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Update subscription settings

This endpoint is used to update the user's personal settings for the streams they are subscribed to, including muting, color, pinning, and per-stream notification settings.

POST https://zulip.schiffrin-zulip.cloud.edu.au/api/v1/users/me/subscriptions/properties

Changes: Prior to Zulip 5.0 (feature level 111), response object included the subscription_data in the the request. The endpoint now returns the more ergonomic ignored_parameters_unsupported field instead.

Usage examples

  • Python
  • curl

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")

# Update the user's subscription in stream #1 to pin it to the top of the
# stream list; and in stream #3 to have the hex color "f00"
request = [
    {
        "stream_id": 1,
        "property": "pin_to_top",
        "value": True,
    },
    {
        "stream_id": 7,
        "property": "color",
        "value": "#f00f00",
    },
]
result = client.update_subscription_settings(request)
print(result)


curl -sSX POST https://zulip.schiffrin-zulip.cloud.edu.au/api/v1/users/me/subscriptions/properties \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    --data-urlencode 'subscription_data=[{"property": "pin_to_top", "stream_id": 1, "value": true}, {"property": "color", "stream_id": 3, "value": "#f00f00"}]'

Parameters

subscription_data (object)[] required

Example: [{"stream_id": 1, "property": "pin_to_top", "value": true}, {"stream_id": 3, "property": "color", "value": "#f00f00"}]

A list of objects that describe the changes that should be applied in each subscription. Each object represents a subscription, and must have a stream_id key that identifies the stream, as well as the property being modified and its new value.

subscription_data object details:

  • stream_id: integer required

    The unique ID of a stream.

  • property: string required

    One of the stream properties described below:

    • "color": The hex value of the user's display color for the stream.

    • "is_muted": Whether the stream is muted.
      Changes: Prior to Zulip 2.1, this feature was represented by the more confusingly named in_home_view (with the opposite value: in_home_view=!is_muted); for backwards-compatibility, modern Zulip still accepts that property.

    • "pin_to_top": Whether to pin the stream at the top of the stream list.

    • "desktop_notifications": Whether to show desktop notifications for all messages sent to the stream.

    • "audible_notifications": Whether to play a sound notification for all messages sent to the stream.

    • "push_notifications": Whether to trigger a mobile push notification for all messages sent to the stream.

    • "email_notifications": Whether to trigger an email notification for all messages sent to the stream.

    • "wildcard_mentions_notify": Whether wildcard mentions trigger notifications as though they were personal mentions in this stream.

    Must be one of: "color", "is_muted", "in_home_view", "pin_to_top", "desktop_notifications", "audible_notifications", "push_notifications", "email_notifications", "wildcard_mentions_notify".

  • value: boolean | string required

    The new value of the property being modified.

    If the property is "color", then value is a string representing the hex value of the user's display color for the stream. For all other above properties, value is a boolean.

Response

Return values

  • ignored_parameters_unsupported: (string)[]

    An array of any parameters sent in the request that are not supported by the endpoint. While this can be expected, e.g. when sending both current and legacy names for a parameter to a Zulip server of unknown version, this often indicates either a bug in the client implementation or an attempt to configure a new feature while connected to an older Zulip server that does not support said feature.

    Changes: Added to POST /users/me/subscriptions/properties in Zulip 5.0 (feature level 111).

    Added to PATCH /realm/user_settings_defaults in Zulip 5.0 (feature level 96).

    Introduced in PATCH /settings in Zulip 5.0 (feature level 78).

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "ignored_parameters_unsupported": [
        "invalid_parameter"
    ],
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success"
}