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How can I implement a repost button?
Feed APIs support repost with activity reactions and feed targets. The way this works is that you create a reaction called "repost" and specify the current user's user feed as a feed target. When y...
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Channel initialization doesn't create a channel - Chat
Using the following code doesn't actually create a channel unless you use watch(), query(), or create(). Instead, it creates a channel class instance. const conversation = client.channel('messagin...
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What makes a channel unique? - Chat
Every channel is unique in some way, but there is flexibility in how it is achieved. The unique property on a channel is the CID, and it is a concatenation of the channel type and id. If an id is p...
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Can a real time notification be triggered on a reaction such as a like or comment?
We don't currently support this, but there are workarounds. When a reaction is added it can also be added to a hidden feed as an activity and notifications can be generated from that feed. Or, you ...
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Where is Stream hosted?
Stream Feeds and Chat is hosted on AWS in several regions US East EU West Singapore Tokyo Mumbai Stream can build a dedicated stack in any AWS region so long as the location has the services whic...
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Can I host my images, media, and files on Stream Feeds?
Yes, you can. But file size is limited to 100mb. Stream recommends using a CDN and enriching feed activities with a link to the media. Stream's upload() endpoint serves as a CDN and returns a URL ...
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What happens when I go over the updates allowed in my plan?
If you exceed the number of updates allowed for a given plan you will be charged a rate of 4.5 - 3.5 cents / 1000 updates and will be contacted by our sales team and asked to upgrade your plan. En...
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What constitutes an update? - Feeds
One of the stats metrics shown in the Stream Feeds dashboard is updates. But what is an update? When a user sends an activity to any type of feed - that is an update. But if the feed is followed by...
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Change the order of returned activities with Ranking - Feeds
You can think of Stream Feeds similarly to a Stack. That is to say, a Feed is a Last In First Out situation (LIFO). Similarly to my Instagram feed, the most recent picture I posted will be the firs...
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How can I make a public feed group?
A feed can be made "global read" or "global read/write" by emailing https://getstream.io/contact/support/ from an email address registered with the organization under which the application is a par...