Private conversations

A private conversation in CA Flowdock is like a chat room for only two users.

Note: the open attribute of a closed private conversation automatically changes back to true when new unread messages are added to the conversation.

In the REST API, Private conversations are referred to with the recipient’s User ID.

List Private conversations

Lists the private conversations of the authenticated user.

GET /private

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Flowdock-User: 2

[
  {
    "id": 42,
    "url": "https://api.flowdock.com/private/42",
    "name": "@Hubot",
    "open": true,
    "activity": {
      "inbox": false,
      "mentions": 0,
      "chat": false
    },
    "users": [{
      "id": 2,
      "nick": "Antti",
      "email": "antti@flowdock.com",
      "avatar": "https://api.flowdock.com/avatars/667bc62d0ba333c684f0466d7a30a724/",
      "name": "Antti Pitkänen"
    }, {
      "id": 42,
      "nick": "Hubot",
      "email": "hubot@flowdock.com",
      "avatar": "https://api.flowdock.com/avatars/821d585f52de5455c26dca68e9e70e77/",
      "name": "Hubot Hubot"
    }]
  },
  // ...
]

Name	Description
id	Private conversation ID. The same as the recipient’s user ID.
url	Private conversation resource URL.
name	Human-readable name of the conversation.
open	Boolean value (true or false). Automatically changes to true when new unread messages are posted into the conversation. Clients implementing tabs should display tabs for all the open private conversation, and list non-open private conversations elsewhere.
activity	Activity information of the private conversation.
users	List of conversation participants.

Get a Private conversation

GET /private/:id

Get a private conversation. If no existing conversation between users is found, a new conversation is automatically created with open attribute set to false. The data format is identical to the list of conversations.

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Flowdock-User: 2

{
  "id": 42,
  "url": "https://api.flowdock.com/private/42",
  "name": "@Hubot",
  "open": true,
  "activity": {
    "inbox": false,
    "mentions": 0,
    "chat": false
  },
  "users": [{
    "id": 2,
    "nick": "Antti",
    "email": "antti@flowdock.com",
    "avatar": "https://api.flowdock.com/avatars/667bc62d0ba333c684f0466d7a30a724/",
    "name": "Antti Pitkänen"
  }, {
    "id": 42,
    "nick": "Hubot",
    "email": "hubot@flowdock.com",
    "avatar": "https://api.flowdock.com/avatars/821d585f52de5455c26dca68e9e70e77/",
    "name": "Hubot Hubot"
  }]
}

Update a Private conversation

PUT /private/:id

Update private conversation information.

Parameters

Name	Description
open	Boolean value (true or false). Controls the visibility of the private conversation.

{
  "open": false
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Flowdock-User: 2

{
  "id": 42,
  "url": "https://api.flowdock.com/private/42",
  "name": "@Hubot",
  "open": false,
  "activity": {
    "inbox": false,
    "mentions": 0,
    "chat": false
  },
  "users": [{
    "id": 2,
    "nick": "Antti",
    "email": "antti@flowdock.com",
    "avatar": "https://api.flowdock.com/avatars/667bc62d0ba333c684f0466d7a30a724/",
    "name": "Antti Pitkänen"
  }, {
    "id": 42,
    "nick": "Hubot",
    "email": "hubot@flowdock.com",
    "avatar": "https://api.flowdock.com/avatars/821d585f52de5455c26dca68e9e70e77/",
    "name": "Hubot Hubot"
  }]
}