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FeedPost

FeedPost represents the following types of changes in a record feed, such as AccountFeed: text posts, link posts, and content posts. This object is available in API version 18.0 through 21.0. FeedPost is no longer available in later versions. Starting with API version 21.0, use FeedItem to represent text posts, link posts, and content posts in feeds.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), search()

Special Access Rules

You can delete all feed items you created. To delete feed items you didn’t create, you must have one of these permissions:
  • “Modify All Data”
  • “Moderate Chatter”

    Users with the “Moderate Chatter” permission can delete only the feed items and comments they see.

    Note

Only users with the “Modify All Data” permission can delete a FeedItem of Type TrackedChange.

If the logged-in user has the “Insert System Field Values for Chatter Feeds” user permission, the create field property is available on CreatedById and CreatedDate system fields for this object. This allows the logged-in user to set these fields to the original post author and creation date upon migration instead of accepting the system field value when migrated, which would be the logged-in user and the date the migration was performed, respectively. The fields can't be updated after migration.

Fields

Field Details
Body
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The content of the FeedPost. Required when Type is TextPost. Optional when Type is ContentPost or LinkPost. This is the message that appears in the feed.
ContentData
Type
base64
Properties
Create, Nillable
Description
The file uploaded to the feed. Required if Type is ContentPost. Encoded file data. Cannot be 0 bytes. Can be any format. Setting this field automatically sets Type to ContentPost.
ContentDescription
Type
string
Properties
Create, Nillable, Sort
Description
The description of the file specified in ContentData.
ContentFileName
Type
string
Properties
Create, Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
The file uploaded to the feed. Required if Type is ContentPost. The name of the file uploaded to the feed. Setting ContentFileName automatically sets Type to ContentPost.
ContentSize
Type
int
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
Read only. Automatically determined during insert. The size of the file (in bytes) uploaded to the feed.
ContentType
Type
string
Properties
Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
Read only. Automatically determined during insert. The MIME type of the file uploaded to the feed.
FeedItemId
Type
reference
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
ID of the feed containing the FeedPost.
InsertedById
Type
reference
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
ID of the user who added this object to the feed. For example, if a client application migrates multiple posts and comments from another application into a feed, then InsertedById is set to the ID of the logged-in user.
IsDeleted
Type
boolean
Properties
Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
Indicates whether the record has been moved to the Recycle Bin (true) or not (false). This is a standard system field.
LinkUrl
Type
url
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The URL of a LinkPost.
ParentId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
ID of the object type to which the FeedPost is related. For example, set this field to a UserId to post to someone’s profile feed, or an AccountId to post to a specific account.
Title
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
The title of the FeedPost. When the Type is LinkPost, the Body is the URL and the Title is the label for the link.
Type
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort
Description
The type of FeedPost:
  • UserStatus—automatically generated when a user updates their status
  • TrackedChange—ignore
  • TextPost—a direct text entry on a feed
  • LinkPost—a URL posting on a feed
  • ContentPost—an uploaded file on a feed

If you set Type to ContentPost, you must specify ContentData and ContentFileName.

Note

Usage

  • You can’t directly query for a FeedPost. FeedPosts are always associated with a feed item, so you can query for them through the feeds. The following example returns all feed items for a given account, ordered by date descending:
    1SELECT Id, Type, FeedPost.Body 
2FROM AccountFeed 
3WHERE ParentId = AccountId ORDER BY CreatedDate DESC
  • A FeedPost of type UserStatus is automatically created when a user adds a post to update the current status. You can’t explicitly create a FeedPost of type UserStatus.
  • The size limit for an attachment on a profile, news, or record feed is 2 GB.
  • You can’t use the content fields to update or delete the content.
  • You can’t filter or update the content fields.
  • Deleting a FeedPost via the API also deletes the associated content and FeedPost objects. Likewise, undeleting a FeedPost restores associated content and FeedPost objects.

    This object is hard deleted. It isn’t sent to the Recycle Bin.

    Note

  • After uploading to a feed, it is possible for an attachment or document to be deleted, marked private, or hidden by sharing rules. In this case, all content fields in FeedPost appear as null in a SOQL query.
  • You can’t explicitly create or delete a FeedTrackedChange record.