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LAST EDIT Feb 24 2021

Flag Copied!

Any user is allowed to flag a message.

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const flag = await client.flagMessage(messageResponse.message.id);
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$flag = $client->flagMessage('message-id', ['user_id' => 'user-id']);
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await client.flagMessage("messageID");
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let message = Message(text: "bad bad sentence") 
message.flag { (result) in 
    // handle result 
} 
 
// and unflag 
message.unflag { (result) in /**/ } 
 
let john = User(id: "john") 
User.current.flag(user: john) { (result) in /**/ } 
 
User.current.unflag(user: john) { (result) in /**/ }
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client.flagMessage("message-id").enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        // Message was flagged 
        Flag flag = result.data(); 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
     } 
}); 
 
client.flagUser("user-id").enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        // User was flagged 
        Flag flag = result.data(); 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
});
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client.flagMessage("message-id").enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        // Message was flagged 
        val flag: Flag = result.data() 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
} 
 
client.flagUser("user-id").enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        // User was flagged 
        val flag: Flag = result.data() 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}

MutesCopied!

Any user is allowed to mute another user. Mutes are stored at user level and returned with the rest of the user information when connectUser is called. A user will be be muted until the user is unmuted or the mute is expired.

nametypedescriptiondefaultoptional
timeoutnumberThe timeout in minutes until the mute is expired.no limit✓
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// client-side mute 
const mute = await client.muteUser('eviluser'); 
 
// client-side mute for 60 minutes 
const mute = await client.muteUser('eviluser', null, { 
    timeout: 60 
}); 
 
// server-side mute requires the id of the user creating the mute as well 
const mute = await client.muteUser('eviluser', 'user_id');
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// server-side mute requires the id of the user creating the mute as well 
$mute = $client->muteUser('evil-user', 'user-id');
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await client.muteUser("eviluser"); 
 
await client.unmuteUser("eviluser");
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let john = User(id: "john") 
john.mute { (result) in /**/ } 
john.unmute { (result) in /**/ }
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client.muteUser("user-id").enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        // User was muted 
        Mute mute = result.data(); 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}); 
 
client.unmuteUser("user-id").enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        // User was unmuted 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
});
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client.muteUser("user-id").enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        // User was muted 
        val mute: Mute = result.data() 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
} 
 
client.unmuteUser("user-id").enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        // User was unmuted 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}

After muting a user messages will still be delivered via web-socket. Implementing business logic such as hiding messages from muted users or display them differently is left to the developer to implement.

Messages from muted users are not delivered via push (APN/Firebase)

BanCopied!

Users can be banned from an app entirely or from a channel. When a user is banned, it will not be allowed to post messages until the ban is removed or expired but it will be able to connect to Chat and to channels as before.

It is also possible to ban the user's last known IP address to prevent creation of new "throw-away" accounts. This type of ban is only applicable on the app level. We do not recommend applying IP ban without reasonable timeout, however this is not restricted. The IP address will be unbanned either after reaching a timeout or with explicit user unban.

In most cases only admins or moderators are allowed to ban other users from a channel.

nametypedescriptiondefaultoptional
timeoutnumberThe timeout in minutes until the ban is automatically expired.no limit✓
reasonstringThe reason that the ban was created.✓
ip_banbooleanWhether or not to apply IP address banfalse✓
banned_by_idstringThe ID of the user who is performing the ban. This is required only when using API from the server-side✓
Banning a user from all channels can only be done using server-side auth.
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// ban a user for 60 minutes from all channel 
let data = await client.banUser('eviluser', { 
    banned_by_id: userID, // ID of the user who is performing the ban (Server-side auth) 
    timeout: 60, 
    reason: 'Banned for one hour', 
}); 
 
// ban a user and their IP address for 24 hours 
let data = await client.banUser('eviluser', { 
   banned_by_id: userID, 
   timeout: 24*60, 
   ip_ban:  true, 
   reason: 'Please come back tomorrow', 
}); 
 
// ban a user from the livestream:fortnite channel 
data = await channel.banUser('eviluser', { 
    banned_by_id: userID, 
    reason: 'Profanity is not allowed here', 
}); 
 
// remove ban from channel 
data = await channel.unbanUser('eviluser'); 
 
// remove global ban 
data = await authClient.unbanUser('eviluser');
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# ban a user for 60 minutes from all channel 
client.ban_user("eviluser", banned_by_id=admin_id, timeout=60, reason="Banned for one hour") 
 
# ban a user and their IP address for 24 hours 
client.ban_user("eviluser", banned_by_id=admin_id, timeout=24*60, ip_ban=true, reason="Please come back tomorrow") 
 
# ban a user from the livestream:fortnite channel 
channel.ban_user("eviluser", banned_by_id=admin_id, reason="Profanity is not allowed here") 
 
# remove ban from channel 
channel.unban_user("eviluser") 
 
# remove global ban 
client.unban_user("eviluser")
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// Ban user for 60 minutes from a channel 
channelClient.banUser("user-id", "Bad words", 60).enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        // User was banned 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}); 
 
channelClient.unBanUser("user-id").enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        // User was unbanned 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
 });
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let channel = Client.shared.channel(type: .messaging, id: "general") 
let john = User(id: "john") 
 
channel.ban(user: john) 
// or 
channel.ban(user: user, timeoutInMinutes: 10, reason: "Bad words!") { result in /* Handle Result */ }
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// Ban user for 60 minutes from a channel 
channelClient.banUser(targetId = "user-id", reason = "Bad words", timeout = 60).enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        // User was banned 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
} 
 
channelClient.unBanUser(targetId = "user-id").enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        // User was unbanned 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}
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// ban a user for 60 minutes from all channel 
$ban = $client->banUser('evil-user', [ 
    'timeout' => 60, 
    'reason' => 'Banned for one hour', 
    'banned_by_id' => 'user-id' 
]); 
 
// ban a user and their IP address for 24 hours 
$ban = $channel->banUser('evil-user', [ 
    'banned_by_id' => 'user-id' 
    'timeout' => 24*60, 
    'ip_ban' => true, 
    'reason' => 'Please come back tomorrow', 
]); 
 
// ban a user from the livestream:fortnite channel 
$ban = $channel->banUser('evil-user', [ 
    'reason' => 'Banned for one hour', 
    'banned_by_id' => 'user-id' 
]); 
 
// remove ban from channel 
$unban = $channel->unbanUser('evil-user'); 
 
// remove global ban 
$unban = $client->unbanUser('evil-user');
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// ban a user for 60 minutes from all channel 
await client.banUser('eviluser', { 
    'banned_by_id': userID, // ID of the user who is performing the ban (Server-side auth) 
    'timeout': 60, 
    'reason': 'Banned for one hour', 
}); 
 
// ban a user and their IP address for 24 hours 
 await client.banUser('eviluser', { 
   'banned_by_id': userID, 
   'timeout': 24*60, 
   'ip_ban':  true, 
   'reason': 'Please come back tomorrow', 
}); 
 
// ban a user from the livestream:fortnite channel 
await channel.banUser('eviluser', { 
   'banned_by_id': userID, 
    'reason': 'Profanity is not allowed here', 
}); 
 
// remove ban from channel 
await channel.unbanUser('eviluser'); 
 
// remove global ban 
await authClient.unbanUser('eviluser');

List banned usersCopied!

You can list banned users from the API directly using the user search endpoint or the member search endpoint. You use the first to get the list of users banned from all channels and the second to list users that are banned from a specific channel. Both endpoints support additional query parameters as well as pagination, you can find the full information on the specific doc sections.

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// retrieve the list of banned users 
const response = await client.queryUsers({banned:true}, {}, {limit:10, offset:0}); 
 
// query for banned members in channel 
channel.queryMembers({banned:true}, {}, {limit:10, offset:0})
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// retrieve the list of banned users 
client.queryUsers( 
    QueryUsersRequest( 
        filter = Filters.eq("banned", true), 
        offset = 0, 
        limit = 10, 
    ) 
).enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
       val users: List<User> = result.data() 
   } else { 
       // Handle result.error() 
   } 
} 
 
// query for banned members in channel 
channelClient.queryMembers( 
    offset = 0, 
    limit = 10, 
    filter = Filters.eq("banned", true), 
    sort = QuerySort(), 
    members = emptyList() 
).enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        val members: List<Member> = result.data() 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}
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// retrieve the list of banned users 
await client.queryUsers(filter: { 
'banned': true, 
},  
PaginationParams(limit:10, offset:0)); 
 
// query for banned members in channel 
channel.queryMembers(filter: { 
'banned': true, 
}, 
PaginationParams(limit:10, offset:0));
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FilterObject filter = Filters.eq("banned", true); 
 
// retrieve the list of banned users 
QueryUsersRequest request = new QueryUsersRequest(filter, 0, 10); 
client.queryUsers(request).enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        List<User> users = result.data(); 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}); 
 
// query for banned members in channel 
QuerySort<Member> sort = new QuerySort<>(); 
channelClient.queryMembers(0, 10, filter, sort, emptyList()).enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
         List<Member> members = result.data(); 
    } else { 
         // Handle result.error() 
    } 
});

Shadow BanCopied!

Users can be shadow banned from an app entirely or from a channel. When a user is shadow banned, it will still be allowed to post messages, but any message sent during, will have shadowed: true field. However, this will be invisible from the author of the message.

It's up to the client-side implementation to hide or otherwise handle these messages appropriately.

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// shadow ban a user from all channels 
let data = await client.shadowBan('eviluser'); 
 
// shadow ban a user from a channel 
data = await channel.shadowBan('eviluser'); 
 
// remove shadow ban from channel 
data = await channel.removeShadowBan('eviluser'); 
 
// remove global shadow ban 
data = await client.removeShadowBan('eviluser');
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// shadow ban a user from all channels 
await client.shadowBan('eviluser'); 
 
// shadow ban a user from a channel 
await channel.shadowBan('eviluser'); 
 
// remove shadow ban from channel 
await channel.removeShadowBan('eviluser'); 
 
// remove global shadow ban 
await client.removeShadowBan('eviluser');
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// Shadow ban user for 60 minutes from a channel 
channelClient.shadowBanUser("user-id", "Bad words", 60).enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
        // User was shadow banned 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}); 
 
channelClient.removeShadowBan("user-id").enqueue(result -> { 
    if (result.isSuccess()) { 
         // Shadow ban was removed 
    } else { 
         // Handle result.error() 
    } 
});
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// Shadow ban user for 60 minutes from a channel 
channelClient.shadowBanUser(targetId = "user-id", reason = "Bad words", timeout = 60).enqueue { result -> 
     if (result.isSuccess) { 
         // User was shadow banned 
     } else { 
         // Handle result.error() 
     } 
} 
 
channelClient.removeShadowBan("user-id").enqueue { result -> 
    if (result.isSuccess) { 
        // Shadow ban was removed 
    } else { 
        // Handle result.error() 
    } 
}

Administrators can view shadow banned user status in queryChannels(), queryMembers() and queryUsers().

AutomodCopied!

For livestream and gaming channel types Automod is enabled by default. There are three options for moderation:

  • disabled
  • simple (blocks messages that contain a list of profane words)
  • ai (uses an AI-based classification system to detect various types of bad content)
AI-based moderation is a premium feature. Please contact sales to discuss your options.

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