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POST
/api/v1/tenants/{tenant_id}/applications/{application_id}/conversations/{conversation_id}/members
curl --request POST \
  --url https://chat.centralcodestation.com/api/v1/tenants/example/applications/example/conversations/example/members \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "user_id": "client-sarah", "display_name": "Sarah Client" }'

GROUP: groups.manage, or groups.create as OWNER/ADMIN. CHANNEL: channels.manage, or joining a PUBLIC channel yourself. DIRECT members never change.

Conversations in the guides

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations”

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters”
conversation_id
required
string

A Chat conversation id (uuid).

tenant_id
required
string

The Identity Server tenant id.

application_id
required
string

The Identity Server id of a chat-enabled tenant application.

Request Bodyrequired

Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”
Media typeapplication/json
object
user_id
required
string
display_name

Machines: profile hint for a user Chat has never seen.

string
<= 200 characters
email

Machines: profile hint for a user Chat has never seen.

string
<= 320 characters

Example 

{
  "user_id": "client-sarah",
  "display_name": "Sarah Client"
}

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

201

Section titled “201”

Created.

Media typeapplication/json
object
user_id
required
string
display_name
required

Falls back to the user id when Chat has no profile.

string
avatar_url
required
string
nullable
member_id
required
string
role
required

Content ownership only — never authorization.

string
Allowed values: OWNER ADMIN MEMBER
status
required
string
Allowed values: ACTIVE LEFT REMOVED
joined_at
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "user_id": "client-john",
  "display_name": "John Client",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "member_id": "9a7e1c52-3b6d-4d2f-8e40-1f5a6b7c8d90",
  "role": "MEMBER",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "joined_at": "2026-10-14T09:00:00.000Z"
}

400

Section titled “400”

Error. error is one of: invalid_request.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 400,
  "error": "invalid_request",
  "message": "The request is malformed: a required field is missing, a value has the wrong type or format, or a field the route does not accept was sent",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness/applications/fitness-app/conversations",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
}

401

Section titled “401”

Error. error is one of: invalid_token, token_revoked.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "error": "invalid_token",
  "message": "The bearer token is missing, malformed, expired, signed by an unknown key, has the wrong audience (`aud` must be `chat-api`), or lacks the required scope.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness/applications/fitness-app/conversations",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
}

403

Section titled “403”

Error. error is one of: not_tenant_member, no_application_access, tenant_not_available, insufficient_scope, client_context_mismatch.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 403,
  "error": "not_tenant_member",
  "message": "The user is not an active member of the tenant in the URL.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness/applications/fitness-app/conversations",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
}

404

Section titled “404”

Error. error is one of: application_not_found, not_found.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "error": "application_not_found",
  "message": "The application does not exist in the tenant, or Chat is not enabled for it.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness/applications/fitness-app/conversations",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
}

422

Section titled “422”

Error. error is one of: target_user_not_eligible.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 422,
  "error": "target_user_not_eligible",
  "message": "A user you referenced (member, actor) is not an active member of the tenant with access to the application.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness/applications/fitness-app/conversations",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
}

429

Section titled “429”

Error. error is one of: rate_limited.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 429,
  "error": "rate_limited",
  "message": "The caller exceeded a rate limit",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness/applications/fitness-app/conversations",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
}

503

Section titled “503”

Error. error is one of: identity_unavailable.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 503,
  "error": "identity_unavailable",
  "message": "Chat could not reach the Identity Server and has no fresh cached answer.",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/fitness/applications/fitness-app/conversations",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
}

default

Section titled “default”

Error — see error for the code.

Media typeapplication/json
object
status_code
required
number
error
required

Stable snake_case error code.

string
Allowed values: invalid_request invalid_cursor invalid_limit body_too_long query_too_short query_too_long user_required invalid_json invalid_id_token invalid_redirect_uri too_many_attachments role_locked invalid_grant invalid_token token_revoked missing_capability insufficient_scope not_tenant_member no_application_access tenant_not_available not_conversation_member client_context_mismatch principal_not_allowed system_message_not_allowed chat_access_not_granted not_found application_not_found role_not_found payload_too_large target_user_not_eligible actor_not_member conversation_archived direct_conversation_immutable invalid_reply rate_limited server_error identity_unavailable
message
required
One of:
string
path
required
string
timestamp
required
string format: date-time

Example 

{
  "status_code": 403,
  "error": "invalid_request",
  "message": "Missing Chat capability messages.send",
  "path": "/api/v1/tenants/t1/applications/a1/conversations"
}