direction: getstream.PtrTo(-1),
            },
        },
        Limit:  getstream.PtrTo(10),
        Offset: getstream.PtrTo(0),
    },
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error querying users:", err)
}
log.Printf("Found %d users\n", len(response.Data.Users))

Map<String, Object> filterConditions = new HashMap<>();
filterConditions.put("role", "admin");

QueryUsersRequest request = QueryUsersRequest.builder()
    .payload(QueryUsersPayload.builder()
        .filterConditions(filterConditions)
        .sort(List.of(
            SortParamRequest.builder()
                .field("created_at")
                .direction(-1)
                .build()
        ))
        .limit(10)
        .offset(0)
        .build())
    .build();

QueryUsersResponse response = client.queryUsers(request).execute().getData();

$response = $client->queryUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\QueryUsersPayload(
        filterConditions: (object)['role' => 'admin'],
        sort: [
            ['field' => 'created_at', 'direction' => -1]
        ],
        limit: 10,
        offset: 0
    )
);

var response = await _client.QueryUsersAsync(
    new QueryUsersRequest
    {
        Payload = new QueryUsersPayload
        {
            FilterConditions = new Dictionary<string, object>
            {
                ["role"] = "admin"
            },
            Sort = new[]
            {
                new SortParamRequest
                {
                    Field = "created_at",
                    Direction = -1
                }
            },
            Limit = 10,
            Offset = 0
        }
    }
);

from getstream.models import QueryUsersPayload, SortParamRequest

response = self.client.query_users(
    payload=QueryUsersPayload(
        filter_conditions={
            "role": "admin",
        },
        sort=[
            SortParamRequest(field="created_at", direction=-1)
        ],
        limit=10,
        offset=0,
    )
)

payload = GetStream::Generated::Models::QueryUsersPayload.new(
  filter_conditions: {
    'role' => 'admin',
  },
  sort: [
    {
      'field' => 'created_at',
      'direction' => -1,
    },
  ],
  limit: 10,
  offset: 0,
)

response = client.common.query_users(payload)

All filters use a Mongoose-style syntax; however, we do not run MongoDB on the backend, so only a subset of Mongoose queries are supported. The supported filters are described below.

Supported Filters

Name	Type	Description	Allowed Operators
id	string	ID of the user	$eq, $gt, $gte, $lt, $lte, $in, $autocomplete
role	string	Role of the user	$eq, $gt, $gte, $lt, $lte, $in
banned	boolean	Whether the user is banned	$eq
shadow_banned	boolean	Whether the user is shadow banned	$eq
created_at	string, must be formatted as an RFC3339 timestamp	Time when the user was created	$eq, $gt, $gte, $lt, $lte, $in
updated_at	string, must be formatted as an RFC3339 timestamp	Time when the user was updated	$eq, $gt, $gte, $lt, $lte, $in
last_active	string, must be formatted as an RFC3339 timestamp	Time when the user was last active	$eq, $gt, $gte, $lt, $lte, $in, $exists
teams	string	Teams the user belongs to	$eq, $contains
name	string	Name of the user	$eq, $autocomplete
username	string	Username of the user	$eq, $autocomplete
custom properties	string, boolean, int	Custom user properties	$eq, $gt, $gte, $lt, $lte, $in

Supported Sort

You can sort results by specifying a field and direction (1 for ascending, -1 for descending).

Name	Description
id	User ID
created_at	Time when the user was created
updated_at	Time when the user was updated
last_active	Time when the user was last active
role	Role of the user

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
limit	integer	Number of users to return	30	✓
offset	integer	Offset for pagination	0	✓
id_gt	string	ID-based pagination. Return IDs greater than this ID. If this is not empty, the default sort order will be `[{id: -1}]`.	-	✓
id_gte	string	ID-based pagination. Return IDs greater than or equal to this ID. If this is not empty, the default sort order will be `[{id: -1}]`.	-	✓
id_lt	string	ID-based pagination. Return IDs less than this ID. If this is not empty, the default sort order will be `[{id: -1}]`.	-	✓
id_lte	string	ID-based pagination. Return IDs less than or equal to this ID. If this is not empty, the default sort order will be `[{id: -1}]`.	-	✓
include_deactivated_users	boolean	Include deactivated users in the response	-	✓

Filter examples

You can use various filter operators to query users:

// Query users by custom field
const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      "custom.color": "red",
    },
  },
});

// Query users with multiple conditions
const response2 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: { $in: ["admin", "moderator"] },
      "custom.age": { $gte: 18 },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by name (text search)
const response3 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      name: { $autocomplete: "john" },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by custom field
const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      "custom.color": "red",
    },
  },
});

// Query users with multiple conditions
const response2 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: { $in: ["admin", "moderator"] },
      "custom.age": { $gte: 18 },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by name (text search)
const response3 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      name: { $autocomplete: "john" },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by custom field
const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      "custom.color": "red",
    },
  },
});

// Query users with multiple conditions
const response2 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: { $in: ["admin", "moderator"] },
      "custom.age": { $gte: 18 },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by name (text search)
const response3 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      name: { $autocomplete: "john" },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by custom field
const response = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      "custom.color": "red",
    },
  },
});

// Query users with multiple conditions
const response2 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      role: { $in: ["admin", "moderator"] },
      "custom.age": { $gte: 18 },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by name (text search)
const response3 = await client.queryUsers({
  payload: {
    filter_conditions: {
      name: { $autocomplete: "john" },
    },
  },
});

// Query users by custom field
response, err := client.QueryUsers(context.Background(), &getstream.QueryUsersPayload{
    FilterConditions: map[string]any{
        "custom.color": "red",
    },
})

// Query users with multiple conditions
response2, err := client.QueryUsers(context.Background(), &getstream.QueryUsersPayload{
    FilterConditions: map[string]any{
        "role": map[string]any{"$in": []string{"admin", "moderator"}},
        "custom.age": map[string]any{"$gte": 18},
    },
})

// Query users by name (text search)
response3, err := client.QueryUsers(context.Background(), &getstream.QueryUsersPayload{
    FilterConditions: map[string]any{
        "name": map[string]any{"$autocomplete": "john"},
    },
})

// Query users by custom field
Map<String, Object> filter1 = new HashMap<>();
filter1.put("custom.color", "red");
QueryUsersRequest request1 = QueryUsersRequest.builder()
    .payload(QueryUsersPayload.builder()
        .filterConditions(filter1)
        .build())
    .build();
QueryUsersResponse response1 = client.queryUsers(request1).execute().getData();

// Query users with multiple conditions
Map<String, Object> filter2 = new HashMap<>();
filter2.put("role", Map.of("$in", List.of("admin", "moderator")));
filter2.put("custom.age", Map.of("$gte", 18));
QueryUsersRequest request2 = QueryUsersRequest.builder()
    .payload(QueryUsersPayload.builder()
        .filterConditions(filter2)
        .build())
    .build();
QueryUsersResponse response2 = client.queryUsers(request2).execute().getData();

// Query users by name (text search)
Map<String, Object> filter3 = new HashMap<>();
filter3.put("name", Map.of("$autocomplete", "john"));
QueryUsersRequest request3 = QueryUsersRequest.builder()
    .payload(QueryUsersPayload.builder()
        .filterConditions(filter3)
        .build())
    .build();
QueryUsersResponse response3 = client.queryUsers(request3).execute().getData();

// Query users by custom field
$response = $client->queryUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\QueryUsersPayload(
        filterConditions: (object)['custom.color' => 'red']
    )
);

// Query users with multiple conditions
$response2 = $client->queryUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\QueryUsersPayload(
        filterConditions: (object)[
            'role' => (object)['$in' => ['admin', 'moderator']],
            'custom.age' => (object)['$gte' => 18],
        ]
    )
);

// Query users by name (text search)
$response3 = $client->queryUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\QueryUsersPayload(
        filterConditions: (object)[
            'name' => (object)['$autocomplete' => 'john'],
        ]
    )
);

// Query users by custom field
var response = await _client.QueryUsersAsync(
    new QueryUsersRequest
    {
        Payload = new QueryUsersPayload
        {
            FilterConditions = new Dictionary<string, object>
            {
                ["custom.color"] = "red"
            }
        }
    }
);

// Query users with multiple conditions
var response2 = await _client.QueryUsersAsync(
    new QueryUsersRequest
    {
        Payload = new QueryUsersPayload
        {
            FilterConditions = new Dictionary<string, object>
            {
                ["role"] = new Dictionary<string, object>
                {
                    ["$in"] = new[] { "admin", "moderator" }
                },
                ["custom.age"] = new Dictionary<string, object>
                {
                    ["$gte"] = 18
                }
            }
        }
    }
);

// Query users by name (text search)
var response3 = await _client.QueryUsersAsync(
    new QueryUsersRequest
    {
        Payload = new QueryUsersPayload
        {
            FilterConditions = new Dictionary<string, object>
            {
                ["name"] = new Dictionary<string, object>
                {
                    ["$autocomplete"] = "john"
                }
            }
        }
    }
);

from getstream.models import QueryUsersPayload

# Query users by custom field
response = self.client.query_users(
    payload=QueryUsersPayload(
        filter_conditions={
            "custom.color": "red",
        }
    )
)

# Query users with multiple conditions
response2 = self.client.query_users(
    payload=QueryUsersPayload(
        filter_conditions={
            "role": {"$in": ["admin", "moderator"]},
            "custom.age": {"$gte": 18},
        }
    )
)

# Query users by name (text search)
response3 = self.client.query_users(
    payload=QueryUsersPayload(
        filter_conditions={
            "name": {"$autocomplete": "john"},
        }
    )
)

# Query users by custom field
payload = GetStream::Generated::Models::QueryUsersPayload.new(
  filter_conditions: {
    'custom.color' => 'red',
  },
)
response = client.common.query_users(payload)

# Query users with multiple conditions
payload2 = GetStream::Generated::Models::QueryUsersPayload.new(
  filter_conditions: {
    'role' => { '$in' => ['admin', 'moderator'] },
    'custom.age' => { '$gte' => 18 },
  },
)
response2 = client.common.query_users(payload2)

# Query users by name (text search)
payload3 = GetStream::Generated::Models::QueryUsersPayload.new(
  filter_conditions: {
    'name' => { '$autocomplete' => 'john' },
  },
)
response3 = client.common.query_users(payload3)

Updating users

You can update users in two ways:

Replace updates: replace the entire user object with the one provided to the API call
Partial update: choose which fields you want to change

const user: UserRequest = {
  id: 'userid',
  role: 'user',
  custom: {
    color: 'blue',
  },
  name: 'This is a test user',
  image: 'link/to/profile/image',
};
client.upsertUsers([user]);

// or
client.updateUsersPartial({
  users: [
    {
      id: user.id,
      set: {
        'new-field': 'value',
      },
      unset: ['name'],
    },
  ],
});

// Example 1: Upsert users
user := getstream.UserRequest{
    ID:   "userid",
    Role: getstream.PtrTo("user"),
    Custom: map[string]any{
        "color": "blue",
    },
    Name:  getstream.PtrTo("This is a test user"),
    Image: getstream.PtrTo("link/to/profile/image"),
}

upsertRequest := &getstream.UpdateUsersRequest{
    Users: map[string]getstream.UserRequest{
        user.ID: user,
    },
}

upsertResponse, err := client.UpdateUsers(context.Background(), upsertRequest)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error upserting users:", err)
}
log.Printf("Users upserted successfully: %+v\n", upsertResponse)

// Example 2: Partial update users
partialUpdateRequest := &getstream.UpdateUsersPartialRequest{
    Users: []getstream.UpdateUserPartialRequest{
        {
            ID: user.ID,
            Set: map[string]any{
                "new-field": "value",
            },
            Unset: []string{"name"},
        },
    },
}

partialResponse, err := client.UpdateUsersPartial(context.Background(), partialUpdateRequest)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error partially updating users:", err)
}
log.Printf("Users partially updated successfully: %+v\n", partialResponse)

Map<String, UserRequest> usersMap = new HashMap<>();
usersMap.put(
    testUserId,
    UserRequest.builder().id(testUserId).name("Test User 1").role("user").build());
usersMap.put(
    testUserId2,
    UserRequest.builder().id(testUserId2).name("Test User 2").role("user").build());

UpdateUsersRequest updateUsersRequest = UpdateUsersRequest.builder().users(usersMap).build();

client.updateUsers(updateUsersRequest).execute();

// Example 1: Upsert users (replace update)
$client->updateUsers(new GeneratedModels\UpdateUsersRequest(
    users: [
        'userid' => [
            'id' => 'userid',
            'name' => 'This is a test user',
            'role' => 'user',
            'custom' => (object)[
                'color' => 'blue'
            ],
            'image' => 'link/to/profile/image'
        ]
    ]
));

// Example 2: Partial update users
$client->updateUsersPartial(new GeneratedModels\UpdateUsersPartialRequest(
    users: [
        [
            'id' => 'userid',
            'set' => (object)[
                'new-field' => 'value'
            ],
            'unset' => ['name']
        ]
    ]
));

var updateUsersRequest = new UpdateUsersRequest
{
    Users = new Dictionary<string, UserRequest>
    {
        [_testUserId] = new UserRequest
        {
            ID = _testUserId,
            Name = "Test User 1",
            Role = "user"
        },
        [_testUserId2] = new UserRequest
        {
            ID = _testUserId2,
            Name = "Test User 2",
            Role = "user"
        },
        [_testUserId3] = new UserRequest
        {
            ID = _testUserId3,
            Name = "Test User 3",
            Role = "user"
        }
    }
};
var userResponse = await _client.UpdateUsersAsync(updateUsersRequest);

users = {
    self.test_user_id: UserRequest(
        id=self.test_user_id, name="Test User 1", role="user"
    ),
    self.test_user_id_2: UserRequest(
        id=self.test_user_id_2, name="Test User 2", role="user"
    ),
}
response = self.client.update_users(users=users)

# Partially update user
partial_request = GetStream::Generated::Models::UpdateUsersPartialRequest.new(
  users: [
    {
      'id' => 'userid',
      'set' => {
        'name' => 'Updated Name',
      },
    },
  ],
)

response = client.common.update_users_partial(partial_request)

Deactivating and deleting users

Depending on your use case, you can choose to delete users or deactivate them. There are some differences between these two approaches.

Deactivating users:

the user will not be allowed to perform API requests / connect
user data is retained on Stream's side and returned from API
deactivated users can be re-activated

Deleting users:

the user will no longer be able to perform API requests / connect
the user is deleted and, by default, not returned from API
all data from the user is marked as deleted
by default, the data is retained and "soft" deleted; you can optionally request hard deletion
deletion is not reversible

Note: Both deletion and deactivation are performed asynchronously by Stream API. A task ID is returned and you can use that to check the status of its processing.

Deactivating users

client.deactivateUser({
  user_id: '<id>',
});

// reactivate
client.reactivateUsers({
  user_ids: ['<id>'],
});

// deactivating users in bulk is performed asynchronously
const deactivateResponse = client.deactivateUsers({
  user_ids: ['<id1>', '<id2>'...],
});

// Deactivating a single user
_, err = client.DeactivateUser(context.Background(), "user1", &getstream.DeactivateUserRequest{})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error deactivating user:", err)
}
log.Printf("User deactivated successfully")

// Deactivating users in bulk is performed asynchronously
_, err = client.DeactivateUsers(context.Background(), &getstream.DeactivateUsersRequest{
    UserIds: []string{"user2"},
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error deactivating users:", err)
}
log.Printf("Users deactivated successfully")

// Reactivate users
reactivateRequest := &getstream.ReactivateUsersRequest{
    UserIds: []string{"user1", "user2"},
}

_, err = client.ReactivateUsers(context.Background(), reactivateRequest)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error reactivating users:", err)
}
log.Printf("Users reactivated successfully")

// Deactivating a single user
client.deactivateUser(testUserId, DeactivateUserRequest.builder().build()).execute();

// Deactivating users in bulk is performed asynchronously
DeactivateUsersRequest deactivateRequest = DeactivateUsersRequest.builder()
    .userIds(List.of(testUserId, testUserId2))
    .build();
client.deactivateUsers(deactivateRequest).execute();

// Reactivate users
ReactivateUsersRequest reactivateRequest = ReactivateUsersRequest.builder()
    .userIds(List.of(testUserId, testUserId2))
    .build();
client.reactivateUsers(reactivateRequest).execute();

// Deactivating a single user
$client->deactivateUser(
    'user1',
    new GeneratedModels\DeactivateUserRequest()
);

// Deactivating users in bulk is performed asynchronously
$response = $client->deactivateUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\DeactivateUsersRequest(
        userIds: ['user1', 'user2']
    )
);

// Reactivate users
$client->reactivateUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\ReactivateUsersRequest(
        userIds: ['user1', 'user2']
    )
);

// Deactivating a single user
await _client.DeactivateUserAsync(_testUserId, new DeactivateUserRequest());

// Deactivating users in bulk is performed asynchronously
var deactivateRequest = new DeactivateUsersRequest
{
    UserIds = new[] { _testUserId, _testUserId2 }
};
await _client.DeactivateUsersAsync(deactivateRequest);

// Reactivate users
var reactivateRequest = new ReactivateUsersRequest
{
    UserIds = new[] { _testUserId, _testUserId2 }
};
await _client.ReactivateUsersAsync(reactivateRequest);

# Deactivating a single user
self.client.deactivate_user(user_id=self.test_user_id)

# Deactivating users in bulk is performed asynchronously
response = self.client.deactivate_users(
    user_ids=[self.test_user_id, self.test_user_id_2]
)

# Reactivate users
self.client.reactivate_users(
    user_ids=[self.test_user_id, self.test_user_id_2]
)

Deactivating users in bulk can take some time. This is how you can check the progress:

// Example of monitoring the status of an async task
// The logic is same for all async tasks
const response = _; // Result of a Stream async API request

// You need to poll this endpoint
const taskResponse = await client.getTask({ id: response.task_id });
console.log(taskResponse.status === "completed");

// Example of monitoring the status of an async task
// The logic is same for all async tasks
response, err := _ // Result of a Stream async API request
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

// You need to poll this endpoint
taskResponse, err := client.GetTask(context.Background(), response.Data.TaskID, &getstream.GetTaskRequest{})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

fmt.Println(taskResponse.Data.Status == "completed")

// Example of monitoring the status of an async task
// The logic is same for all async tasks
var response = _ // Result of a Stream async API request

// You need to poll this endpoint
var taskResponse = client.getTask(response.getTaskId()).execute().getData();
System.out.println("completed".equals(taskResponse.getStatus()));

// Example of monitoring the status of an async task
// The logic is same for all async tasks
$response = _ // Result of a Stream async API request

$taskId = $response->getData()->taskID;

// you need to poll this endpoint
$taskResponse = $client->getTask($taskId);

echo $taskResponse->getData()->status === 'completed';

// Example of monitoring the status of an async task
// The logic is same for all async tasks
var response = _ // Result of a Stream async API request

// You need to poll this endpoint
var taskResponse = await _client.GetTaskAsync(response.TaskID);
Console.WriteLine(taskResponse.Status == "completed");

# Example of monitoring the status of an async task
# The logic is same for all async tasks
response = _ # Result of a Stream async API request

# You need to poll this endpoint
task_response = client.get_task(response.task_id)
print(task_response.status == "completed")

# Example of monitoring the status of an async task
# The logic is same for all async tasks
response = _ # Result of a Stream async API request

# You need to poll this endpoint
task_response = client.get_task(response.data.task_id)
puts task_response.data.status == 'completed'

Deleting users

// Delete users
deleteRequest := &getstream.DeleteUsersRequest{
    UserIds: []string{"<id>"},
}
_, err = client.DeleteUsers(context.Background(), deleteRequest)

// Restore users
restoreRequest := &getstream.RestoreUsersRequest{
    UserIds: []string{"<id>"},
}
_, err = client.RestoreUsers(context.Background(), restoreRequest)

// Delete users
client.deleteUsers(
    DeleteUsersRequest.builder()
        .userIds(Arrays.asList("<id>"))
        .build()
).execute();

// Restore users
client.restoreUsers(
    RestoreUsersRequest.builder()
        .userIds(Arrays.asList("<id>"))
        .build()
).execute();

// Delete users (soft delete by default)
$client->deleteUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\DeleteUsersRequest(
        userIds: ['<id>']
    )
);

// Delete users with options (hard delete)
$client->deleteUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\DeleteUsersRequest(
        userIds: ['<id>'],
        user: 'hard',
        messages: 'hard',
        conversations: 'hard',
        newChannelOwnerID: 'new-owner-id'
    )
);

// Restore users
$client->restoreUsers(
    new GeneratedModels\RestoreUsersRequest(
        userIds: ['<id>']
    )
);

// Delete users
await _client.DeleteUsersAsync(new DeleteUsersRequest
{
    UserIds = new List<string> { "<id>" }
});

// Restore users
await _client.RestoreUsersAsync(new RestoreUsersRequest
{
    UserIds = new List<string> { "<id>" }
});

# Delete users
client.delete_users(
  GetStream::Generated::Models::DeleteUsersRequest.new(
    user_ids: ['<id>']
  )
)

# Restore users
client.restore_users(
  GetStream::Generated::Models::RestoreUsersRequest.new(
    user_ids: ['<id>']
  )
)

By default users are soft deleted. If you need control over deleting chat/video data please refer to the Chat documentation.

Authless users

Stream lets you give unauthenticated users access to a limited subset of Stream's capabilities. This is done by using either Guest or Anonymous users.

These two user types are ideal for use cases where users either need to be able to see feed activity prior to authenticating or in scenarios where the additional friction of creating a user account might be unnecessary for a user.

Configuration for guest and anonymous roles can be managed in the dashboard.

Guest Users

Guest sessions can be created client-side and do not require any server-side authentication. Use cases like support or public or visible feeds often benefit from guest users, because you may want a visitor to be able to view or interact with feeds on your application without (or before) having a regular user account. Guest users are temporary users.

Guest users are not available to applications using multi-tenancy (teams).

Guest users are counted towards your MAU usage.

You can generate a guest user in a front end client by using the following code:

import { FeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-client";

const client = new FeedsClient("<API key>");
await client.connectGuest({ id: "tommaso" });

import { useCreateFeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-react-sdk";

const client = useCreateFeedsClient({
  apiKey,
  userData: { id: "tommaso" },
  tokenOrProvider: "guest",
});

import { useCreateFeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-react-native-sdk";

const client = useCreateFeedsClient({
  apiKey,
  userData: { id: "tommaso" },
  tokenOrProvider: "guest",
});

To create a guest user from your server and obtain a token for the client:

const response = await client.createGuest({
  user: { id: "tommaso", name: "Tommaso" },
});
// Return response.user and response.access_token to your client

response, err := client.CreateGuest(context.Background(), &getstream.CreateGuestRequest{
    User: getstream.UserRequest{
        ID:   "tommaso",
        Name: getstream.PtrTo("Tommaso"),
    },
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal("Error creating guest:", err)
}
// Return response.Data.User and response.Data.AccessToken to your client

CreateGuestRequest request = CreateGuestRequest.builder()
    .user(UserRequest.builder().id("tommaso").name("Tommaso").build())
    .build();
CreateGuestResponse response = client.createGuest(request).execute().getData();
// Return response.getUser() and response.getAccessToken() to your client

$response = $client->createGuest(new GeneratedModels\CreateGuestRequest(
    user: [
        'id' => 'tommaso',
        'name' => 'Tommaso',
    ]
));
// Return $response->user and $response->access_token to your client

var request = new CreateGuestRequest
{
    User = new UserRequest { ID = "tommaso", Name = "Tommaso" }
};
var response = await _client.CreateGuestAsync(request);
// Return response.User and response.AccessToken to your client

response = self.client.create_guest(
    user=UserRequest(id="tommaso", name="Tommaso")
)
# Return response.user and response.access_token to your client

response = client.common.create_guest(
  GetStream::Generated::Models::CreateGuestRequest.new(
    user: { 'id' => 'tommaso', 'name' => 'Tommaso' }
  )
)
# Return response.user and response.access_token to your client

The user object schema is the same as the one described in the Built-in fields for users section above.

Creation of guest users can be disabled for your application in the dashboard.

Anonymous Users

While anonymous, users have limited capabilities by default, but they can still read feed content where allowed.

import { FeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-client";

const client = new FeedsClient("<API key>");
const connectResponse = await client.connectAnonymous();
console.log(connectResponse.me);

import { useCreateFeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-react-sdk";

const client = useCreateFeedsClient({
  apiKey,
  tokenOrProvider: "anonymous",
});

import { useCreateFeedsClient } from "@stream-io/feeds-react-native-sdk";

const client = useCreateFeedsClient({
  apiKey,
  tokenOrProvider: "anonymous",
});

Anonymous users are not counted toward your MAU and can't establish WebSocket connection.

Anonymous users are not allowed to perform any write operations.

Tokens & Authentication

User permissions