User Overview

App users need to connect to RC services to use the IM Service. For RC, a user is an App user who holds a valid Token issued by RC and accesses and uses the IM Service.

Register User

The App Server should provide the user ID (userId) of the App user to the RC server to obtain a unique user Token. For RC, this step of obtaining a Token with userId is registering a user, and it must be completed by calling the Server API.

The App client must hold a valid Token to successfully connect to the RC server and use the RC IM Service. When an App client user sends a login request to the server, the server will query the database to check if the connection request matches.

User Registration Limit

• The maximum number of registered users in the Development environment^? is 100.
• In the Production environment^?, upgrading to Chat Premium Plan or Chat Ultimate Plan removes the limit on the number of registered users.

Delete User

Deleting a user refers to removing a registered test user in the Development environment through the Console to control the total number of test users in the development environment. This operation is not supported in the Production environment.

Deactivate User

Deactivating a user refers to deleting user data in RC services. Apps can use this capability to implement their own user account deletion functionality to meet App store or compliance requirements.

After RC returns a successful deactivation result, the data related to the user ID is deleted. You can query RC for all deactivated user IDs. If needed, you can reactivate a previously deactivated user ID (note that user personal data cannot be restored).

Only the IM Server API provides the above capabilities.

User Information

User information generally refers to the user's nickname, avatar, as well as group nicknames, group avatars, and other data. The RC server does not provide user profile hosting and maintenance services.

In the Global IM UIKit UI, if user and group avatars, nicknames, and other information need to be displayed on the chat UI, friend list, etc., the application layer must provide the relevant data. To facilitate App developers, Global IM UIKit has designed and provided multiple information provider interfaces for obtaining user information from the application layer.

Friend Relationship

The friend relationships between App users need to be maintained by the App Server. RC does not synchronize or save friend relationship data from the App side.