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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>";
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","message&recipients=<USER1_ID>,<USER2_ID>");
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
return;
}
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());
int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
return;
}
// 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
string additionalLabel;
string communityNickname;
string companyName;
string displayName;
string firstName;
bool isActive;
bool isInThisCommunity;
string lastName;
string motifColor;
string motifLargeIconUrl;
string motifMediumIconUrl;
string motifSmallIconUrl;
string motifSvgIconUrl;
string mySubscription;
string name;
string outOfOfficeMessage;
string photoFullEmailPhotoUrl;
string photoLargePhotoUrl;
string photoMediumPhotoUrl;
string photoPhotoVersionId;
string photoSmallPhotoUrl;
string photoStandardEmailPhotoUrl;
string photoUrl;
string reputation;
string title;
string v_type;
string userType;
string IsRichText = jResp.StringOf("body.isRichText");
string Text = jResp.StringOf("body.text");
string conversationId = jResp.StringOf("conversationId");
string conversationUrl = jResp.StringOf("conversationUrl");
string id = jResp.StringOf("id");
string AdditionalLabel = jResp.StringOf("sender.additionalLabel");
string CommunityNickname = jResp.StringOf("sender.communityNickname");
string CompanyName = jResp.StringOf("sender.companyName");
string DisplayName = jResp.StringOf("sender.displayName");
string FirstName = jResp.StringOf("sender.firstName");
string Id = jResp.StringOf("sender.id");
bool IsActive = jResp.BoolOf("sender.isActive");
bool IsInThisCommunity = jResp.BoolOf("sender.isInThisCommunity");
string LastName = jResp.StringOf("sender.lastName");
string Color = jResp.StringOf("sender.motif.color");
string LargeIconUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.motif.largeIconUrl");
string MediumIconUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.motif.mediumIconUrl");
string SmallIconUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.motif.smallIconUrl");
string SvgIconUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.motif.svgIconUrl");
string MySubscription = jResp.StringOf("sender.mySubscription");
string Name = jResp.StringOf("sender.name");
string Message = jResp.StringOf("sender.outOfOffice.message");
string FullEmailPhotoUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.photo.fullEmailPhotoUrl");
string LargePhotoUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.photo.largePhotoUrl");
string MediumPhotoUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.photo.mediumPhotoUrl");
string PhotoVersionId = jResp.StringOf("sender.photo.photoVersionId");
string SmallPhotoUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.photo.smallPhotoUrl");
string StandardEmailPhotoUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.photo.standardEmailPhotoUrl");
string v_Url = jResp.StringOf("sender.photo.url");
string Reputation = jResp.StringOf("sender.reputation");
string Title = jResp.StringOf("sender.title");
string v_Type = jResp.StringOf("sender.type");
string senderUrl = jResp.StringOf("sender.url");
string UserType = jResp.StringOf("sender.userType");
string sendingCommunity = jResp.StringOf("sendingCommunity");
string sentDate = jResp.StringOf("sentDate");
string url = jResp.StringOf("url");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("body.messageSegments");
while (i < count_i) {
jResp.I = i;
i = i + 1;
}
i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("recipients");
while (i < count_i) {
jResp.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}"
}
]
}
