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require 'chilkat'

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

# 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() + "\n";
    exit
end

sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print resp.header() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";

    exit
end

# 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
end
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
end

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}"
    }
  ]
}