# connectparticipant ## Description * [Participant Service actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/APIReference/API_Operations_Amazon_Connect_Participant_Service.html) * [Participant Service data types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/APIReference/API_Types_Amazon_Connect_Participant_Service.html) Use the Connect Customer Participant Service to manage participants (for example, agents, customers, and managers listening in), and to send messages and events within a chat contact. The APIs in the service enable the following: sending chat messages, attachment sharing, managing a participant’s connection state and message events, and retrieving chat transcripts. ## Available Commands * [cancel-participant-authentication](cancel-participant-authentication.md) * [complete-attachment-upload](complete-attachment-upload.md) * [create-participant-connection](create-participant-connection.md) * [describe-view](describe-view.md) * [disconnect-participant](disconnect-participant.md) * [get-attachment](get-attachment.md) * [get-authentication-url](get-authentication-url.md) * [get-transcript](get-transcript.md) * [send-event](send-event.md) * [send-message](send-message.md) * [start-attachment-upload](start-attachment-upload.md)