Feed Item

A feed is made up of feed elements. A feed item is a type of feed element.

Property	Type	Description	Filter Group and Version	Available Version
`actor`	Depends on parent	The entity that created the feed item. Values are: Record Summary—if a record (23.0) User Summary—if a user (23.0) Unauthenticated User—if a Chatter customer (24.0) If the actor is a user, a User Summary response body is returned, not a Record Summary of type user. Note	Small, 29.0
`attachment`	Depends on type	Depends on the `type` value of the attachment. Values include: `Approval`—Feed Item Attachment: Approval (v27.0–31.0) `BasicTemplate`—Feed Item Attachment: Basic Template (v27.0–31.0) `Canvas`—Feed Item Attachment: Canvas Template (v29.0–31.0) `CaseComment`—Feed Item Attachment: Case Comment (v24.0–31.0) `Content`—Feed Item Attachment: Content or `null` if the content is unavailable (v23.0–31.0) `DashboardComponent`—Feed Item Attachment: Dashboard (v24.0–31.0) `EmailMessage`—Feed Item Attachment: Email Message (v29.0–31.0) `Link`—Feed Item Attachment: Link (v23.0–31.0) `Poll`—Feed Item Attachment: Poll (v26.0–31.0) `RecordSnapshot`—Feed Item Attachment: Record Snapshot (v29.0–31.0) `TrackedChange`—Feed Item Attachment: Tracked Change (v29.0–31.0) As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities` property. Important	Medium, 29.0
`body`	Feed Item Body	Information about the feed item. In API versions to 28.0, use the `/body/text` property as the default case for rendering text. In API versions 29.0–30.0, use the `/preamble/text` property as the default case for rendering text. In API versions 31.0 and later, use the `/header/text` property as the default case for rendering text.	Small, 29.0	23.0
`capabilities`	Feed Element Capabilities	Auxiliary information for the feed element. The feed element's characteristics are made up of these capabilities.	Medium, 31.0	31.0
`canShare`	Boolean	`true` if feed item can be shared, `false` otherwise	Medium, 29.0	27.0
`clientInfo`	ClientInfo	Information about the connected app used to authenticate the connection	Medium, 29.0	23.0
`comments`	Comment Page	Comments for this feed item. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.comments.page` property. Important	Small, 29.0	23.0–31.0
`createdDate`	String	ISO8601 date string, for example, 2011-02-25T18:24:31.000Z	Small, 29.0	23.0
`currentUserLike`	Reference	This property is no longer available as of version 24.0. Use the `myLike` property instead. Note A reference to a like object if applicable, `null` otherwise.		23.0–24.0
`event`	Boolean	`true` if feed item created due to an event change, `false` otherwise	Medium, 29.0	23.0
`feedElementType`	String	Feed elements are the top-level objects that a feed contains. The feed element type describes the characteristics of that feed element. One of these values: `Bundle`—A container of feed elements. A bundle also has a body made up of message segments that can always be gracefully degraded to text-only values. `FeedItem`—A feed item has a single parent and is scoped to one community or across all communities. A feed item can have capabilities such as bookmarks, canvas, content, comment, link, poll. Feed items have a body made up of message segments that can always be gracefully degraded to text-only values. `Recommendation`—A recommendation is a feed element with a recommendations capability. A recommendation suggests records to follow, groups to join, or applications that are helpful to the context user.	Small, 31.0	31.0
`header`	Feed Item Body	The header is the title of the post. This property contains renderable plain text for all the segments of the message. If a client doesn’t know how to render a feed element type, it should render this text.	Medium, 31.0	31.0
`id`	String	18-character ID of the feed item	Small, 29.0	23.0
`isBookmarkedByCurrentUser`	Boolean	`true` if the current user has bookmarked this feed item, `false` otherwise. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.bookmarks.isBookmarkedByCurrentUser` property. Important	Medium, 29.0	24.0–31.0
`isDeleteRestricted`	Boolean	Returns `true` if a feed item cannot be deleted by the context user. If it returns `false`, possibly the context users can delete the feed item.	Medium, 29.0	25.0
`isLikedByCurrentUser`	Boolean	`true` if the current user has liked this feed item, `false` otherwise. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.chatterLikes.isLikedByCurrentUser` property. Important	Medium, 29.0	23.0–31.0
`likes`	Like Page	Likes for this feed item, As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.chatterLikes.page` property. Important	Medium, 29.0	23.0–31.0
`likesMessage`	Like Message Body	A message body that describes who likes the feed item. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.chatterLikes.likesMessage` property. Important	Small, 29.0	27.0–31.0
`modifiedDate`	String	ISO8601 date string, for example, 2011-02-25T18:24:31.000Z	Small, 29.0	23.0
`moderationFlags`	Moderation Flags	Flags for this feed item. Community moderators can view and take action on flagged items. If the `communityModeration` property of the Features response body is `false`, this property is `null`. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.moderation.moderationFlags` property. Important	Big, 29.0	29.0–31.0
`myLike`	Reference	If the context user has liked the comment, this property is a reference to the specific like, `null` otherwise. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.chatterLikes.myLike` property. Important	Medium, 29.0	23.0–31.0
`originalFeedItem`	Reference	A reference to the original feed item if this feed item is a shared feed item, `null` otherwise	Small, 29.0	24.0
`originalFeedItemActor`	Depends on type	Value depends on type of original feed item. Values are: Record Summary–if original feed item is a record User Summary–if original feed item is a user Unauthenticated User—if original feed item is from a Chatter customer `null` if this feed item is not a shared feed item	Medium, 29.0	24.0
`parent`	Depends on type	Value depends on type of parent. Values are: File Summary–if parent is a file Group–if parent is a group Record Summary–if parent is a record User Summary–if parent is a user If the parent is a user, a User Summary response body is returned, not a Record Summary of type user. The same applies for both groups and files. Note	Medium, 29.0	23.0
`photoUrl`	String	URL of the photo associated with the feed item	Medium, 29.0	23.0
`preamble`	Feed Item Preamble Message Body	The preamble is the title of the post. This property contains renderable plain text for all the segments of the message, for example, “App Builders - Pam Jones”. In API versions to 28.0, use the `/body/text` property as the default case for rendering text. In API versions 29.0–30.0, use the `/preamble/text` property as the default case for rendering text. In API versions 31.0 and later, use the `/header/text` property as the default case for rendering text.	Medium, 29.0	27.0–30.0
`relativeCreatedDate`	String	ISO8601 date string, for example, 2011-02-25T18:24:31.000Z	Small, 29.0	28.0
`topics`	Feed Item Topics	Topics for this feed item. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities.topics.items` property. Important	Medium, 29.0	28.0–31.0
`type`	String	The `type` property always returns all types, regardless of API version. However, not all types are valid with all API versions. As of API version 32.0, use the `capabilities` property to determine what can be done with a feed item. See Capabilities. Important Values are: `ActivityEvent`—Feed item generated in Case Feed when an event or task associated with a parent record with a feed enabled is created or updated. `AdvancedTextPost`—A feed item with advanced text formatting, such as a group announcement post. `ApprovalPost`—Feed item with an approval capability. Approvers can act on the feed item parent. `AttachArticleEvent`—Feed item generated when an article is attached to a case in Case Feed. `BasicTemplateFeedItem`—Feed item with an enhanced link capability. `CallLogPost`—Feed item generated when a call log is saved to a case in Case Feed. `CanvasPost`—Feed item generated by a canvas app in the publisher or from Chatter REST API or Chatter in Apex. The post itself is a link to a canvas app. `CaseCommentPost`—Feed item generated when a case comment is saved in Case Feed. `ChangeStatusPost`—Feed item generated when the status of a case is changed in Case Feed. `ChatTranscriptionPost`—Feed item generated in Case Feed when a Live Agent chat transcript is saved to a case. `CollaborationGroupCreated`—Feed item generated when a new public group is created. Contains a link to the new group. `CollaborationGroupUnarchived`—Deprecated. Feed item generated when an archived group is activated. `ContentPost`—Feed item with a content capability. `CreateRecordEvent`—Feed item that describes a record created in the publisher. `DashboardComponentAlert`—Feed item with a dashboard alert. `DashboardComponentSnapshot`—Feed item with a dashboard component snapshot capability. `EmailMessageEvent`—Feed item generated when an email is sent from a case in Case Feed. `FacebookPost`—Deprecated. Feed item generated when a Facebook post is created from a case in Case Feed. `LinkPost`—Feed item with a link capability. `MilestoneEvent`—Feed item generated when a case milestone is either completed or reaches a violation status. Contains a link to the case milestone. `PollPost`—Feed item with a poll capability. Viewers of the feed item are allowed to vote on the options in the poll. `ProfileSkillPost`—Feed item generated when a skill is added to a user’s profile. `QuestionPost`—Feed item generated when a question is asked. As of API version 33.0, a feed item of this type can have a content capability and a link capability. `ReplyPost`—Feed item generated by a Chatter Answers reply. `RypplePost`—Feed item generated when a user posts thanks. `SocialPost`—Feed item generated when a social post is created from a case in Case Feed. `TextPost`—Feed item containing text only. `TrackedChange`—Feed item created when one or more fields on a record have been changed. `UserStatus`—Deprecated. A user's post to their own profile.	Small, 29.0	23.0
`url`	String	URL to this feed item	Small, 29.0	23.0
`visibility`	String	Who can see this feed item. Values are: `InternalUsers`—If Communities is enabled, only members of the default, internal community can see the feed item. `AllUsers`—If Communities is enabled, all members of the community can see the feed item.	Small, 29.0	26.0

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Feed Item