{"id":2999,"date":"2017-03-09T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rumbletalk.com\/blog\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2025-09-30T06:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:48:14","slug":"new-api-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rumbletalk.com\/blog\/index.php\/2017\/03\/09\/new-api-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"New API Routes: Online Users and System Message (For Developers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to add this two new API routes to our already existing routes.<\/p>\n<h2>New API Routes: online users<\/h2>\n<p>A new API route has been added to the arsenal. The ability to get all of the current chat sessions. You can now access the complete list of chatters and viewers of a given room using the API. For more information visit the current\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.rumbletalk.com\/rest\/users\"> online users route<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Enhance API Routes: System Message<\/h2>\n<p>The old API route: send system message has now been upgraded to feature an [optional] username and an [optional] image variables. This change allows the API user to send a system message that will look like it was sent by an actual user in the chat room. For more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.rumbletalk.com\/rest\/messages#sendMessage\">the system message route<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. Stay tuned for more updates!<br \/>And if you have any questions, suggestions, or feature requests in the meantime, please feel free to get in touch here.<\/p>\n<h2>What is RumbleTalk RESTful API?<\/h2>\n<p>For those who are new. The RumbleTalk API let you fully manage your group chats from your service. 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