Send replies to a message in a channel

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03/02/2023

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.

Send a new reply to a chatMessage in a 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/{message-id}/replies

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

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

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code with the message that was created.

Examples

Example 1: Send a new reply to a chatMessage

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

Request

The following is an example of a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages/1616990032035/replies
Content-type: application/json

{
  "body": {
    "contentType": "html",
    "content": "Hello World"
  }
}


// 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
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Html,
		Content = "Hello World",
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].Replies.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.



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

result, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByMessageId("chatMessage-id").Replies().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

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


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

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

graphClient.teams("fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b").channels("19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2").messages("1616990032035").replies()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(chatMessage);

Important

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chatMessage = {
  body: {
    contentType: 'html',
    content: 'Hello World'
  }
};

await client.api('/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages/1616990032035/replies')
	.version('beta')
	.post(chatMessage);

Important

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


<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));

$body->setContent('Hello World');


$requestBody->setBody($body);


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

Important

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


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	body = @{
		contentType = "html"
		content = "Hello World"
	}
}

New-MgTeamChannelMessageReply -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId -BodyParameter $params

Important

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/beta/$metadata#teams('fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b')/channels('19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2')/messages('1616990032035')/replies/$entity",
    "id": "1616990171266",
    "replyToId": "1616990032035",
    "etag": "1616990171266",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-03-29T03:56:11.266Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-29T03:56:11.266Z",
    "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.tacv2/1616990171266?groupId=fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b&tenantId=2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34&createdTime=1616990171266&parentMessageId=1616990032035",
    "policyViolation": null,
    "eventDetail": null,
    "from": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
            "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"
    },
    "onBehalfOf": null,
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [],
    "messageHistory": []
}

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.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2/messages/1590776551682/replies

{
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "from":{
      "user":{
         "id":"8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca",
         "displayName":"John Doe"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"Hello World"
   }
}


// 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 = "8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca",
			DisplayName = "John Doe",
		},
	},
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Html,
		Content = "Hello World",
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].Replies.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

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



import (
	  "context"
	  "time"
	  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.NewChatMessage()
createdDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
requestBody.SetCreatedDateTime(&createdDateTime) 
from := graphmodels.NewChatMessageFromIdentitySet()
user := graphmodels.NewIdentity()
id := "8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca"
user.SetId(&id) 
displayName := "John Doe"
user.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
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)

result, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByMessageId("chatMessage-id").Replies().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

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


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 = "8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca";
user.displayName = "John Doe";
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("1590776551682").replies()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(chatMessage);

Important

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chatMessage = {
   createdDateTime: '2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z',
   from: {
      user: {
         id: '8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca',
         displayName: 'John Doe'
      }
   },
   body: {
      contentType: 'html',
      content: 'Hello World'
   }
};

await client.api('/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2/messages/1590776551682/replies')
	.version('beta')
	.post(chatMessage);

Important

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


<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$requestBody->setCreatedDateTime(new DateTime('2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z'));

$from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
$fromUser = new Identity();
$fromUser->setId('8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca');

$fromUser->setDisplayName('John Doe');


$from->setUser($fromUser);

$requestBody->setFrom($from);
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));

$body->setContent('Hello World');


$requestBody->setBody($body);


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

Important

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

Snippet not available

Important

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/beta/$metadata#teams('57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5')/channels('19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2')/messages('1590776551682')/replies/$entity",
   "id":"1591039710682",
   "replyToId":"1590776551682",
   "etag":"1591039710682",
   "messageType":"message",
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "lastModifiedDateTime":null,
   "deleted":false,
   "subject":null,
   "summary":null,
   "importance":"normal",
   "locale":"en-us",
   "policyViolation":null,
   "eventDetail": null,
   "from":{
      "application":null,
      "device":null,
      "user":{
         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
         "id":"8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca",
         "displayName":"Joh Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser",
         "tenantId": "e61ef81e-8bd8-476a-92e8-4a62f8426fca"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"Hello World"
   },
   "attachments":[],
   "mentions":[],
   "reactions":[],
   "messageHistory": []
}

Send replies to a message in a channel

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Send a new reply to a chatMessage

Request

Response

Example 2: Import messages

Request

Response

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Additional resources

Additional resources