Back to Collection Items
import sys
import chilkat
# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
http = chilkat.CkHttp()
# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>")
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","message&recipients=<USER1_ID>,<USER2_ID>")
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
print(http.lastErrorText())
sys.exit()
sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(False)
print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.emit())
respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
print("Response Header:")
print(resp.header())
print("Failed.")
sys.exit()
# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
# {
# "body": {
# "isRichText": null,
# "messageSegments": [
# ],
# "text": "This is a private message"
# },
# "conversationId": "03M...",
# "conversationUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/me/conversations/03M...",
# "id": "03J...",
# "recipients": [
# {
# "additionalLabel": null,
# "communityNickname": "automatedprocess",
# "companyName": "Salesforce",
# "displayName": "Automated Process",
# "firstName": "Automated",
# "id": "005...",
# "isActive": true,
# "isInThisCommunity": true,
# "lastName": "Process",
# "motif": {
# "color": "1B96FF",
# "largeIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile64.png",
# "mediumIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile32.png",
# "smallIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile16.png",
# "svgIconUrl": null
# },
# "mySubscription": null,
# "name": "Automated Process",
# "outOfOffice": {
# "message": ""
# },
# "photo": {
# "fullEmailPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/img/userprofile/default_profile_200_v2.png?fromEmail=1",
# "largePhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/005/F",
# "mediumPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/005/M",
# "photoVersionId": null,
# "smallPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/005/T",
# "standardEmailPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/img/userprofile/default_profile_45_v2.png?fromEmail=1",
# "url": "/services/data/v58.0/connect/user-profiles/005.../photo"
# },
# "reputation": null,
# "title": null,
# "type": "User",
# "url": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/005...",
# "userType": "System"
# },
# {
# "additionalLabel": null,
# "communityNickname": "User1696423780773910041",
# "companyName": "Salesforce",
# "displayName": "Name",
# "firstName": "FirstName",
# "id": "005...",
# "isActive": true,
# "isInThisCommunity": true,
# "lastName": "Name",
# "motif": {
# "color": "1B96FF",
# "largeIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile64.png",
# "mediumIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile32.png",
# "smallIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile16.png",
# "svgIconUrl": null
# },
# "mySubscription": null,
# "name": "Name",
# "outOfOffice": {
# "message": ""
# },
# "photo": {
# "fullEmailPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0IogXzXAXaYKJnuWCNQmXymRq?fromEmail=1",
# "largePhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../F",
# "mediumPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../M",
# "photoVersionId": "729...",
# "smallPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../T",
# "standardEmailPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0Ioi-dtynkoFWsl46as__TDFU?fromEmail=1",
# "url": "/services/data/v58.0/connect/user-profiles/005.../photo"
# },
# "reputation": null,
# "title": null,
# "type": "User",
# "url": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/005...",
# "userType": "Internal"
# }
# ],
# "sender": {
# "additionalLabel": null,
# "communityNickname": "User1696423780773910041",
# "companyName": "Salesforce",
# "displayName": "Name",
# "firstName": "Firstname",
# "id": "005...",
# "isActive": true,
# "isInThisCommunity": true,
# "lastName": "Name",
# "motif": {
# "color": "1B96FF",
# "largeIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile64.png",
# "mediumIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile32.png",
# "smallIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile16.png",
# "svgIconUrl": null
# },
# "mySubscription": null,
# "name": "Name",
# "outOfOffice": {
# "message": ""
# },
# "photo": {
# "fullEmailPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0IogXzXAXaYKJnuWCNQmXymRq?fromEmail=1",
# "largePhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../F",
# "mediumPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../M",
# "photoVersionId": "729...",
# "smallPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../T",
# "standardEmailPhotoUrl": "https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0Ioi-dtynkoFWsl46as__TDFU?fromEmail=1",
# "url": "/services/data/v58.0/connect/user-profiles/005.../photo"
# },
# "reputation": null,
# "title": null,
# "type": "User",
# "url": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/005...",
# "userType": "Internal"
# },
# "sendingCommunity": null,
# "sentDate": "<datetime>",
# "url": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/me/messages/03J..."
# }
# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
IsRichText = jResp.stringOf("body.isRichText")
Text = jResp.stringOf("body.text")
conversationId = jResp.stringOf("conversationId")
conversationUrl = jResp.stringOf("conversationUrl")
id = jResp.stringOf("id")
AdditionalLabel = jResp.stringOf("sender.additionalLabel")
CommunityNickname = jResp.stringOf("sender.communityNickname")
CompanyName = jResp.stringOf("sender.companyName")
DisplayName = jResp.stringOf("sender.displayName")
FirstName = jResp.stringOf("sender.firstName")
Id = jResp.stringOf("sender.id")
IsActive = jResp.BoolOf("sender.isActive")
IsInThisCommunity = jResp.BoolOf("sender.isInThisCommunity")
LastName = jResp.stringOf("sender.lastName")
Color = jResp.stringOf("sender.motif.color")
LargeIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.motif.largeIconUrl")
MediumIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.motif.mediumIconUrl")
SmallIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.motif.smallIconUrl")
SvgIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.motif.svgIconUrl")
MySubscription = jResp.stringOf("sender.mySubscription")
Name = jResp.stringOf("sender.name")
Message = jResp.stringOf("sender.outOfOffice.message")
FullEmailPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.photo.fullEmailPhotoUrl")
LargePhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.photo.largePhotoUrl")
MediumPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.photo.mediumPhotoUrl")
PhotoVersionId = jResp.stringOf("sender.photo.photoVersionId")
SmallPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.photo.smallPhotoUrl")
StandardEmailPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.photo.standardEmailPhotoUrl")
v_Url = jResp.stringOf("sender.photo.url")
Reputation = jResp.stringOf("sender.reputation")
Title = jResp.stringOf("sender.title")
v_Type = jResp.stringOf("sender.type")
senderUrl = jResp.stringOf("sender.url")
UserType = jResp.stringOf("sender.userType")
sendingCommunity = jResp.stringOf("sendingCommunity")
sentDate = jResp.stringOf("sentDate")
url = jResp.stringOf("url")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("body.messageSegments")
while i < count_i :
jResp.put_I(i)
i = i + 1
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("recipients")
while i < count_i :
jResp.put_I(i)
additionalLabel = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].additionalLabel")
communityNickname = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].communityNickname")
companyName = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].companyName")
displayName = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].displayName")
firstName = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].firstName")
id = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].id")
isActive = jResp.BoolOf("recipients[i].isActive")
isInThisCommunity = jResp.BoolOf("recipients[i].isInThisCommunity")
lastName = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].lastName")
motifColor = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].motif.color")
motifLargeIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].motif.largeIconUrl")
motifMediumIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].motif.mediumIconUrl")
motifSmallIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].motif.smallIconUrl")
motifSvgIconUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].motif.svgIconUrl")
mySubscription = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].mySubscription")
name = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].name")
outOfOfficeMessage = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].outOfOffice.message")
photoFullEmailPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].photo.fullEmailPhotoUrl")
photoLargePhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].photo.largePhotoUrl")
photoMediumPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].photo.mediumPhotoUrl")
photoPhotoVersionId = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].photo.photoVersionId")
photoSmallPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].photo.smallPhotoUrl")
photoStandardEmailPhotoUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].photo.standardEmailPhotoUrl")
photoUrl = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].photo.url")
reputation = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].reputation")
title = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].title")
v_type = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].type")
url = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].url")
userType = jResp.stringOf("recipients[i].userType")
i = i + 1
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/me/messages?text=This is a private message&recipients=<USER1_ID>,<USER2_ID>
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "User Messages, General",
"event": [
{
"listen": "prerequest",
"script": {
"exec": [
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
},
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/me/messages?text=This is a private message&recipients=<USER1_ID>,<USER2_ID>",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"data",
"v{{version}}",
"chatter",
"users",
"me",
"messages"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "text",
"value": "This is a private message"
},
{
"key": "inReplyTo",
"value": "<MESSAGE_ID>",
"description": "ID of an existing message that identifies which conversation this message is part of. Specify either recipients or inReplyTo. Specify one or the other, not both.",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "recipients",
"value": "<USER1_ID>,<USER2_ID>",
"description": "Comma-separated list of User IDs"
}
]
},
"description": "Returns all the messages for all the private conversations for the context user. Also used to search across all messages and post a message.\nTo return all private conversations for the context user, see User Conversations, General.\n\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resources_users_messages_general.htm"
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Successful User Messages, General",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": ""
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/me/messages?text=This is a private message&recipients=0052o00000DKQasAAH",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"data",
"v{{version}}",
"chatter",
"users",
"me",
"messages"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "text",
"value": "This is a private message"
},
{
"key": "inReplyTo",
"value": "<MESSAGE_ID>",
"description": "ID of an existing message that identifies which conversation this message is part of. Specify either recipients or inReplyTo. Specify one or the other, not both.",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "recipients",
"value": "0052o00000DKQasAAH",
"description": "Comma-separated list of User IDs"
}
]
}
},
"status": "Created",
"code": 201,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:22:22 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
"value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
},
{
"key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "X-XSS-Protection",
"value": "1; mode=block"
},
{
"key": "X-Robots-Tag",
"value": "none"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
},
{
"key": "Vary",
"value": "Accept-Encoding"
},
{
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"body\": {\n \"isRichText\": null,\n \"messageSegments\": [],\n \"text\": \"This is a private message\"\n },\n \"conversationId\": \"03M...\",\n \"conversationUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/me/conversations/03M...\",\n \"id\": \"03J...\",\n \"recipients\": [\n {\n \"additionalLabel\": null,\n \"communityNickname\": \"automatedprocess\",\n \"companyName\": \"Salesforce\",\n \"displayName\": \"Automated Process\",\n \"firstName\": \"Automated\",\n \"id\": \"005...\",\n \"isActive\": true,\n \"isInThisCommunity\": true,\n \"lastName\": \"Process\",\n \"motif\": {\n \"color\": \"1B96FF\",\n \"largeIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile64.png\",\n \"mediumIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile32.png\",\n \"smallIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile16.png\",\n \"svgIconUrl\": null\n },\n \"mySubscription\": null,\n \"name\": \"Automated Process\",\n \"outOfOffice\": {\n \"message\": \"\"\n },\n \"photo\": {\n \"fullEmailPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/img/userprofile/default_profile_200_v2.png?fromEmail=1\",\n \"largePhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/005/F\",\n \"mediumPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/005/M\",\n \"photoVersionId\": null,\n \"smallPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/005/T\",\n \"standardEmailPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/img/userprofile/default_profile_45_v2.png?fromEmail=1\",\n \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/connect/user-profiles/005.../photo\"\n },\n \"reputation\": null,\n \"title\": null,\n \"type\": \"User\",\n \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/005...\",\n \"userType\": \"System\"\n },\n {\n \"additionalLabel\": null,\n \"communityNickname\": \"User1696423780773910041\",\n \"companyName\": \"Salesforce\",\n \"displayName\": \"Name\",\n \"firstName\": \"FirstName\",\n \"id\": \"005...\",\n \"isActive\": true,\n \"isInThisCommunity\": true,\n \"lastName\": \"Name\",\n \"motif\": {\n \"color\": \"1B96FF\",\n \"largeIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile64.png\",\n \"mediumIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile32.png\",\n \"smallIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile16.png\",\n \"svgIconUrl\": null\n },\n \"mySubscription\": null,\n \"name\": \"Name\",\n \"outOfOffice\": {\n \"message\": \"\"\n },\n \"photo\": {\n \"fullEmailPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0IogXzXAXaYKJnuWCNQmXymRq?fromEmail=1\",\n \"largePhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../F\",\n \"mediumPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../M\",\n \"photoVersionId\": \"729...\",\n \"smallPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../T\",\n \"standardEmailPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0Ioi-dtynkoFWsl46as__TDFU?fromEmail=1\",\n \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/connect/user-profiles/005.../photo\"\n },\n \"reputation\": null,\n \"title\": null,\n \"type\": \"User\",\n \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/005...\",\n \"userType\": \"Internal\"\n }\n ],\n \"sender\": {\n \"additionalLabel\": null,\n \"communityNickname\": \"User1696423780773910041\",\n \"companyName\": \"Salesforce\",\n \"displayName\": \"Name\",\n \"firstName\": \"Firstname\",\n \"id\": \"005...\",\n \"isActive\": true,\n \"isInThisCommunity\": true,\n \"lastName\": \"Name\",\n \"motif\": {\n \"color\": \"1B96FF\",\n \"largeIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile64.png\",\n \"mediumIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile32.png\",\n \"smallIconUrl\": \"/img/icon/profile16.png\",\n \"svgIconUrl\": null\n },\n \"mySubscription\": null,\n \"name\": \"Name\",\n \"outOfOffice\": {\n \"message\": \"\"\n },\n \"photo\": {\n \"fullEmailPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0IogXzXAXaYKJnuWCNQmXymRq?fromEmail=1\",\n \"largePhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../F\",\n \"mediumPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../M\",\n \"photoVersionId\": \"729...\",\n \"smallPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/profilephoto/729.../T\",\n \"standardEmailPhotoUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/ncsphoto/1wsMlOd3tVC7boygqBO8wMT9KzA0D6tqzpbs-Uw0Ioi-dtynkoFWsl46as__TDFU?fromEmail=1\",\n \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/connect/user-profiles/005.../photo\"\n },\n \"reputation\": null,\n \"title\": null,\n \"type\": \"User\",\n \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/005...\",\n \"userType\": \"Internal\"\n },\n \"sendingCommunity\": null,\n \"sentDate\": \"<datetime>\",\n \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/me/messages/03J...\"\n}"
}
]
}