post/users/@me/channels

Create private channel

Creates a new private channel (direct message) between the current user and one or more recipients. Group DM creation requires CAPTCHA verification. Returns the newly created channel object.

create_private_channel

Request body

application/json

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "recipient_id": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SnowflakeType"
    },
    "recipients": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SnowflakeType"
      },
      "maxItems": 49,
      "description": "Array of user IDs for creating a group DM (max 49)"
    }
  }
}

Responses

200

Success

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$",
      "description": "The unique identifier (snowflake) for this channel"
    },
    "guild_id": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SnowflakeType"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the channel"
    },
    "topic": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The topic of the channel"
    },
    "url": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The URL associated with the channel"
    },
    "icon": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The icon hash of the channel (for group DMs)"
    },
    "owner_id": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SnowflakeType"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The ID of the owner of the channel (for group DMs)"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 2147483647,
      "format": "int32",
      "description": "The type of the channel"
    },
    "position": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Int32Type"
    },
    "parent_id": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SnowflakeType"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The ID of the parent category for this channel"
    },
    "bitrate": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Int32Type"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The bitrate of the voice channel in bits per second"
    },
    "user_limit": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Int32Type"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The maximum number of users allowed in the voice channel"
    },
    "voice_connection_limit": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Int32Type"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The maximum active voice connections allowed per user in the voice channel"
    },
    "rtc_region": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The voice region ID for the voice channel"
    },
    "last_message_id": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SnowflakeType"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The ID of the last message sent in this channel"
    },
    "last_pin_timestamp": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The ISO 8601 timestamp of when the last pinned message was pinned"
    },
    "permission_overwrites": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ChannelOverwriteResponse"
      },
      "maxItems": 500,
      "description": "The permission overwrites for this channel"
    },
    "recipients": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserPartialResponse"
      },
      "maxItems": 49,
      "description": "The recipients of the DM channel"
    },
    "nsfw": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the channel is marked as NSFW (effective value, walking channel → category → guild)"
    },
    "nsfw_override": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Per-channel adult-content override; null means inherit from parent category and then guild. Categories use this same field as their own override."
    },
    "content_warning_level": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContentWarningLevel"
    },
    "content_warning_text": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 200
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Custom channel content warning text (max 200 characters); null inherits from parent or guild"
    },
    "rate_limit_per_user": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Int32Type"
    },
    "nicks": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Custom nicknames for users in this channel (for group DMs)"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "type"
  ]
}

400

Bad Request - The request was malformed or contained invalid data

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}

401

Unauthorized - Authentication is required or the token is invalid

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}

403

Forbidden - You do not have permission to perform this action

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}

429

Too Many Requests - You are being rate limited

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "RATE_LIMITED"
      ]
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "retry_after": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Seconds to wait before retrying"
    },
    "global": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether this is a global rate limit"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message",
    "retry_after"
  ]
}

500

Internal Server Error - An unexpected error occurred

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}