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En esta guía, se explica cómo usar el método findDirectMessage() en el recurso Space de la API de Google Chat para obtener detalles sobre un espacio de mensaje directo (MD).
El recurso Space representa un lugar donde las personas y las apps de Chat pueden enviar mensajes, compartir archivos y colaborar. Existen varios tipos de espacios:
Los mensajes directos (MD) son conversaciones entre dos usuarios o entre un usuario y una app de Chat.
Los chats grupales son conversaciones entre tres o más usuarios y apps de Chat.
Los espacios con nombre son lugares persistentes donde las personas envían mensajes, comparten archivos y colaboran.
La autenticación con autenticación de la app permite que una app de Chat obtenga MD a los que tiene acceso en Google Chat (por ejemplo, MD de los que es miembro). La autenticación con autenticación de usuarios devuelve los MD a los que tiene acceso el usuario autenticado.
Llama al método FindDirectMessage() y pasa el name del otro usuario en el MD que se devolverá. Con la autenticación del usuario, este método devuelve un MD entre el usuario que llama y el usuario especificado. Con la autenticación de la app, este método devuelve un MD entre la app que llama y el usuario especificado.
Para agregar un usuario humano como miembro de un espacio, especifica users/{user}, donde {user} es el {person_id} del person de la API de People o el ID de un user de la API de Directory. Por ejemplo, si la persona resourceName de la API de People es people/123456789, puedes agregar al usuario al espacio incluyendo una membresía con users/123456789 como member.name.
Cómo encontrar un mensaje directo con autenticación de usuario
import{createClientWithUserCredentials}from'./authentication-utils.js';constUSER_AUTH_OAUTH_SCOPES=['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly'];// This sample shows how to find a Direct Message space with user credentialasyncfunctionmain(){// Create a clientconstchatClient=awaitcreateClientWithUserCredentials(USER_AUTH_OAUTH_SCOPES);// Initialize request argument(s)constrequest={// Replace USER_NAME herename:'users/USER_NAME'};// Make the requestconstresponse=awaitchatClient.findDirectMessage(request);// Handle the responseconsole.log(response);}main().catch(console.error);
Para ejecutar este ejemplo, reemplaza USER_NAME por el ID del campo name del usuario.
La API de Chat devuelve una instancia de Space que detalla el MD especificado.
Cómo encontrar un mensaje directo con autenticación de la app
import{createClientWithAppCredentials}from'./authentication-utils.js';// This sample shows how to find a Direct Message space with app credentialasyncfunctionmain(){// Create a clientconstchatClient=createClientWithAppCredentials();// Initialize request argument(s)constrequest={// Replace USER_NAME herename:'users/USER_NAME'};// Make the requestconstresponse=awaitchatClient.findDirectMessage(request);// Handle the responseconsole.log(response);}main().catch(console.error);
Para ejecutar este ejemplo, reemplaza USER_NAME por el ID del campo name del usuario.
La API de Chat devuelve una instancia de Space que detalla el MD especificado.
[null,null,["Última actualización: 2025-08-29 (UTC)"],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis guide focuses on utilizing the \u003ccode\u003efindDirectMessage()\u003c/code\u003e method within the Google Chat API to retrieve information about direct messages (DMs).\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAuthentication can be performed using either app authentication (for Chat app access to DMs) or user authentication (for authenticated user access to DMs).\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eTo find a DM, you need to call the \u003ccode\u003eFindDirectMessage()\u003c/code\u003e method, providing the user's name, and utilize the appropriate authorization scope based on the authentication method.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe response from the Chat API will contain a \u003ccode\u003eSpace\u003c/code\u003e object providing detailed information about the specified DM.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The guide details using the `findDirectMessage()` method within the Google Chat API to retrieve information about a direct message space. This involves specifying the target user's ID in the request. Authentication can be done via user or app methods, each requiring distinct scopes (`chat.spaces.readonly` or `chat.spaces` for user, and `chat.bot` for app). The process includes creating the appropriate client and sending a request with the user's name; the API returns `Space` details of the DM.\n"],null,["# Find a direct message (DM) space\n\nThis guide explains how to use the\n[`findDirectMessage()`](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rpc/google.chat.v1#google.chat.v1.ChatService.FindDirectMessage)\nmethod on the `Space` resource of the Google Chat API to get details about a\ndirect message (DM) space.\n\nThe\n[`Space` resource](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces)\nrepresents a place where people and Chat apps can send messages,\nshare files, and collaborate. There are several types of spaces:\n\n- Direct messages (DMs) are conversations between two users or a user and a Chat app.\n- Group chats are conversations between three or more users and Chat apps.\n- Named spaces are persistent places where people send messages, share files, and collaborate.\n\nWhen a Google Workspace administrator\n[installs a Chat app for their entire\nGoogle Workspace organization](https://support.google.com/a/answer/172482),\nGoogle Chat creates a DM between the installed\nChat app and each user in the organization.\n\nAuthenticating with\n[app authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app)\nlets a Chat app get DMs that the\nChat app has access to in Google Chat\n(for example, DMs it's a member of). Authenticating with\n[user authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user) returns\nDMs that the authenticated user has access to.\n\nPrerequisites\n-------------\n\n\n### Node.js\n\n- A Business or Enterprise [Google Workspace](https://support.google.com/a/answer/6043576) account with access to [Google Chat](https://workspace.google.com/products/chat/).\n\n\u003c!-- --\u003e\n\n- Set up your environment:\n - [Create a Google Cloud project](/workspace/guides/create-project).\n - [Configure the OAuth consent screen](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent).\n - [Enable and configure the Google Chat API](/workspace/chat/configure-chat-api) with a name, icon, and description for your Chat app.\n - Install the Node.js [Cloud Client Library](/workspace/chat/libraries?tab=nodejs#cloud-client-libraries).\n - Create access credentials based on how you want to authenticate in your Google Chat API request:\n - To authenticate as a Chat user, [create OAuth client ID\n credentials](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user) and save the credentials as a JSON file named `credentials.json` to your local directory.\n - To authenticate as the Chat app, [create service account\n credentials](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app) and save the credentials as a JSON file named `credentials.json`.\n- [Choose an authorization scope](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize#asynchronous-chat-calls) based on whether you want to authenticate as a user or the Chat app.\n\n\n| The code samples in this page use the gRPC API interface with the Google Cloud client libraries. Alternatively, you can use the REST API interface. For more information about the gRPC and REST interfaces, see [Google Chat API overview](/workspace/chat/api/reference).\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nFind a direct message\n---------------------\n\nTo find a direct message in Google Chat, pass the following in\nyour request:\n\n- With [app authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app), specify the `chat.bot` authorization scope. With [user authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user), specify the `chat.spaces.readonly` or `chat.spaces` authorization scope.\n- Call the [`FindDirectMessage()`](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rpc/google.chat.v1#google.chat.v1.ChatService.FindDirectMessage), method passing the `name` of the other user in the DM to return. With [user authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user), this method returns a DM between the calling user and the specified user. With [app authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app), this method returns a DM between the calling app and the specified user.\n- To add a human user as a space member, specify `users/{user}`, where `{user}` is either the `{person_id}` for the [`person`](/people/api/rest/v1/people) from the People API, or the ID of a [`user`](/workspace/admin/directory/reference/rest/v1/users) in the Directory API. For example, if the People API person `resourceName` is `people/123456789`, you can add the user to the space by including a membership with `users/123456789` as the `member.name`.\n\n### Find a direct message with user authentication\n\nHere's how to find a direct message with\n[user authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user): \n\n### Node.js\n\nchat/client-libraries/cloud/find-dm-space-user-cred.js \n[View on GitHub](https://github.com/googleworkspace/node-samples/blob/main/chat/client-libraries/cloud/find-dm-space-user-cred.js) \n\n```javascript\nimport {createClientWithUserCredentials} from './authentication-utils.js';\n\nconst USER_AUTH_OAUTH_SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonly'];\n\n// This sample shows how to find a Direct Message space with user credential\nasync function main() {\n // Create a client\n const chatClient = await createClientWithUserCredentials(USER_AUTH_OAUTH_SCOPES);\n\n // Initialize request argument(s)\n const request = {\n // Replace USER_NAME here\n name: 'users/USER_NAME'\n };\n\n // Make the request\n const response = await chatClient.findDirectMessage(request);\n\n // Handle the response\n console.log(response);\n}\n\nmain().catch(console.error);\n```\n\nTo run this sample, replace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eUSER_NAME\u003c/var\u003e with the ID from the\nuser's\n[`name`](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rpc/google.chat.v1#google.chat.v1.User.FIELDS.string.google.chat.v1.User.name)\nfield.\n\nThe Chat API returns an instance of\n[`Space`](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rpc/google.chat.v1#space)\nthat details the specified DM.\n\n### Find a direct message with app authentication\n\nHere's how to find a direct message with\n[app authentication](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app): \n\n### Node.js\n\nchat/client-libraries/cloud/find-dm-space-app-cred.js \n[View on GitHub](https://github.com/googleworkspace/node-samples/blob/main/chat/client-libraries/cloud/find-dm-space-app-cred.js) \n\n```javascript\nimport {createClientWithAppCredentials} from './authentication-utils.js';\n\n// This sample shows how to find a Direct Message space with app credential\nasync function main() {\n // Create a client\n const chatClient = createClientWithAppCredentials();\n\n // Initialize request argument(s)\n const request = {\n // Replace USER_NAME here\n name: 'users/USER_NAME'\n };\n\n // Make the request\n const response = await chatClient.findDirectMessage(request);\n\n // Handle the response\n console.log(response);\n}\n\nmain().catch(console.error);\n```\n\nTo run this sample, replace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eUSER_NAME\u003c/var\u003e with the ID from the\nuser's\n[`name`](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rpc/google.chat.v1#google.chat.v1.User.FIELDS.string.google.chat.v1.User.name)\nfield.\n\nThe Chat API returns an instance of\n[`Space`](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rpc/google.chat.v1#space)\nthat details the specified DM.\n\nRelated topics\n--------------\n\n- [Create a space](/workspace/chat/create-spaces).\n- [Set up a space](/workspace/chat/set-up-spaces).\n- [Get details about a space](/workspace/chat/get-spaces).\n- [List spaces](/workspace/chat/list-spaces).\n- [Update a space](/workspace/chat/update-spaces).\n- [Delete a space](/workspace/chat/delete-spaces)."]]