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Channel capabilities lets clients understand which features are available. Each channel payload contains the own_capabilities field which is essentially a list of actions that user is allowed to perform.
Channel capabilities are affected by a number of factors including:
Channel Type settings
Channel-level settings
Capabilities is the preferred way of deciding which actions should be available in the user interface.
Please avoid performing comparisons like
user.role == 'user' in your client code and rely on Channel Capabilities instead. This makes your code more flexible and adaptive to your app configurationChannel Capabilities
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| Name | What it indicates |
|---|---|
| ban-channel-members | Ability to ban channel members |
| connect-events | Ability to receive connect events |
| create-call | Ability to create a call |
| delete-any-message | Ability to delete any message from the channel |
| delete-channel | Ability to delete channel |
| delete-own-message | Ability to delete own messages from the channel |
| flag-message | Ability to flag a message |
| freeze-channel | Ability to freeze or unfreeze channel |
| join-call | Ability to join a call |
| join-channel | Ability to join channel (add own membership) |
| leave-channel | Ability to leave channel (remove own membership) |
| mute-channel | Ability to mute a channel |
| pin-message | Ability to pin a message |
| quote-message | Ability to quote a message |
| read-events | Ability to receive read events |
| search-messages | Ability to use message search |
| send-custom-events | Ability to send custom events |
| send-links | Ability to attach links to messages |
| send-message | Ability to send a message |
| send-reaction | Ability to send reactions |
| send-reply | Ability to reply to a message |
| send-typing-events | Ability to send typing events |
| set-channel-cooldown | Ability to enable or disable slow mode |
| skip-slow-mode | Indicates that the user is allowed to post messages as usual even if the channel is in slow more |
| slow-mode | Indicates that channel slow mode is active |
| typing-events | Ability to send and receive typing events |
| update-any-message | Ability to update any message in the channel |
| update-channel | Ability to update channel data |
| update-channel-members | Ability to update channel members |
| update-own-message | Ability to update own messages in the channel |
| upload-file | Ability to upload message attachments |