# Get active channels

The API endpoint `/message/channels` will return all current active channels.

A channel is considered active if there is at least one client connected to it.

## API: Return active channels

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://portal.yourdomain.com/message/channels`

#### Headers

| Name         | Type   | Description      |
| ------------ | ------ | ---------------- |
| content-type | string | application/json |
| accept       | string | application/json |

#### Request Body

| Name   | Type   | Description                   |
| ------ | ------ | ----------------------------- |
| apiKey | string | the API key for your Klai app |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="201 Returns an object with two keys authenticated and anonymous. Each will have an array of current active channels." %}

```
{
    "authenticated": [
        "channelOne",
        "channelTwo"
    ],
    "anonymous": [
        "testRoom1",
        "testRoom2"
    ]
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Notes

* Results are scoped to the current domain host.
* The response groups active channel names under `authenticated` and `anonymous`.


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