Create a Member

In this code snippet you learn how to create a Member. A Member can be thought of as a User who has been invited to, joined, or left a Conversation.

Example

Ensure the following variables are set to your required values using any convenient method:

Key	Description
`CONVERSATION_ID`	The unique ID of the Conversation.
`USER_ID`	The unique ID of the User.

Prerequisites

Use your existing application

You will need to use an existing Application that contains a Conversation in order to be able to create a Member. See the Create Conversation code snippet for information on how to create an Application and some sample Conversations.

Write the code

Add the following to create-member.sh:

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curl -X "POST" "https://api.nexmo.com/beta/conversations/$CONVERSATION_ID/members" \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$JWT\
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d $'{
  "user_id": "'$USER_ID'",
  "action": "invite",
  "channel": {
    "type": "app"
  }
}'

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

bash create-member.sh

Prerequisites

Use your existing application

Install dependencies

npm install nexmo@beta

Initialize your dependencies

Create a file named create-member.js and add the following code:

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const Nexmo = require('nexmo')

const nexmo = new Nexmo({
  apiKey: NEXMO_API_KEY,
  apiSecret: NEXMO_API_SECRET,
  applicationId: NEXMO_APPLICATION_ID,
  privateKey: NEXMO_APPLICATION_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH
})

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Write the code

Add the following to create-member.js:

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nexmo.conversations.members.create(CONVERSATION_ID,
        {"action":"join", "user_id":USER_ID, "channel":{"type":"app"}},
        (error, result) => {
        if(error) {
            console.error(error);
        }
        else {
            console.log(result);
        }
    });

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

node create-member.js

Try it out

When you run the code you will create a new Member. The specified User will be invited to join the specified Conversation.