Method: spaces.spaceEvents.get
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Returns an event from a Google Chat space. The event payload contains the most recent version of the resource that changed. For example, if you request an event about a new message but the message was later updated, the server returns the updated Message resource in the event payload.
Note: The permissionSettings field is not returned in the Space object of the Space event data for this request.
Requires user authentication with an authorization scope appropriate for reading the requested data:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaceshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messages.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messageshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messages.reactions.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messages.reactionshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships
To get an event, the authenticated user must be a member of the space.
For an example, see Get details about an event from a Google Chat space.
HTTP request
GET https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/{name=spaces/*/spaceEvents/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
name |
string
Required. The resource name of the space event. Format: spaces/{space}/spaceEvents/{spaceEvent}
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of SpaceEvent.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaceshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messageshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messages.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.membershipshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.memberships.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messages.reactionshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.messages.reactions.readonly
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.
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