Posted by Mike Rhemtulla, Product Supervisor & Charles Maxson, Developer Advocate
The Google Chat API updates are in developer preview. To make use of the API, builders can apply for entry via our Google Workspace Developer Preview Program.
In Google Chat, Areas function a central place for crew collaboration—as a substitute of beginning an e mail chain or scheduling a gathering, groups can transfer conversations and collaboration into an area, giving all people the flexibility to remain related, reference crew or undertaking data and revisit work asynchronously.
Programmatically create and populate Google Chat areas
We’re happy to announce you can programmatically create new Areas and add members on behalf of customers, via the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program by way of the Google Chat API.
These newest additions to the Chat API unlock some wanted situations for builders trying so as to add new dimensions to how they’ll leverage Chat. For instance, organizations that have to create Areas primarily based on varied enterprise wants will now have the option to take action programmatically. It will open up the door for Chat options that may construct out Areas modeled to signify new groups, tasks, working teams, or regardless of the particular use case could also be that may profit from routinely creating new Areas.
Coming quickly, instance from an early developer preview associate
One in all our developer preview companions, PagerDuty, is already leveraging the API as a part of their upcoming launch of PagerDuty for Google Chat. The app will enable customers of their incident administration answer to take fast actions round an incident with the suitable crew members wanted. PagerDuty for Chat will enable the incident crew to isolate and deal with the issue at hand with out being distracted by having to arrange a brand new area, or additional distract any people within the present area who aren’t part of the decision crew for a selected incident. All of this shall be carried out seamlessly via PagerDuty for Chat as a part of the pure move of working with Google Chat.
Instance of how a Chat app with the brand new APIs can allow customers to simply create new Areas and add members to an incident.
Study extra and get began
As you possibly can think about, there are lots of use circumstances that showcase the potential of what you possibly can construct with the Chat API and the brand new Create strategies. Whether or not it’s creating Areas with specified members or extending Chat apps that spawn off new collaboration Areas to be used with assist desk, HR, gross sales, buyer help or any countless variety of situations, we encourage you to discover what you are able to do at this time.
The right way to get began:
