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 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.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:[email protected]/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
// 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.
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.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewChatMessage()
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE
body.SetContentType(&contentType)
content := "Hello World"
body.SetContent(&content)
requestBody.SetBody(body)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
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.
// 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.
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:[email protected]/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
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessage;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\BodyType;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($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.
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams
$params = @{
body = @{
contentType = "html"
content = "Hello World"
}
}
New-MgTeamChannelMessageReply -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId -BodyParameter $params
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message import ChatMessage
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody
from msgraph.generated.models.body_type import BodyType
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ChatMessage(
body = ItemBody(
content_type = BodyType.Html,
content = "Hello World",
),
)
result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').replies.post(request_body)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$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:[email protected]"
},
"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.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:[email protected]/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
// 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.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
"time"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
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)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
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.
// 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.
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:[email protected]/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
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;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\BodyType;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($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.
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 $params
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message import ChatMessage
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message_from_identity_set import ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
from msgraph.generated.models.identity import Identity
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody
from msgraph.generated.models.body_type import BodyType
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ChatMessage(
created_date_time = "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
from = ChatMessageFromIdentitySet(
user = Identity(
id = "8c0a1a67-50ce-4114-bb6c-da9c5dbcf6ca",
display_name = "John Doe",
),
),
body = ItemBody(
content_type = BodyType.Html,
content = "Hello World",
),
)
result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').replies.post(request_body)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5')/channels('19:[email protected]')/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": []
}