Send chatMessage in channel

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Send a new chatMessage in the specified channel.

Note: It is a violation of the terms of use to use Microsoft Teams as a log file. Only send messages that people will read.

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)	ChannelMessage.Send, Group.ReadWrite.All**
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Teamwork.Migrate.All

Note: Permissions marked with ** are supported only for backward compatibility. We recommend that you update your solutions to use an alternative permission listed in the previous table and avoid using these permissions going forward.

Note: Application permissions are only supported for migration. In the future, Microsoft may require you or your customers to pay additional fees based on the amount of data imported.

HTTP request

POST /teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/messages

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {code}. Required.
Content-type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a chatMessage object. Only the body property is mandatory, other properties are optional.

Response

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

Examples

Example 1: Create a message in a specified channel

For a more comprehensive list of examples, see Create chatMessage in a channel or a chat.

Request

The following is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages
Content-type: application/json

{
  "body": {
    "content": "Hello World"
  }
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new ChatMessage
{
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		Content = "Hello World",
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages.PostAsync(requestBody);

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 teams channels messages create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --body '{\
  "body": {\
    "content": "Hello World"\
  }\
}\
'

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-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewChatMessage()
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
content := "Hello World"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)

messages, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.content = "Hello World";
chatMessage.body = body;

graphClient.teams("fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b").channels("19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2").messages()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(chatMessage);

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 chatMessage = {
  body: {
    content: 'Hello World'
  }
};

await client.api('/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages')
	.post(chatMessage);

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

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContent('Hello World');
$requestBody->setBody($body);

$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->post($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 = @{
	body = @{
		content = "Hello World"
	}
}

New-MgTeamChannelMessage -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -BodyParameter $params

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

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = ChatMessage(
	body = ItemBody(
		content = "Hello World",
	),
)

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.post(body = request_body)

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

Response

The following is an example of the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b')/channels('19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2')/messages/$entity",
    "id": "1616990032035",
    "replyToId": null,
    "etag": "1616990032035",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-03-29T03:53:52.035Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-29T03:53:52.035Z",
    "lastEditedDateTime": null,
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "subject": null,
    "summary": null,
    "chatId": null,
    "importance": "normal",
    "locale": "en-us",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/message/19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2/1616990032035?groupId=fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b&tenantId=2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34&createdTime=1616990032035&parentMessageId=1616990032035",
    "policyViolation": null,
    "eventDetail": null,
    "from": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "conversation": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
            "displayName": "Robin Kline",
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": "Hello World"
    },
    "channelIdentity": {
        "teamId": "fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b",
        "channelId": "19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": []
}

Example 2: Import messages

Note: The permission scope Teamwork.Migrate.All is required for this scenario.

Request

The following example show how to import back-in-time messages using the createDateTime and from keys in the request body.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2/messages

{
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "from":{
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"Joh Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"Hello World"
   }
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new ChatMessage
{
	CreatedDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z"),
	From = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
	{
		User = new Identity
		{
			Id = "id-value",
			DisplayName = "Joh Doe",
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"userIdentityType" , "aadUser"
				},
			},
		},
	},
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Html,
		Content = "Hello World",
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages.PostAsync(requestBody);

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 teams channels messages create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id}

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

Go

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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewChatMessage()
createdDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
requestBody.SetCreatedDateTime(&createdDateTime) 
from := graphmodels.NewChatMessageFromIdentitySet()
user := graphmodels.NewIdentity()
id := "id-value"
user.SetId(&id) 
displayName := "Joh Doe"
user.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"userIdentityType" : "aadUser", 
}
user.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
from.SetUser(user)
requestBody.SetFrom(from)
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "Hello World"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)

messages, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
chatMessage.createdDateTime = OffsetDateTimeSerializer.deserialize("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z");
ChatMessageFromIdentitySet from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
Identity user = new Identity();
user.id = "id-value";
user.displayName = "Joh Doe";
user.userIdentityType = TeamworkUserIdentityType.AAD_USER;
from.user = user;
chatMessage.from = from;
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.contentType = BodyType.HTML;
body.content = "Hello World";
chatMessage.body = body;

graphClient.teams("57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5").channels("19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2").messages()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(chatMessage);

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 chatMessage = {
   createdDateTime: '2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z',
   from: {
      user: {
         id: 'id-value',
         displayName: 'Joh Doe',
         userIdentityType: 'aadUser'
      }
   },
   body: {
      contentType: 'html',
      content: 'Hello World'
   }
};

await client.api('/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2/messages')
	.post(chatMessage);

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

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$requestBody->setCreatedDateTime(new \DateTime('2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z'));
$from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
$fromUser = new Identity();
$fromUser->setId('id-value');
$fromUser->setDisplayName('Joh Doe');
$additionalData = [
	'userIdentityType' => 'aadUser',
];
$fromUser->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$from->setUser($fromUser);
$requestBody->setFrom($from);
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));
$body->setContent('Hello World');
$requestBody->setBody($body);

$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->post($requestBody)->wait();

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

PowerShell

Snippet not available

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

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = ChatMessage(
	created_date_time = "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
	from = ChatMessageFromIdentitySet(
		user = Identity(
			id = "id-value",
			display_name = "Joh Doe",
			additional_data = {
					"user_identity_type" : "aadUser",
			}
		),
	),
	body = ItemBody(
		content_type = BodyType.Html,
		content = "Hello World",
	),
)

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.post(body = request_body)

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

Response

The following is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
   "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5')/channels('19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2')/messages/$entity",
   "id":"id-value",
   "replyToId":null,
   "etag":"id-value",
   "messageType":"message",
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "lastModifiedDateTime":null,
   "deleted":false,
   "subject":null,
   "summary":null,
   "importance":"normal",
   "locale":"en-us",
   "policyViolation":null,
   "from":{
      "application":null,
      "device":null,
      "conversation":null,
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"John Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"Hello World"
   },
   "attachments":[ ],
   "mentions":[ ],
   "reactions":[ ]
}

Example 3: Import messages with inline images

Note

Currently, inline images are the only media type supported by the import message API schema.

Note: The permission scope Teamwork.Migrate.All is required for this scenario.

Request

The following example shows how to import back-in-time messages containing inline images using the createDateTime and from keys in the request body.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2/messages

{
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "from":{
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"John Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>"
   },
   "hostedContents":[
      {
         "@microsoft.graph.temporaryId":"1",
         "contentBytes":"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<<-----Removed----->>>>",
         "contentType":"image/png"
      }
   ]
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new ChatMessage
{
	CreatedDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z"),
	From = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
	{
		User = new Identity
		{
			Id = "id-value",
			DisplayName = "John Doe",
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"userIdentityType" , "aadUser"
				},
			},
		},
	},
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Html,
		Content = "<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>",
	},
	HostedContents = new List<ChatMessageHostedContent>
	{
		new ChatMessageHostedContent
		{
			ContentBytes = Convert.FromBase64String("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<<-----Removed----->>>>"),
			ContentType = "image/png",
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"@microsoft.graph.temporaryId" , "1"
				},
			},
		},
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages.PostAsync(requestBody);

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 teams channels messages create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id}

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

Go

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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewChatMessage()
createdDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
requestBody.SetCreatedDateTime(&createdDateTime) 
from := graphmodels.NewChatMessageFromIdentitySet()
user := graphmodels.NewIdentity()
id := "id-value"
user.SetId(&id) 
displayName := "John Doe"
user.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"userIdentityType" : "aadUser", 
}
user.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
from.SetUser(user)
requestBody.SetFrom(from)
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)


chatMessageHostedContent := graphmodels.NewChatMessageHostedContent()
contentBytes := []byte("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<<-----Removed----->>>>")
chatMessageHostedContent.SetContentBytes(&contentBytes) 
contentType := "image/png"
chatMessageHostedContent.SetContentType(&contentType) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"microsoftGraphTemporaryId" : "1", 
}
chatMessageHostedContent.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

hostedContents := []graphmodels.ChatMessageHostedContentable {
	chatMessageHostedContent,
}
requestBody.SetHostedContents(hostedContents)

messages, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
chatMessage.createdDateTime = OffsetDateTimeSerializer.deserialize("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z");
ChatMessageFromIdentitySet from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
Identity user = new Identity();
user.id = "id-value";
user.displayName = "John Doe";
user.userIdentityType = TeamworkUserIdentityType.AAD_USER;
from.user = user;
chatMessage.from = from;
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.contentType = BodyType.HTML;
body.content = "<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>";
chatMessage.body = body;
LinkedList<ChatMessageHostedContent> hostedContentsList = new LinkedList<ChatMessageHostedContent>();
ChatMessageHostedContent hostedContents = new ChatMessageHostedContent();
hostedContents.additionalDataManager().put("@microsoft.graph.temporaryId", new JsonPrimitive("1"));
hostedContents.contentBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode("iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAANcAAAExCAYAAADvFzeeAAAXjklEQVR4Ae2d/XNU1RnH+9e0FFrA0RCIyaS8hRA0HV5KbS1gHRgVpjMClY4GHJ3yYm1HCmXaWttaaZUZtIIFKYi8lFAkvOQ9u5vN225IARVBbX9/Os9NbrLZbMjmhCfJPX5+2Lmb3T25y3O+n/M599x7w9f+++UXwoMakIF7n4GvUdR7X1RqSk01A8CFuZm5GGUAuIwKi72wF3ABF+YyygBwGRUWc2Eu4AIuzGWUAeAyKizmwlzABVyYyygDwGVUWMyFuYALuDCXUQaAy6iwmAtzARdwfWXMdeuzT+TGxz3Sfb1LunrapL07IW3pePDQ5/qavqef0c+OdYAELuAac4jGGkLL9rdvfyo9N9ODQAqBGmmrwGlb/R0u3xG4gMspOC5hG882CoRaaCSA8n1ff9doIQMu4PIOrus3u+8ZVNnw6e/Od5AALuDKOyz5hmqiPnfnzi1J9bSbgRWCpvvQfY307wQu4BoxJCOFaDK8rwsQmQsUIQhWW93XSIsewAVckYdLQ24F0Ui/926AARdwRRounZ6Np7GyYdN9DzdFBC7gijRc43GMlQ1U9s/6HXJNjYELuHI<<-----Removed----->>>>");
hostedContents.contentType = "image/png";
hostedContentsList.add(hostedContents);
ChatMessageHostedContentCollectionResponse chatMessageHostedContentCollectionResponse = new ChatMessageHostedContentCollectionResponse();
chatMessageHostedContentCollectionResponse.value = hostedContentsList;
ChatMessageHostedContentCollectionPage chatMessageHostedContentCollectionPage = new ChatMessageHostedContentCollectionPage(chatMessageHostedContentCollectionResponse, null);
chatMessage.hostedContents = chatMessageHostedContentCollectionPage;

graphClient.teams("57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5").channels("19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2").messages()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(chatMessage);

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 chatMessage = {
   createdDateTime: '2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z',
   from: {
      user: {
         id: 'id-value',
         displayName: 'John Doe',
         userIdentityType: 'aadUser'
      }
   },
   body: {
      contentType: 'html',
      content: '<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>'
   },
   hostedContents: [
      {
         '@microsoft.graph.temporaryId':'1',
         contentBytes: '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<<-----Removed----->>>>',
         contentType: 'image/png'
      }
   ]
};

await client.api('/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2/messages')
	.post(chatMessage);

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

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$requestBody->setCreatedDateTime(new \DateTime('2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z'));
$from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
$fromUser = new Identity();
$fromUser->setId('id-value');
$fromUser->setDisplayName('John Doe');
$additionalData = [
	'userIdentityType' => 'aadUser',
];
$fromUser->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$from->setUser($fromUser);
$requestBody->setFrom($from);
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));
$body->setContent('<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>');
$requestBody->setBody($body);
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1 = new ChatMessageHostedContent();
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1->setContentBytes(\GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Utils::streamFor(base64_decode('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<<-----Removed----->>>>')));
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1->setContentType('image/png');
$additionalData = [
	'@microsoft.graph.temporaryId' => '1',
];
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$hostedContentsArray []= $hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1;
$requestBody->setHostedContents($hostedContentsArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->post($requestBody)->wait();

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

PowerShell

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

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = ChatMessage(
	created_date_time = "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
	from = ChatMessageFromIdentitySet(
		user = Identity(
			id = "id-value",
			display_name = "John Doe",
			additional_data = {
					"user_identity_type" : "aadUser",
			}
		),
	),
	body = ItemBody(
		content_type = BodyType.Html,
		content = "<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>",
	),
	hosted_contents = [
		ChatMessageHostedContent(
			content_bytes = base64.urlsafe_b64decode("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<<-----Removed----->>>>"),
			content_type = "image/png",
			additional_data = {
					"@microsoft_graph_temporary_id" : "1",
			}
		),
	]
)

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.post(body = request_body)

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

Response

The following is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
   "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5')/channels('19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2')/messages/$entity",
   "id":"id-value",
   "replyToId":null,
   "etag":"id-value",
   "messageType":"message",
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "lastModifiedDateTime":null,
   "deleted":false,
   "subject":null,
   "summary":null,
   "importance":"normal",
   "locale":"en-us",
   "policyViolation":null,
   "from":{
      "application":null,
      "device":null,
      "conversation":null,
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"Joh Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/teams/teamId/channels/channelId/messages/id-value/hostedContents/hostedContentId/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>"
   },
   "attachments":[ ],
   "mentions":[ ],
   "reactions":[ ]
}

See also

• Import third-party platform messages to Teams using Microsoft Graph
• Create channel
• Microsoft Graph service-specific throttling limits