I would like to be able to fetch the user details for a list of users, preferably in a single API call. Is this possible using the JS client (my preference) or via the REST API?
There is a reference to a listUsers interface in the chat documentation:
const response = await client.queryUsers({ id: { $in: ['john', 'jack', 'jessie'] } });
but this doesn't seem to be available on the activity feed client. In my activity feed app, I am accessing the client using the <StreamApp.Consumer> in react native. client.queryUsers is not an available method on this context.
It seems that there is also no general query interface on the rest APIs. I can only see an API to fetch a single user details.
Is there a way to query user details for a list of users.
Not possible at the moment.
However, it's in the backlog to be added.
As you realize, there is a single user read.
On the other hand, react native is a client which shouldn't query users directly. Needed users can be extended on feed/reaction read via enrichment automatically, which is the difference than chat.