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Creating Official Channel
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Last updated: 2025-10-23 15:24:44
Creating Official Channel
Last updated: 2025-10-23 15:24:44
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Feature Overview

This API is used by the app administrator to create an official channel.
Note：
The feature is only available for Enterprises. To enable it, contact us. You can trial this feature in the console . The trial version allows creating up to 5 public accounts, valid for one month.

API Calling Description

Sample Request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/official_account_open_http_svc/create_official_account?sdkappid=88888888&identifier=admin&usersig=xxx&random=99999999&contenttype=json

Request Parameters

The table below only lists the parameters modified when this API is called and their descriptions. For details on the parameters, refer to RESTful API Overview.
Parameter
Description
xxxxxx
The dedicated domain name corresponding to the country/region of the SDKAppID:
China: console.tim.qq.com
Singapore: adminapisgp.im.qcloud.com
Seoul: adminapikr.im.qcloud.com
Tokyo：adminapijpn.im.qcloud.com
Frankfurt: adminapiger.im.qcloud.com
Silicon Valley: adminapiusa.im.qcloud.com
Jakarta: adminapiidn.im.qcloud.com
v4/official_account_open_http_svc/create_official_account
Request API.
sdkappid
The SDKAppID assigned by the Chat console when an application is created.
identifier
The app admin account. For details, see App Admin.
usersig
The signature generated by the app admin account. For details, see Generating UserSig.
random
A random 32-bit unsigned integer ranging from 0 to 4294967295.
contenttype
The value is always json.

Maximum Call Frequency

200 times/second

Sample Request Packets

{
    "OfficialAccountUserID": "@TOA#_test_id", // The prefix of the custom official channel ID must be @TOA#_.
    "Owner_Account": "107867",
    "CustomString": "test_custom_string",
    "FaceUrl": "http://this.is.face.url",
    "Introduction": "This is test Introduction",
    "MaxSubscriberNum": 1000,
    "Name": "test_official_account",
    "Organization": "test_organization"
}

Request Fields

Field
Type
Required
Description
Owner_Account
String
Yes
The account ID that owns the official channel (must be an imported account), representing the owner of the official channel.
OfficialAccountUserID
String
No
ID of the official channel. In order to make the official channel ID simpler and easier to remember and spread, Tencent Cloud supports customizing the official channel ID when the app creates an official channel through the RESTful API. If not specified, the system will generate an official channel ID by default and return it.
Name
String
Yes
Name of the official channel, up to 150 bytes in length, using UTF-8 encoding, with 1 Chinese character occupying 3 bytes.
Introduction
String
No
Introduction to the official channel, up to 400 bytes in length, using UTF-8 encoding, with 1 Chinese character occupying 3 bytes.
FaceUrl
String
No
Avatar of the official channel, up to 500 bytes in length.
MaxSubscriberNum
Integer
No
The maximum number of subscribers to an official channel, with a default value of 100,000 when not specified.
Organization
String
No
Group organization the official channel belongs to, up to 500 bytes in length, using UTF-8 encoding, with 1 Chinese character occupying 3 bytes.
CustomString
String
No
The custom field of the official channel, up to 3,000 bytes. It can be used by the business layer to meet the requirements of special scenarios.

Sample Response Packets

{
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorCode": 0,
    "OfficialAccountUserID": "@TOA#_test_id"
}

Response Fields

Field
Type
Description
ActionStatus
String
Processing result:
OK: succeeded.
FAIL: failed.
ErrorCode
Integer
Error code:
0: succeeded.
Other values: failed.
ErrorInfo
String
Error information.
OfficialAccountUserID
String
The official channel ID after successful creation. The ID defined by the user or assigned by the Chat backend is returned.

Error Codes

Unless a network error (such as error 502) occurs, the HTTP return code for this API is always 200. ErrorCode and ErrorInfo in the response packets represent the actual error code and error information. For common error codes (60000 to 79999), see Error Codes. The following table describes the error codes specific to this API:
Error Code
Description
6017
Invalid request parameter. Please modify and retry.
10004
Internal server error. Please try again.
20001
Invalid request packet. Please modify and retry.
20005
Internal server error. Please try again.
130007
Incorrect official channel user ID. Please modify and retry.
130008
The official channel user ID is already in use. Please modify and retry.
131000
This AppId has not been enabled with official channel service. Please enable it and retry.
130010
The number of created official channels exceeds the limit. Please dissolve some official channels or upgrade the service.

References

Possibly Triggered Callbacks

Before an Official Account Is Created
After an Official Account Is Created


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