Method: spaces.members.get
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HTTP request
GET https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*/members/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
name |
string
Required. Resource name of the membership to retrieve. To get the app's own membership by using user authentication, you can optionally use spaces/{space}/members/app. Format: spaces/{space}/members/{member} or spaces/{space}/members/app You can use the user's email as an alias for {member}. For example, spaces/{space}/members/example@gmail.com where example@gmail.com is the email of the Google Chat user.
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Query parameters
| Parameters |
useAdminAccess |
boolean
Optional. When true, the method runs using the user's Google Workspace administrator privileges. The calling user must be a Google Workspace administrator with the manage chat and spaces conversations privilege. Requires the chat.admin.memberships or chat.admin.memberships.readonly OAuth 2.0 scopes. Getting app memberships in a space isn't supported when using admin access.
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Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Membership.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.membershipshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.memberships.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.membershipshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.bothttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.membershipshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.readonly
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-07-16 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-07-16 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eReturns detailed information about a specific Google Chat membership within a space.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSupports both app and user authentication, with an option for user authentication to leverage administrator privileges.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eRequires providing the membership's resource name in the request path, allowing the use of email aliases for member identification.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eOptionally accepts a query parameter to utilize the user's Google Workspace administrator privileges for the request.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eNeeds authorization with specific OAuth scopes related to Chat memberships and administration.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["This document outlines how to retrieve membership details using a `GET` request to `https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*/members/*}`. The `name` path parameter specifies the membership, with options to use a user's email as an alias. The `useAdminAccess` query parameter allows for execution with Google Workspace administrator privileges. The request body should be empty; a successful response contains a `Membership` instance. The operation requires various authorization scopes, including `chat.admin.memberships`.\n"],null,["# Method: spaces.members.get\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nReturns details about a membership. For an example, see [Get details about a user's or Google Chat app's membership](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/get-members).\n\nSupports the following types of [authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize):\n\n- [App authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-app) with one of the following authorization scopes:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.bot`\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.memberships` (requires [administrator approval](https://support.google.com/a?p=chat-app-auth))\n- [User authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user) with one of the following authorization scopes:\n\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.readonly`\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships`\n - User authentication grants administrator privileges when an administrator account authenticates, `useAdminAccess` is `true`, and one of the following authorization scopes is used:\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.memberships.readonly`\n - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.memberships`\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*/members/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `name` | `string` Required. Resource name of the membership to retrieve. To get the app's own membership [by using user authentication](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize-chat-user), you can optionally use `spaces/{space}/members/app`. Format: `spaces/{space}/members/{member}` or `spaces/{space}/members/app` You can use the user's email as an alias for `{member}`. For example, `spaces/{space}/members/example@gmail.com` where `example@gmail.com` is the email of the Google Chat user. |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `useAdminAccess` | `boolean` Optional. When `true`, the method runs using the user's Google Workspace administrator privileges. The calling user must be a Google Workspace administrator with the [manage chat and spaces conversations privilege](https://support.google.com/a/answer/13369245). Requires the `chat.admin.memberships` or `chat.admin.memberships.readonly` [OAuth 2.0 scopes](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize#chat-api-scopes). Getting app memberships in a space isn't supported when using admin access. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Membership](/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.members#Membership).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.memberships`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.admin.memberships.readonly`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.app.memberships`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.bot`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.readonly`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/chat/authenticate-authorize)."]]
