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GET
/
users
/
{uid}
/
friends
List Friends
curl --request GET \
  --url https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/users/{uid}/friends \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/users/{uid}/friends"

headers = {"apikey": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {apikey: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/users/{uid}/friends', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/users/{uid}/friends",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/users/{uid}/friends"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/users/{uid}/friends")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/users/{uid}/friends")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": [
    {
      "uid": "cometchat-uid-6",
      "name": "Barry Allen",
      "link": "https://cometchat.com",
      "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/groups/cometchat-guid-1.webp",
      "metadata": {
        "email": "user@email.com",
        "contactNumber": "0123456789"
      },
      "status": "offline",
      "role": "manager",
      "createdAt": 1638354015,
      "updatedAt": 1638354799,
      "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-4_user_cometchat-uid-6"
    },
    {
      "uid": "cometchat-uid-2",
      "name": "George Alan",
      "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/users/cometchat-uid-2.webp",
      "status": "offline",
      "role": "default",
      "createdAt": 1629869270,
      "updatedAt": 1630308676,
      "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-2_user_cometchat-uid-4"
    },
    {
      "uid": "cometchat-uid-3",
      "name": "George Alan",
      "link": "https://data-us.cometchat.io/assets",
      "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/users/cometchat-uid-2.webp",
      "metadata": {
        "contactNumber": "0123456789"
      },
      "status": "offline",
      "role": "default",
      "blockedByMe": true,
      "blockedByMeAt": 1638346853,
      "blockedAt": 1638346853,
      "createdAt": 1629869270,
      "updatedAt": 1638351060,
      "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-3_user_cometchat-uid-4"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "pagination": {
      "total": 0,
      "count": 5,
      "per_page": 100,
      "current_page": 1,
      "total_pages": 1
    },
    "cursor": {
      "updatedAt": 1638354799,
      "affix": "prepend"
    }
  }
}
For the complete error reference, see Error Guide.

Authorizations

​
apikey
string
header
required

API Key with fullAccess scope(i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Path Parameters

​
uid
string
required

An UID of a user.

Query Parameters

​
searchKey
string

Searches for given keyword in friends list (either UID or name).

​
perPage
integer
default:100

Number of friends to be fetched in a request. The default value is 100 and the maximum value is 1000.

​
page
integer
default:1

Page Number.

Response

200 - application/json

A list of friends.

​
data
object[]
​
meta
object