Create conversation

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Create a new conversation by including a thread and a post.

Use reply thread or reply post to further post to that conversation.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /groups/{id}/conversations

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of conversation object containing a conversationThread and a post.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and conversation object in the response body.

The response includes the IDs for the new conversation and thread, which you can use in the list posts operation to get the new post as well.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196/conversations
Content-type: application/json

{
  "topic":"New head count",
  "threads":[
    {
      "posts":[
        {
          "body":{
            "contentType":"html",
            "content":"The confirmation will come by the end of the week."
          },
          "newParticipants":[
            {
              "emailAddress":{
                "name":"Adele Vance",
                "address":"AdeleV@contoso.com"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new Conversation
{
	Topic = "New head count",
	Threads = new List<ConversationThread>
	{
		new ConversationThread
		{
			Posts = new List<Post>
			{
				new Post
				{
					Body = new ItemBody
					{
						ContentType = BodyType.Html,
						Content = "The confirmation will come by the end of the week.",
					},
					NewParticipants = new List<Recipient>
					{
						new Recipient
						{
							EmailAddress = new EmailAddress
							{
								Name = "Adele Vance",
								Address = "AdeleV@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.Groups["{group-id}"].Conversations.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta groups conversations create --group-id {group-id} --body '{\
  "topic":"New head count",\
  "threads":[\
    {\
      "posts":[\
        {\
          "body":{\
            "contentType":"html",\
            "content":"The confirmation will come by the end of the week."\
          },\
          "newParticipants":[\
            {\
              "emailAddress":{\
                "name":"Adele Vance",\
                "address":"AdeleV@contoso.com"\
              }\
            }\
          ]\
        }\
      ]\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Go

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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewConversation()
topic := "New head count"
requestBody.SetTopic(&topic) 


conversationThread := graphmodels.NewConversationThread()


post := graphmodels.NewPost()
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "The confirmation will come by the end of the week."
body.SetContent(&content) 
post.SetBody(body)


recipient := graphmodels.NewRecipient()
emailAddress := graphmodels.NewEmailAddress()
name := "Adele Vance"
emailAddress.SetName(&name) 
address := "AdeleV@contoso.com"
emailAddress.SetAddress(&address) 
recipient.SetEmailAddress(emailAddress)

newParticipants := []graphmodels.Recipientable {
	recipient,
}
post.SetNewParticipants(newParticipants)

posts := []graphmodels.Postable {
	post,
}
conversationThread.SetPosts(posts)

threads := []graphmodels.ConversationThreadable {
	conversationThread,
}
requestBody.SetThreads(threads)

conversations, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").Conversations().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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);

Conversation conversation = new Conversation();
conversation.setTopic("New head count");
LinkedList<ConversationThread> threads = new LinkedList<ConversationThread>();
ConversationThread conversationThread = new ConversationThread();
LinkedList<Post> posts = new LinkedList<Post>();
Post post = new Post();
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.setContentType(BodyType.Html);
body.setContent("The confirmation will come by the end of the week.");
post.setBody(body);
LinkedList<Recipient> newParticipants = new LinkedList<Recipient>();
Recipient recipient = new Recipient();
EmailAddress emailAddress = new EmailAddress();
emailAddress.setName("Adele Vance");
emailAddress.setAddress("AdeleV@contoso.com");
recipient.setEmailAddress(emailAddress);
newParticipants.add(recipient);
post.setNewParticipants(newParticipants);
posts.add(post);
conversationThread.setPosts(posts);
threads.add(conversationThread);
conversation.setThreads(threads);
Conversation result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").conversations().post(conversation);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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 conversation = {
  topic: 'New head count',
  threads: [
    {
      posts: [
        {
          body: {
            contentType: 'html',
            content: 'The confirmation will come by the end of the week.'
          },
          newParticipants: [
            {
              emailAddress: {
                name: 'Adele Vance',
                address: 'AdeleV@contoso.com'
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/groups/29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196/conversations')
	.version('beta')
	.post(conversation);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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\Conversation;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ConversationThread;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Post;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Recipient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\EmailAddress;


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

$requestBody = new Conversation();
$requestBody->setTopic('New head count');
$threadsConversationThread1 = new ConversationThread();
$postsPost1 = new Post();
$postsPost1Body = new ItemBody();
$postsPost1Body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));
$postsPost1Body->setContent('The confirmation will come by the end of the week.');
$postsPost1->setBody($postsPost1Body);
$newParticipantsRecipient1 = new Recipient();
$newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress = new EmailAddress();
$newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress->setName('Adele Vance');
$newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress->setAddress('AdeleV@contoso.com');
$newParticipantsRecipient1->setEmailAddress($newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress);
$newParticipantsArray []= $newParticipantsRecipient1;
$postsPost1->setNewParticipants($newParticipantsArray);

$postsArray []= $postsPost1;
$threadsConversationThread1->setPosts($postsArray);

$threadsArray []= $threadsConversationThread1;
$requestBody->setThreads($threadsArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->conversations()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.Beta.Groups

$params = @{
	topic = "New head count"
	threads = @(
		@{
			posts = @(
				@{
					body = @{
						contentType = "html"
						content = "The confirmation will come by the end of the week."
					}
					newParticipants = @(
						@{
							emailAddress = @{
								name = "Adele Vance"
								address = "AdeleV@contoso.com"
							}
						}
					)
				}
			)
		}
	)
}

New-MgBetaGroupConversation -GroupId $groupId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.conversation import Conversation
from msgraph.generated.models.conversation_thread import ConversationThread
from msgraph.generated.models.post import Post
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody
from msgraph.generated.models.recipient import Recipient
from msgraph.generated.models.email_address import EmailAddress

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = Conversation(
	topic = "New head count",
	threads = [
		ConversationThread(
			posts = [
				Post(
					body = ItemBody(
						content_type = BodyType.Html,
						content = "The confirmation will come by the end of the week.",
					),
					new_participants = [
						Recipient(
							email_address = EmailAddress(
								name = "Adele Vance",
								address = "AdeleV@contoso.com",
							),
						),
					],
				),
			],
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').conversations.post(request_body)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#groups('29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196')/conversations/$entity",
    "id": "AAQkAGRhZmRhMWM3LTYwZTktNDZmYy1hNWU1LThhZWU4NzI2YTEyZgAQALW_4yZl5X5HqtIFyIQHmJs=",
    "threads": [
        {
            "id": "AAQkAGRhZmRhMWM3LTYwZTktNDZmYy1hNWU1LThhZWU4NzI2YTEyZgMkABAAtb7jJmXlfkeq0gXIhAeYmxAAtb7jJmXlfkeq0gXIhAeYmw=="
        }
    ]
}