Create conversation

• 5/4/2019
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Create a new conversation by including a thread and a post.

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

Permissions

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

HTTP request

POST /groups/{id}/conversations

Request headers

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 is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196/conversations
Content-type: application/json

{
    "topic":"New locations for this quarter",
    "threads":[
        {
            "posts":[
                {
                    "body":{
                        "contentType":"html",
                        "content":"What do we know so far?"
                    },
                    "newParticipants":[
                        {
                            "emailAddress":{
                                "name":"Adele Vance",
                                "address":"AdeleV@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All the properties will be returned from an actual call.

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

{
    "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups('29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196')/conversations/$entity",
    "id":"AAQkADDVKtMlRp4Txc6k=",
    "threads@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups('29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196')/conversations('AAQkADDVKtMlRp4Txc6k%3D')/threads",
    "threads":[
        {
            "id":"AAQkADQDarUNUq0yVGnhPFzqQ=="
        }
    ]
}

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var emailAddress = new EmailAddress
{
	Name = "Adele Vance",
	Address = "AdeleV@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
};

var newParticipants = new Recipient
{
	EmailAddress = emailAddress,
};

var newParticipantsList = new List<Recipient>();
newParticipantsList.Add( newParticipants );

var body = new ItemBody
{
	ContentType = BodyType.Html,
	Content = "What do we know so far?",
};

var posts = new Post
{
	Body = body,
	NewParticipants = newParticipantsList,
};

var postsList = new List<Post>();
postsList.Add( posts );

var threads = new ConversationThread
{
	Posts = postsList,
};

var threadsList = new List<ConversationThread>();
threadsList.Add( threads );

var conversation = new Conversation
{
	Topic = "New locations for this quarter",
	Threads = threadsList,
};

await graphClient.Groups["29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196"].Conversations
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(conversation);

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const conversation = {
    topic:"New locations for this quarter",
    threads:[
        {
            posts:[
                {
                    body:{
                        contentType:"html",
                        content:"What do we know so far?"
                    },
                    newParticipants:[
                        {
                            emailAddress:{
                                name:"Adele Vance",
                                address:"AdeleV@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
};

let res = await client.api('/groups/29981b6a-0e57-42dc-94c9-cd24f5306196/conversations')
	.post({conversation : conversation});

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.