Node.js
import { PeriskopeApi } from '@periskope/periskope-client';

const client = new PeriskopeApi({
  authToken: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  phone: 'YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER', // e.g., '919876543210'
});

async function updateChat() {
  const response = await client.chat.updateChatById({
    chat_id: '919876543210',
    assigned_to: 'bharat@hashlabs.dev'
  });

  console.log(response);
}

updateChat();
{
  "assigned_to": "bharat@hashlabs.dev",
  "chat_access": {
    "bharat@hashlabs.dev": true
  },
  "chat_id": "919537851844@c.us",
  "chat_image": "https://storage.googleapis.com/periskope-images/2997dd64-89bf-48d3-9a22-b314fca017e5%2F919537851844%40c.us.jpg?timestamp=1737689973340",
  "chat_name": "BK Local1",
  "chat_type": "user",
  "closed_at": null,
  "created_at": "2025-01-18T14:51:03+00:00",
  "custom_properties": {
    "property-tlkudzxmhjkgoktm": "hello"
  },
  "group_description": null,
  "info_admins_only": null,
  "invite_link": null,
  "is_exited": false,
  "is_muted": false,
  "label_ids": {
    "label-egylglffhfsuzpbu": true,
    "label-jolyvzhabwojsrze": true
  },
  "labels": [
    "chatlabel1",
    "chatlabel2"
  ],
  "latest_message": {
    "ack": "4",
    "author": null,
    "body": "You have been invited to join Test New 1039\n\nhttps://chat.whatsapp.com/invite/CGiTdfn1dUM8J67GEx1lyx\n\nIf you cannot click the link, please respond to this message, and the link will become active",
    "broadcast": null,
    "broadcast_id": null,
    "chat_id": "919537851844@c.us",
    "delivery_info": {
      "delivered": {
        "919537851844@c.us": 1737695471721
      },
      "delivered_count": 1,
      "pending": [],
      "read": {
        "919537851844@c.us": 1737711828823
      },
      "read_count": 1
    },
    "device_type": null,
    "duration": null,
    "flag_metadata": null,
    "flag_response_time": null,
    "flag_status": null,
    "forwarding_score": null,
    "from": null,
    "from_me": true,
    "fts": "'/invite/cgitdfn1dum8j67gex1lyx':12 '1039':9 'activ':29 'becom':28 'cannot':15 'chat.whatsapp.com':11 'chat.whatsapp.com/invite/cgitdfn1dum8j67gex1lyx':10 'click':16 'invit':4 'join':6 'link':18,26 'messag':23 'new':8 'pleas':19 'respond':20 'test':7",
    "has_media": null,
    "has_quoted_msg": null,
    "has_reaction": null,
    "id": {
      "from_me": true,
      "id": "3EB0ABB7C973860FC19EBE05FD934141CCEC2D8B",
      "remote": "919537851844@c.us",
      "serialized": "true_919537851844@c.us_3EB0ABB7C973860FC19EBE05FD934141CCEC2D8B"
    },
    "invite_v4": null,
    "is_deleted": null,
    "is_ephemeral": null,
    "is_forwarded": null,
    "is_gif": null,
    "is_starred": null,
    "is_status": null,
    "links": null,
    "location": null,
    "media": null,
    "media_key": null,
    "mentioned_ids": [],
    "message_id": "true_919537851844@c.us_3EB0ABB7C973860FC19EBE05FD934141CCEC2D8B",
    "message_ticket_id": null,
    "message_type": "chat",
    "order_id": null,
    "org_id": "2997dd64-89bf-48d3-9a22-b314fca017e5",
    "org_phone": "918527184400@c.us",
    "performed_by": null,
    "poll_info": null,
    "poll_results": null,
    "prev_body": null,
    "quoted_message_id": null,
    "raw_data": null,
    "sender_phone": "918527184400@c.us",
    "sent_message_id": "02a54379-36cc-456b-81c4-09074adf9597",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-24T05:11:08+00:00",
    "to": null,
    "token": null,
    "unique_id": "3EB0ABB7C973860FC19EBE05FD934141CCEC2D8B",
    "updated_at": "2025-01-24T09:43:48.884+00:00",
    "vcards": null
  },
  "member_add_mode": null,
  "member_count": 2,
  "messages_admins_only": null,
  "org_id": "2997dd64-89bf-48d3-9a22-b314fca017e5",
  "org_phone": "918527184400@c.us",
  "updated_at": "2025-01-26T13:05:59.602001+00:00"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

​
x-phone
string

Please provide the number of the phone you want to call with this API in the header. The number must be in country code + number format without any characters or spaces, e.g. 919876543210; Alternatively, provide the phone_id (phone-xxxxxxxxxxxx) in the header

Example:

"918527184400"

Path Parameters

​
chat_id
string
required
  • The unique id of the chat
  • For individual chats, this would be the country_code + number (e.g., 918527184400), followed by @c.us
  • For groups, this would end with @g.us
Example:

"919537851844"

Body

application/json

Response

200
application/json

200 OK

The response is a chat object. Refer to the chat object here