Create chat

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new chat object.

Note: Only one one-on-one chat can exist between two members. If a one-on-one chat already exists, this operation will return the existing chat and not create a new one.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Chat.Create	Chat.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Chat.Create	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /chats

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the chat object.

The following table lists the properties that are required to create a chat object.

Property	Type	Description
topic	(Optional) String	The title of the chat. The chat title can be provided only if the chat is of group type.
chatType	chatType	Specifies the type of chat. Possible values are: group and oneOnOne.
members	conversationMember collection	List of conversation members that should be added. Every user who will participate in the chat, including the user who initiates the create request, must be specified in this list. Each member must be assigned a role of owner or guest. In-tenant guest users must be assigned the guest role. Out-of-tenant external users must be assigned with owner role.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and the newly created chat resource in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create a one-on-one chat

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chatType": "oneOnOne",
  "members": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')"
    }
  ]
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Chat
{
	ChatType = ChatType.OneOnOne,
	Members = new List<ConversationMember>
	{
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"
				},
			},
		},
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')"
				},
			},
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc chats create --body '{\
  "chatType": "oneOnOne",\
  "members": [\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"\
    },\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChat()
chatType := graphmodels.ONEONONE_CHATTYPE 
requestBody.SetChatType(&chatType) 


conversationMember := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')", 
}
conversationMember.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
conversationMember1 := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember1.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')", 
}
conversationMember1.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

members := []graphmodels.ConversationMemberable {
	conversationMember,
	conversationMember1,
}
requestBody.SetMembers(members)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
chats, err := graphClient.Chats().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Chat chat = new Chat();
chat.setChatType(ChatType.OneOnOne);
LinkedList<ConversationMember> members = new LinkedList<ConversationMember>();
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("owner");
conversationMember.setRoles(roles);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')");
conversationMember.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
members.add(conversationMember);
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember1.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles1 = new LinkedList<String>();
roles1.add("owner");
conversationMember1.setRoles(roles1);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData1 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData1.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')");
conversationMember1.setAdditionalData(additionalData1);
members.add(conversationMember1);
chat.setMembers(members);
Chat result = graphClient.chats().post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chat = {
  chatType: 'oneOnOne',
  members: [
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5\')'
    },
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d\')'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/chats')
	.post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Chat;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ConversationMember;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AadUserConversationMember;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Chat();
$requestBody->setChatType(new ChatType('oneOnOne'));
$membersConversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember1->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember1->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5\')',
];
$membersConversationMember1->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember1;
$membersConversationMember2 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember2->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember2->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d\')',
];
$membersConversationMember2->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember2;
$requestBody->setMembers($membersArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	chatType = "oneOnOne"
	members = @(
		@{
			"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
			roles = @(
			"owner"
		)
		"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"
	}
	@{
		"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
		roles = @(
		"owner"
	)
	"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')"
}
)
}

New-MgChat -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat import Chat
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_type import ChatType
from msgraph.generated.models.conversation_member import ConversationMember
from msgraph.generated.models.aad_user_conversation_member import AadUserConversationMember
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Chat(
	chat_type = ChatType.OneOnOne,
	members = [
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')",
			}
		),
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')",
			}
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.chats.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats/$entity",
    "id": "19:82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f_8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca@unq.gbl.spaces",
    "topic": null,
    "createdDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:10:28.51Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:10:28.51Z",
    "chatType": "oneOnOne"
}

Example 2: Create a group chat

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chatType": "group",
  "topic": "Group chat title",
  "members": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82')"
    }
  ]
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Chat
{
	ChatType = ChatType.Group,
	Topic = "Group chat title",
	Members = new List<ConversationMember>
	{
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"
				},
			},
		},
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"
				},
			},
		},
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82')"
				},
			},
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc chats create --body '{\
  "chatType": "group",\
  "topic": "Group chat title",\
  "members": [\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"\
    },\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"\
    },\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82')"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChat()
chatType := graphmodels.GROUP_CHATTYPE 
requestBody.SetChatType(&chatType) 
topic := "Group chat title"
requestBody.SetTopic(&topic) 


conversationMember := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')", 
}
conversationMember.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
conversationMember1 := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember1.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')", 
}
conversationMember1.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
conversationMember2 := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember2.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82')", 
}
conversationMember2.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

members := []graphmodels.ConversationMemberable {
	conversationMember,
	conversationMember1,
	conversationMember2,
}
requestBody.SetMembers(members)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
chats, err := graphClient.Chats().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Chat chat = new Chat();
chat.setChatType(ChatType.Group);
chat.setTopic("Group chat title");
LinkedList<ConversationMember> members = new LinkedList<ConversationMember>();
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("owner");
conversationMember.setRoles(roles);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')");
conversationMember.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
members.add(conversationMember);
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember1.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles1 = new LinkedList<String>();
roles1.add("owner");
conversationMember1.setRoles(roles1);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData1 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData1.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')");
conversationMember1.setAdditionalData(additionalData1);
members.add(conversationMember1);
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember2 = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember2.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles2 = new LinkedList<String>();
roles2.add("owner");
conversationMember2.setRoles(roles2);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData2 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData2.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82')");
conversationMember2.setAdditionalData(additionalData2);
members.add(conversationMember2);
chat.setMembers(members);
Chat result = graphClient.chats().post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chat = {
  chatType: 'group',
  topic: 'Group chat title',
  members: [
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca\')'
    },
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f\')'
    },
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82\')'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/chats')
	.post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Chat;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ConversationMember;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AadUserConversationMember;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Chat();
$requestBody->setChatType(new ChatType('group'));
$requestBody->setTopic('Group chat title');
$membersConversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember1->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember1->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca\')',
];
$membersConversationMember1->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember1;
$membersConversationMember2 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember2->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember2->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f\')',
];
$membersConversationMember2->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember2;
$membersConversationMember3 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember3->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember3->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82\')',
];
$membersConversationMember3->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember3;
$requestBody->setMembers($membersArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	chatType = "group"
	topic = "Group chat title"
	members = @(
		@{
			"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
			roles = @(
			"owner"
		)
		"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"
	}
	@{
		"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
		roles = @(
		"owner"
	)
	"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"
}
@{
	"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
	roles = @(
	"owner"
)
"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82')"
}
)
}

New-MgChat -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat import Chat
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_type import ChatType
from msgraph.generated.models.conversation_member import ConversationMember
from msgraph.generated.models.aad_user_conversation_member import AadUserConversationMember
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Chat(
	chat_type = ChatType.Group,
	topic = "Group chat title",
	members = [
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')",
			}
		),
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')",
			}
		),
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('3626a173-f2bc-4883-bcf7-01514c3bfb82')",
			}
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.chats.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats/$entity",
    "id": "19:1c5b01696d2e4a179c292bc9cf04e63b@thread.v2",
    "topic": "Group chat title",
    "createdDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:11:16.175Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:11:16.175Z",
    "chatType": "group"
}

Example 3: Create a one-on-one chat using user principal name

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chatType": "oneOnOne",
  "members": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('jacob@contoso.com')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('alex@contoso.com')"
    }
  ]
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Chat
{
	ChatType = ChatType.OneOnOne,
	Members = new List<ConversationMember>
	{
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('jacob@contoso.com')"
				},
			},
		},
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('alex@contoso.com')"
				},
			},
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc chats create --body '{\
  "chatType": "oneOnOne",\
  "members": [\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('jacob@contoso.com')"\
    },\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('alex@contoso.com')"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChat()
chatType := graphmodels.ONEONONE_CHATTYPE 
requestBody.SetChatType(&chatType) 


conversationMember := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('jacob@contoso.com')", 
}
conversationMember.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
conversationMember1 := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember1.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('alex@contoso.com')", 
}
conversationMember1.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

members := []graphmodels.ConversationMemberable {
	conversationMember,
	conversationMember1,
}
requestBody.SetMembers(members)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
chats, err := graphClient.Chats().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Chat chat = new Chat();
chat.setChatType(ChatType.OneOnOne);
LinkedList<ConversationMember> members = new LinkedList<ConversationMember>();
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("owner");
conversationMember.setRoles(roles);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('jacob@contoso.com')");
conversationMember.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
members.add(conversationMember);
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember1.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles1 = new LinkedList<String>();
roles1.add("owner");
conversationMember1.setRoles(roles1);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData1 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData1.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('alex@contoso.com')");
conversationMember1.setAdditionalData(additionalData1);
members.add(conversationMember1);
chat.setMembers(members);
Chat result = graphClient.chats().post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chat = {
  chatType: 'oneOnOne',
  members: [
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'jacob@contoso.com\')'
    },
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'alex@contoso.com\')'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/chats')
	.post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Chat;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ConversationMember;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AadUserConversationMember;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Chat();
$requestBody->setChatType(new ChatType('oneOnOne'));
$membersConversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember1->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember1->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'jacob@contoso.com\')',
];
$membersConversationMember1->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember1;
$membersConversationMember2 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember2->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember2->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'alex@contoso.com\')',
];
$membersConversationMember2->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember2;
$requestBody->setMembers($membersArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	chatType = "oneOnOne"
	members = @(
		@{
			"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
			roles = @(
			"owner"
		)
		"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('jacob@contoso.com')"
	}
	@{
		"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
		roles = @(
		"owner"
	)
	"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('alex@contoso.com')"
}
)
}

New-MgChat -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat import Chat
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_type import ChatType
from msgraph.generated.models.conversation_member import ConversationMember
from msgraph.generated.models.aad_user_conversation_member import AadUserConversationMember
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Chat(
	chat_type = ChatType.OneOnOne,
	members = [
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('jacob@contoso.com')",
			}
		),
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('alex@contoso.com')",
			}
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.chats.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats/$entity",
    "id": "19:82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f_8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca@unq.gbl.spaces",
    "topic": null,
    "createdDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:10:28.51Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:10:28.51Z",
    "chatType": "oneOnOne"
}

Example 4: Create a group chat with tenant guest user

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chatType": "group",
  "topic": "Group chat title",
  "members": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["guest"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g')"
    }
  ]
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Chat
{
	ChatType = ChatType.Group,
	Topic = "Group chat title",
	Members = new List<ConversationMember>
	{
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"
				},
			},
		},
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"
				},
			},
		},
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"guest",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g')"
				},
			},
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc chats create --body '{\
  "chatType": "group",\
  "topic": "Group chat title",\
  "members": [\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"\
    },\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"\
    },\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["guest"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g')"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChat()
chatType := graphmodels.GROUP_CHATTYPE 
requestBody.SetChatType(&chatType) 
topic := "Group chat title"
requestBody.SetTopic(&topic) 


conversationMember := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')", 
}
conversationMember.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
conversationMember1 := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember1.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')", 
}
conversationMember1.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
conversationMember2 := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"guest",
}
conversationMember2.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g')", 
}
conversationMember2.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

members := []graphmodels.ConversationMemberable {
	conversationMember,
	conversationMember1,
	conversationMember2,
}
requestBody.SetMembers(members)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
chats, err := graphClient.Chats().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Chat chat = new Chat();
chat.setChatType(ChatType.Group);
chat.setTopic("Group chat title");
LinkedList<ConversationMember> members = new LinkedList<ConversationMember>();
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("owner");
conversationMember.setRoles(roles);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')");
conversationMember.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
members.add(conversationMember);
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember1.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles1 = new LinkedList<String>();
roles1.add("owner");
conversationMember1.setRoles(roles1);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData1 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData1.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')");
conversationMember1.setAdditionalData(additionalData1);
members.add(conversationMember1);
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember2 = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember2.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles2 = new LinkedList<String>();
roles2.add("guest");
conversationMember2.setRoles(roles2);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData2 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData2.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g')");
conversationMember2.setAdditionalData(additionalData2);
members.add(conversationMember2);
chat.setMembers(members);
Chat result = graphClient.chats().post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chat = {
  chatType: 'group',
  topic: 'Group chat title',
  members: [
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca\')'
    },
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f\')'
    },
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['guest'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g\')'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/chats')
	.post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Chat;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ConversationMember;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AadUserConversationMember;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Chat();
$requestBody->setChatType(new ChatType('group'));
$requestBody->setTopic('Group chat title');
$membersConversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember1->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember1->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca\')',
];
$membersConversationMember1->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember1;
$membersConversationMember2 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember2->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember2->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f\')',
];
$membersConversationMember2->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember2;
$membersConversationMember3 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember3->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember3->setRoles(['guest', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g\')',
];
$membersConversationMember3->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember3;
$requestBody->setMembers($membersArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	chatType = "group"
	topic = "Group chat title"
	members = @(
		@{
			"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
			roles = @(
			"owner"
		)
		"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')"
	}
	@{
		"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
		roles = @(
		"owner"
	)
	"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')"
}
@{
	"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
	roles = @(
	"guest"
)
"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g')"
}
)
}

New-MgChat -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat import Chat
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_type import ChatType
from msgraph.generated.models.conversation_member import ConversationMember
from msgraph.generated.models.aad_user_conversation_member import AadUserConversationMember
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Chat(
	chat_type = ChatType.Group,
	topic = "Group chat title",
	members = [
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca')",
			}
		),
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82fe7758-5bb3-4f0d-a43f-e555fd399c6f')",
			}
		),
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"guest",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g')",
			}
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.chats.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats/$entity",
    "id": "19:1c5b01696d2e4a179c292bc9cf04e63b@thread.v2",
    "topic": "Group chat title",
    "createdDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:11:16.175Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:11:16.175Z",
    "chatType": "group"
}

Example 5: Create a one-on-one chat with a federated user (outside of own organization)

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "chatType": "oneOnOne",
  "members": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
      "roles": ["owner"],
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')",
      "tenantId": "4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1"
    }
  ]
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Chat
{
	ChatType = ChatType.OneOnOne,
	Members = new List<ConversationMember>
	{
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"
				},
			},
		},
		new AadUserConversationMember
		{
			OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			Roles = new List<string>
			{
				"owner",
			},
			TenantId = "4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1",
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"user@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')"
				},
			},
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc chats create --body '{\
  "chatType": "oneOnOne",\
  "members": [\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"\
    },\
    {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",\
      "roles": ["owner"],\
      "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')",\
      "tenantId": "4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChat()
chatType := graphmodels.ONEONONE_CHATTYPE 
requestBody.SetChatType(&chatType) 


conversationMember := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember.SetRoles(roles)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')", 
}
conversationMember.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
conversationMember1 := graphmodels.NewAadUserConversationMember()
roles := []string {
	"owner",
}
conversationMember1.SetRoles(roles)
tenantId := "4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1"
conversationMember1.SetTenantId(&tenantId) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"user@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')", 
}
conversationMember1.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

members := []graphmodels.ConversationMemberable {
	conversationMember,
	conversationMember1,
}
requestBody.SetMembers(members)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
chats, err := graphClient.Chats().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Chat chat = new Chat();
chat.setChatType(ChatType.OneOnOne);
LinkedList<ConversationMember> members = new LinkedList<ConversationMember>();
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("owner");
conversationMember.setRoles(roles);
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')");
conversationMember.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
members.add(conversationMember);
AadUserConversationMember conversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
conversationMember1.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember");
LinkedList<String> roles1 = new LinkedList<String>();
roles1.add("owner");
conversationMember1.setRoles(roles1);
conversationMember1.setTenantId("4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1");
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData1 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData1.put("user@odata.bind", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')");
conversationMember1.setAdditionalData(additionalData1);
members.add(conversationMember1);
chat.setMembers(members);
Chat result = graphClient.chats().post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chat = {
  chatType: 'oneOnOne',
  members: [
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5\')'
    },
    {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember',
      roles: ['owner'],
      'user@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d\')',
      tenantId: '4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/chats')
	.post(chat);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Chat;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ConversationMember;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AadUserConversationMember;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Chat();
$requestBody->setChatType(new ChatType('oneOnOne'));
$membersConversationMember1 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember1->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember1->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5\')',
];
$membersConversationMember1->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember1;
$membersConversationMember2 = new AadUserConversationMember();
$membersConversationMember2->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember');
$membersConversationMember2->setRoles(['owner', 	]);
$membersConversationMember2->setTenantId('4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1');
$additionalData = [
	'user@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users(\'82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d\')',
];
$membersConversationMember2->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$membersArray []= $membersConversationMember2;
$requestBody->setMembers($membersArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	chatType = "oneOnOne"
	members = @(
		@{
			"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
			roles = @(
			"owner"
		)
		"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')"
	}
	@{
		"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember"
		roles = @(
		"owner"
	)
	"user@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')"
	tenantId = "4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1"
}
)
}

New-MgChat -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat import Chat
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_type import ChatType
from msgraph.generated.models.conversation_member import ConversationMember
from msgraph.generated.models.aad_user_conversation_member import AadUserConversationMember
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Chat(
	chat_type = ChatType.OneOnOne,
	members = [
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5')",
			}
		),
		AadUserConversationMember(
			odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
			roles = [
				"owner",
			],
			tenant_id = "4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1",
			additional_data = {
					"user@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d')",
			}
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.chats.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats/$entity",
    "id": "19:82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d_8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5@unq.gbl.spaces",
    "topic": null,
    "createdDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:10:28.51Z",
    "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2020-12-04T23:10:28.51Z",
    "chatType": "oneOnOne"
}

Related content

Microsoft Graph service-specific throttling limits