Participant permissions and their roles

Roles description

TrueConf Server supports the following roles within the chat:

• owner - group chat owner;

• admin - appointed moderator of the group chat;

• user - regular participant of a group chat;

• conf_owner — a role assigned to the owner of the conference; used only in conference chats.

• conf_moderator — the role of the conference moderator (operator); used exclusively in conference chats.

• favorites_owner — the role of the Favorites chat owner; used only in this type of chat.

• writer - the role of a user who has the right to write in a chat of type channel; used only in this type of chat.

You can retrieve the list of chat participants along with their roles by using the getChatParticipants request.

Role permissions in a regular chat

	owner	admin	user	conf_owner	conf_moderator	favorites_owner
Reading messages	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending Messages	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Adding participants to the chat	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Removing participants from the chat	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Editing Your Own Messages	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Deleting Your Messages Locally	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Deleting your messages for everyone	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Deleting others' messages for yourself	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Deleting messages from others for everyone	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Clearing your chat history	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Clear chat history for everyone	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Reply to messages	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Forwarding messages to/from chat	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
File Transfer	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending Geolocation	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending contacts	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending emojis	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending Stickers	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Pinning Messages	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Changing the chat name	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Changing the chat icon	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Changing chat participant roles	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Assigning rights to chat participants	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Revocation of chat participant rights	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Participant Locking	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Changing the chat owner	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Setting the first visible message	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
Polls Submission	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌

Role permissions in the channel

	owner	admin	user	conf_owner	conf_moderator	favorites_owner	writer
Reading messages	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending Messages	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Adding participants to the chat	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Removing participants from the chat	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Editing Your Own Messages	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Deleting Your Messages Locally	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Deleting your messages for everyone	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Deleting others' messages for yourself	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Deleting messages from others for everyone	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Clearing your chat history	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Clear chat history for everyone	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Reply to messages	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Forwarding messages to/from chat	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
File Transfer	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending Geolocation	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending contacts	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending emojis	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sending Stickers	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Pinning Messages	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Changing the chat name	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Changing the chat icon	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Changing chat participant roles	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Assigning rights to chat participants	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Revocation of chat participant rights	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Participant Locking	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Changing the chat owner	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Setting the first visible message	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Polls Submission	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅