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- Permissions
- Push
- Hooks
- Moderation & Translation
Application level settings allow you to configure settings that impact all the channel types in your app. Our backend SDKs make it easy to change the app settings. You can also change most of these using the CLI or the dashboard. Here's an example on changing the disable_auth_checks setting:
A full overview of available settings can be found below:
Permissions
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The following app settings allow you to control how permissions work for your app:
NAME | DESCRIPTION | DEFAULT |
|---|---|---|
disable_auth_checks | Disabled authentication. Convenient during testing and allows you to use devTokens on the client side. Should not be used in production. | false |
disable_permissions_checks | Gives all users full permissions to edit messages, delete them etc. Again not recommended in a production setting, only useful for development. | false |
Push
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NAME | DESCRIPTION | DEFAULT |
|---|---|---|
apn_config | ||
firebase_config | ||
push_config |
Hooks
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Hooks enable you to listen to changes in chat. You can use either webhooks or SQS.
NAME | DESCRIPTION | DEFAULT |
|---|---|---|
webhook_url | This webhook is useful when you want your server application to receive all important events happening in the Stream Chat | - |
custom_action_handler_url | This webhook reacts to custom /slash commands and actions on those commands/ MML | - |
before_message_send_hook_url | This webhook allows you to modify or moderate message content before sending it to the chat for everyone to see | - |
sqs_url | Your SQS url | - |
sqs_key | The key for SQS queue | - |
sqs_secret | The secret for your SQS queue | - |
Moderation & Translation
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The following settings allow you to control moderation for your chat:
NAME | DESCRIPTION | DEFAULT |
|---|---|---|
image_moderation_labels | Moderation scores returned from the external image moderation API | |
image_moderation_enabled | If image moderation AI should be turned on | |
enforce_unique_usernames | If Stream should enforce username uniqueness. This prevents people from joining the chat as "elonmusk" while "elonmusk" is presenting. | |
auto_translation_enabled | If Stream should automatically translate messages |