User Definitions
Qiscus Chat SDK has three user definitions which are Qiscus Account, Participant, and Blocked User. Qiscus Account is user who succeeds through authentication phase, hence this user is able to use Qiscus Chat SDK features. Participant is a user in the Chat Room, while Blocked User is a user who is blocked by another user.
Term of user table:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Qiscus Account | The user who can use Qiscus Chat SDK features that has been verified in Qiscus Server |
| Participant | The user who is in a Chat Room |
| Blocked user | The user who is blocked by another user |
At some cases, you need to add more users to your Chat Room. What you can do is you can add participants, then your Chat Room will increase the number of participants and decrease whenever you remove the participants. To use add participant you can refer to this link.
Blocked User
Blocked user is user who is blocked by another user. Once a user is blocked they cannot receive message from another user only in 1-on-1 Chat Room, but still get message in Channel or Group Chat Room. Blocked user do not know they are blocked, hence when they send a message to a user, blocked user's message indicator stays sent receipt.
If you would like to enable block user feature, you can send your request to our team.
Block user feature works only for 1-on-1 Chat Room.