Retrieve the latest information on participants

To retrieve the latest and updated information on each online participant in an open channel, you need to create a new query instance using the ParticipantListQuery instance, then call the next() method consecutively to retrieve the latest information.

You can also retrieve the latest information on participants at the application level. Similar to retrieving a list of users, you need to create a new query instance using ApplicationUserListQuery then call next() until you retrieve the latest information.

You can get the participant's current connection status by checking the UserConnectionStatus of each User object in the returned list. Acceptable values of the UserConnectionStatus property are offline and online.

Note: If you need to keep track of the connection status of some users in real time, we recommend that you periodically call the next() method of a ApplicationUserListQuery instance after specifying its userIdsFilter filter, perhaps in intervals of one minute or more.