list_channels

list_channels(**kwargs)

Lists all Channels created under a single Chime App as a paginated list. You can specify filters to narrow results.

Functionality & restrictions
  • Use privacy = PUBLIC to retrieve all public channels in the account.
  • Only an AppInstanceAdmin can set privacy = PRIVATE to list the private channels in an account.

Note

The x-amz-chime-bearer request header is mandatory. Use the AppInstanceUserArn of the user that makes the API call as the value in the header.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.list_channels(
    AppInstanceArn='string',
    Privacy='PUBLIC'|'PRIVATE',
    MaxResults=123,
    NextToken='string',
    ChimeBearer='string'
)
Parameters
  • AppInstanceArn (string) --

    [REQUIRED]

    The ARN of the AppInstance .

  • Privacy (string) -- The privacy setting. PUBLIC retrieves all the public channels. PRIVATE retrieves private channels. Only an AppInstanceAdmin can retrieve private channels.
  • MaxResults (integer) -- The maximum number of channels that you want to return.
  • NextToken (string) -- The token passed by previous API calls until all requested channels are returned.
  • ChimeBearer (string) -- The AppInstanceUserArn of the user that makes the API call.
Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Channels': [
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'ChannelArn': 'string',
            'Mode': 'UNRESTRICTED'|'RESTRICTED',
            'Privacy': 'PUBLIC'|'PRIVATE',
            'Metadata': 'string',
            'LastMessageTimestamp': datetime(2015, 1, 1)
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Channels (list) --

      The information about each channel.

      • (dict) --

        Summary of the details of a Channel .

        • Name (string) --

          The name of the channel.

        • ChannelArn (string) --

          The ARN of the channel.

        • Mode (string) --

          The mode of the channel.

        • Privacy (string) --

          The privacy setting of the channel.

        • Metadata (string) --

          The metadata of the channel.

        • LastMessageTimestamp (datetime) --

          The time at which the last message in a channel was sent.

    • NextToken (string) --

      The token returned from previous API requests until the number of channels is reached.

Exceptions

  • Chime.Client.exceptions.BadRequestException
  • Chime.Client.exceptions.ForbiddenException
  • Chime.Client.exceptions.UnauthorizedClientException
  • Chime.Client.exceptions.ThrottledClientException
  • Chime.Client.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableException
  • Chime.Client.exceptions.ServiceFailureException