Send replies to a message in a channel

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	ChannelMessage.Send	Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Teamwork.Migrate.All	Not available.

Note

• The Group.ReadWrite.All permission is 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.
• 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 example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages/1616990032035/replies
Content-type: application/json

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

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new ChatMessage
{
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Html,
		Content = "Hello World",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].Replies.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 replies create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id} --body '{\
  "body": {\
    "contentType": "html",\
    "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()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "Hello World"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)

replies, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Replies().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

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.setContentType(BodyType.Html);
body.setContent("Hello World");
chatMessage.setBody(body);
ChatMessage result = graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").replies().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: {
    contentType: 'html',
    content: 'Hello World'
  }
};

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

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\ChatMessage;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemBody;


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

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

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

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

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.chat_message import ChatMessage
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = ChatMessage(
	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.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').replies.post(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 example shows the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b')/channels('19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2')/messages('1616990032035')/replies/$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",
            "tenantId": "e61ef81e-8bd8-476a-92e8-4a62f8426fca"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": "Hello World"
    },
    "channelIdentity": {
        "teamId": "fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b",
        "channelId": "19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [],
    "messageHistory": []
}

Example 2: Import messages

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

Request

The following example shows 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/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"
   }
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

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",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].Replies.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 replies create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-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 := "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)

replies, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Replies().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

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
OffsetDateTime createdDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z");
chatMessage.setCreatedDateTime(createdDateTime);
ChatMessageFromIdentitySet from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
Identity user = new Identity();
user.setId("8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca");
user.setDisplayName("John Doe");
from.setUser(user);
chatMessage.setFrom(from);
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.setContentType(BodyType.Html);
body.setContent("Hello World");
chatMessage.setBody(body);
ChatMessage result = graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").replies().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: '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')
	.post(chatMessage);

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\ChatMessage;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessageFromIdentitySet;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Identity;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemBody;


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

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$requestBody->setCreatedDateTime(new \DateTime('2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z'));
$from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
$fromUser = new Identity();
$fromUser->setId('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 = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->byChatMessageId('chatMessage-id')->replies()->post($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 = @{
	createdDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
	from = @{
		user = @{
			id = "8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca"
			displayName = "John Doe"
		}
	}
	body = @{
		contentType = "html"
		content = "Hello World"
	}
}

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

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.chat_message import ChatMessage
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message_from_identity_set import ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
from msgraph.generated.models.identity import Identity
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = ChatMessage(
	created_date_time = "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
	from = ChatMessageFromIdentitySet(
		user = Identity(
			id = "8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca",
			display_name = "John Doe",
		),
	),
	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.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').replies.post(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 example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
   "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5')/channels('19:4b6bed8d24574f6a9e436813cb2617d8@thread.tacv2')/messages('1590776551682')/replies/$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": []
}