Create a messsage
POST /messages
Required scopes: create_messages
Input
| content_type | Required string | The type of a message content. Valid options:
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| content | Required object | The content JSON. For type note:
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| recipients | Required recipients object | The recipients of the message | ||||||
| post_at | Optional datetime string | If provided, the message will be posted at the given time. If not provided, the message is posted immediately. | ||||||
| moderated | Optional boolean | If provided, the message created will be put into the moderated queue before being posted |
Example Request
POST /messages
{
"content_type": "note",
"content": {
"text": "This is my note",
"attachments": {
"links": [{"title": "A web page", "link_url": "https://google.com"}]
}
},
"recipients": {
"users": [{"id": 1}],
"groups": [{"id": 2}],
"parent_groups": [{"id": 2}]
},
"moderated": "true"
}
Example Response
201 Created
Location: https://api.edmodo.com/messages/1
{
"id": 23,
"url": "https://api.edmodo.com/messages/23",
"content_type": "note",
"content": {
"id": 23,
"url": "https://api.edmodo.com/messages/23",
"text": "This is my note",
"attachments": {
"links": [{"title": "A web page", "link_url": "https://google.com"}]
}
},
"creator": {
"id": 400,
"url": "https://api.edmodo.com/users/400",
"first_name": "Nic",
"last_name": "Borg",
"username": "nic",
"avatars": {...}
},
"recipients": {
"users": [
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.edmodo.com/users/1"
"name": "Nic Borg"
"avatars": {...}
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": 2,
"url": "https://api.edmodo.com/groups/2"
"name": "My Group"
}
]
}
"replies_url": https://api.edmodo.com/replies?message_id=23
"last_replies": [],
"created_at": "2013-03-04"
}