RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
[Feature] Expose new user behaviour metrics via Admin API for moderation tooling
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Description
Problem
There is currently no Admin API endpoint that exposes behavioural metrics for new user accounts (accounts < 90 days old), such as:
- Messages sent per hour
- Number of distinct rooms messaged
- DM initiation rate
- URL density in messages
Proposed Solution
Add a new REST endpoint:
GET /api/v1/admin/users/behaviour-metrics?userId=xxx
Returning a structured JSON response with the above metrics for a given user, scoped to the last 7 / 30 / 90 days.
Why this matters
This endpoint would enable third-party Apps Engine apps and external moderation tools to build risk scoring systems on top of Rocket.Chat without needing direct database access.
— Saksham Jain (@jainsaksham2006), GSoC 2026 applicant for New Users Anti Spammer System
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the existing Admin API REST endpoints and the data sources for user messages, rooms, direct messages, and URLs. Define how each metric is calculated for the 7-, 30-, and 90-day scopes, then expose the structured response for the specified user and verify the endpoint with API tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- analytics, api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100