Hiding Channels

Hiding a channel removes it from query channel requests for that user until a new message is added. Only channel members can hide a channel.

Hidden channels may still have unread messages. Consider marking the channel as read before hiding it.

You can optionally clear the message history for that user when hiding. When a new message is received, it will be the only message visible to that user.

Hide a Channel

use GetStream\ChatClient;
use GetStream\GeneratedModels as Models;

$client = new ChatClient("{{ api_key }}", "{{ api_secret }}");

// Hide the channel until a new message is added there
$client->hideChannel("messaging", "general", new Models\HideChannelRequest(
    userID: "john",
));

// Show a previously hidden channel
$client->showChannel("messaging", "general", new Models\ShowChannelRequest(
    userID: "john",
));

You can still retrieve the list of hidden channels using the { "hidden" : true } query parameter.

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