OpenIntegrations/docs/en/md/Bitrix24/Chats-and-dialogs-managment/Create-chat.md

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# Create chat
 Creates a new chat based on the field structure



`Function CreateChat(Val URL, Val ChatStructure, Val Token = "") Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|
  | URL | --url | String | URL of webhook or a Bitrix24 domain, when token used |
  | ChatStructure | --fields | Structure of KeyAndValue | Chat fields structure. See GetChatStructure |
  | Token | --token | String | Access token, when app auth method used |

  
  Returns:  Map Of KeyAndValue - serialized JSON of answer from Bitrix24 API

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:::tip
Method at API documentation: [im.chat.add](https://dev.1c-bitrix.ru/learning/course/?COURSE_ID=93&LESSON_ID=12093)
:::
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```bsl title="Code example"
  Image = "https://openintegrations.dev/test_data/picture.jpg";
  OPI_TypeConversion.GetBinaryData(Image);
  
  B64Image = GetBase64StringFromBinaryData(Image);
  
  MembersArray = New Array;
  MembersArray.Add(10);
  MembersArray.Add(1);
  
  ChatStructure = New Structure;
  ChatStructure.Insert("TYPE"       , "OPEN");
  ChatStructure.Insert("TITLE"      , "New chat");
  ChatStructure.Insert("DESCRIPTION", "This is a new chat");
  ChatStructure.Insert("COLOR"      , "GREEN");
  ChatStructure.Insert("MESSAGE"    , "Welcome to new chat");
  ChatStructure.Insert("USERS"      , MembersArray);
  ChatStructure.Insert("AVATAR"     , B64Image);
  ChatStructure.Insert("OWNER_ID"   , 1);
  
  URL = "https://b24-ar17wx.bitrix24.by/rest/1/f2ppp8uucc891111/";
  
  Result = OPI_Bitrix24.CreateChat(URL, ChatStructure);
  
  URL   = "b24-ar17wx.bitrix24.by";
  Token = "fe3fa966006e9f06006b12e400000001000...";
  
  ChatStructure = New Structure;
  ChatStructure.Insert("TYPE"  , "CHAT");
  ChatStructure.Insert("TITLE" , "Private chat");
  ChatStructure.Insert("USERS" , MembersArray);
  
  Result = OPI_Bitrix24.CreateChat(URL, ChatStructure, Token);
```



```sh title="CLI command example"
    
  oint bitrix24 CreateChat --url "b24-ar17wx.bitrix24.by" --fields %fields% --token "fe3fa966006e9f06006b12e400000001000..."

```

```json title="Result"
{
  "result": 26,
  "time": {
  "start": 1720816597.42171,
  "finish": 1720816597.52933,
  "duration": 0.107618093490601,
  "processing": 0.081672191619873,
  "date_start": "2024-07-12T20:36:37+00:00",
  "date_finish": "2024-07-12T20:36:37+00:00",
  "operating_reset_at": 1720817197,
  "operating": 0
  }
  }
```