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# Matchmaking

## Coherence.Runtime.Matchmaking

{% hint style="warning" %}
The player needs to be [logged in](/0.9/api-reference/cloud-api/game-account.md) to use matchmaking.
{% endhint %}

The matchmaking module has only one method.

```csharp
// Invoked on success/failure
public delegate void OnMatch(Result result, MatchResponse match);

// The data for every player returned by the matchmaking request
public struct PlayerPayload
{
    public string UserId;
    public string Team;
    public int Score;
    public string Payload;
}

// The response of the matchmaking request
public class MatchResponse
{
    public string MatchId;
    public PlayerPayload[] Players;
    public string Error;
}

public static class Matchmaker
{
    // Sends matchmaking request.
    // region:  matchmaking region, e.g. eu, us, ...
    // team:    team name
    // payload: custom string that will be send to all other players
    public static async Task<MatchResponse> Match(string region, string team, string payload)
    
    // Sends a matchmaking request
    // region:  matchmaking region, e.g. eu, us, ...
    // team:    team name
    // payload: custom string that will be send to all other players
    // tags:    custom tags to segment the player pool, e.g. "level1", "qa", etc
    // friends: group the player with his friends. If any of the friends doesn't show up the request will fail
    public static async Task<MatchResponse> Match(string region, string team, string payload, string[] tags, string[] friends)
}
```

## Example

```csharp
var res = await Matchmaker.Match("eu", "blue", "car:volvo,rifle:glock");
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(res.Error))
{
    // some kind of error, inform the plaeyr
    return;
}

// res.Players contain all the matched players and their data
// including the this player
```


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