Google Chat: posting rules and settings
What a Google Chat channel accepts in Posty: media, limits, required fields, and the fields of the settings object for the API.
Basics
google-chatPost types
The same channel accepts more than one kind of post, and each kind has different requirements. The table shows what you need for each.
| Type | Media | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Message | one image, optional | The image shows as a card below the text. |
Rules
- Google Chat has no platform-specific settings. The __type field is enough in the settings object.
- You connect with the incoming webhook URL of a Google Chat space. It starts with https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces/.
- The URL works like a password. Posty stores it encrypted and shows only a masked form of it.
- Posty only sends. It does not read the space.
- Nothing is posted when you connect. The first post proves that the URL works.
Settings fields
The settings object only needs the __type field. The editor does not show a separate settings section for this channel.
Examples
Each example is one item in the POST /public/v1/posts request's posts array. The envelope around it is always this:
{
"type": "schedule",
"date": "2026-09-15T09:00:00.000Z",
"shortLink": false,
"posts": [ /* the item below */ ]
}Message to the space
The settings object only needs the __type field.
{
"integration": { "id": "<google-chat-channel>" },
"value": [{ "content": "<p>The weekly report is ready.</p>", "image": [] }],
"settings": { "__type": "google-chat" }
}The channel ID comes from the channel list, and the path values for images and videos from media upload. The exact schema for the connected account comes from the settings schema endpoint. From the command line, the same thing is the --settings flag. See the CLI examples.