Create conversation thread

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Start a new group conversation by first creating a thread.

A new conversation, conversation thread, and post are created in the group. Use reply thread or reply post to further post to that thread.

Note: You can also start a new thread in an existing conversation.

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}/threads

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

The following is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/threads
Content-type: application/json

{
  "topic": "New Conversation Thread Topic",
  "posts": [{
    "body": {
      "contentType": "html",
      "content": "this is body content"
    },
    "newParticipants": [{
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "Alex Darrow",
        "address": "alexd@contoso.com"
      }
    }]
  }]
}

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var conversationThread = new ConversationThread
{
	Topic = "New Conversation Thread Topic",
	Posts = new ConversationThreadPostsCollectionPage()
	{
		new Post
		{
			Body = new ItemBody
			{
				ContentType = BodyType.Html,
				Content = "this is body content"
			},
			NewParticipants = new List<Recipient>()
			{
				new Recipient
				{
					EmailAddress = new EmailAddress
					{
						Name = "Alex Darrow",
						Address = "alexd@contoso.com"
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
};

await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].Threads
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(conversationThread);

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 conversationThread = {
  topic: 'New Conversation Thread Topic',
  posts: [{
    body: {
      contentType: 'html',
      content: 'this is body content'
    },
    newParticipants: [{
      emailAddress: {
        name: 'Alex Darrow',
        address: 'alexd@contoso.com'
      }
    }]
  }]
};

await client.api('/groups/{id}/threads')
	.post(conversationThread);

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();

ConversationThread conversationThread = new ConversationThread();
conversationThread.topic = "New Conversation Thread Topic";
LinkedList<Post> postsList = new LinkedList<Post>();
Post posts = new Post();
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.contentType = BodyType.HTML;
body.content = "this is body content";
posts.body = body;
LinkedList<Recipient> newParticipantsList = new LinkedList<Recipient>();
Recipient newParticipants = new Recipient();
EmailAddress emailAddress = new EmailAddress();
emailAddress.name = "Alex Darrow";
emailAddress.address = "alexd@contoso.com";
newParticipants.emailAddress = emailAddress;
newParticipantsList.add(newParticipants);
posts.newParticipants = newParticipantsList;
postsList.add(posts);
PostCollectionResponse postCollectionResponse = new PostCollectionResponse();
postCollectionResponse.value = postsList;
PostCollectionPage postCollectionPage = new PostCollectionPage(postCollectionResponse, null);
conversationThread.posts = postCollectionPage;

graphClient.groups("{id}").threads()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(conversationThread);

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

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewConversationThread()
topic := "New Conversation Thread Topic"
requestBody.SetTopic(&topic) 


post := graphmodels.NewPost()
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "this is body content"
body.SetContent(&content) 
post.SetBody(body)


recipient := graphmodels.NewRecipient()
emailAddress := graphmodels.NewEmailAddress()
name := "Alex Darrow"
emailAddress.SetName(&name) 
address := "alexd@contoso.com"
emailAddress.SetAddress(&address) 
recipient.SetEmailAddress(emailAddress)

newParticipants := []graphmodels.Recipientable {
	recipient,

}
post.SetNewParticipants(newParticipants)

posts := []graphmodels.Postable {
	post,

}
requestBody.SetPosts(posts)

result, err := graphClient.GroupsById("group-id").Threads().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.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

$params = @{
	Topic = "New Conversation Thread Topic"
	Posts = @(
		@{
			Body = @{
				ContentType = "html"
				Content = "this is body content"
			}
			NewParticipants = @(
				@{
					EmailAddress = @{
						Name = "Alex Darrow"
						Address = "alexd@contoso.com"
					}
				}
			)
		}
	)
}

New-MgGroupThread -GroupId $groupId -BodyParameter $params

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 FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new ConversationThread();
$requestBody->setTopic('New Conversation Thread Topic');

$postsPost1 = new Post();
$postsPost1Body = new ItemBody();
$postsPost1Body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));

$postsPost1Body->setContent('this is body content');


$postsPost1->setBody($postsPost1Body);
$newParticipantsRecipient1 = new Recipient();
$newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress = new EmailAddress();
$newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress->setName('Alex Darrow');

$newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress->setAddress('alexd@contoso.com');


$newParticipantsRecipient1->setEmailAddress($newParticipantsRecipient1EmailAddress);

$newParticipantsArray []= $newParticipantsRecipient1;
$postsPost1->setNewParticipants($newParticipantsArray);



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




$requestResult = $graphServiceClient->groupsById('group-id')->threads()->post($requestBody);

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.

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

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

{
  "toRecipients": [
    {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "name-value",
        "address": "address-value"
      }
    }
  ],
  "topic": "topic-value",
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "lastDeliveredDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "uniqueSenders": [
    "uniqueSenders-value"
  ],
  "ccRecipients": [
    {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "name-value",
        "address": "address-value"
      }
    }
  ]
}