Chatter REST API Developer Guide

Introducing Chatter REST API
Chatter REST API Quick Start
Chatter REST API Features
Chatter REST API Examples
Filter a Response Body
Make a Request in a Community
Get My News Feed
Get Another User’s Feed
Get a Group Feed
Post a Feed Item
Post a Feed Element and Include Files from Salesforce
Post a Rich-Text Feed Element
Post a Feed Element with an Inline Image
Post a Comment
Post a Comment and Include a File from Salesforce
Post a Binary File
Post an @Mention
Post Multiple @Mentions
Get a List of @Mention Proposals
Define Action Links and Post with a Feed Element
Define Action Links in a Template and Post with a Feed Element
Update the Status of an Action Link or Invoke an Action Link
Edit a Feed Post
Edit a Comment
Edit a Question Title and Post
Like a Feed Item
Like a Feed Item and Return the Total Number of Likes
Share a Feed Item
Get Feed Elements Updated Since Last Request
Get a Feed with Internal Feed Items Only
Search a Feed
Get a List of Records a User Follows
Get Chatter Activity Statistics for a User
Get Recommendations of Users to Follow
Create and Schedule Custom Recommendations with Audiences
Create a Group
Update and Crop a Group Photo
Join a Group
Request to Join a Private Group
Approve or Reject a Request to Join a Private Group
Post to a Group
Follow a Record
Stop Following a Record
Get a Record Feed
Update a User Profile
Update and Crop a User Photo
Send a Private Message
Get User Information for Multiple Users
Create a Topic Hierarchy in Communities
Chatter REST API Resources
Chatter REST API Request Bodies
Chatter REST API Response Bodies
Chatter REST API Appendices
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Post a Binary File

For detailed information about uploading and posting binary files, see Using Chatter REST API Inputs, which includes examples for:

In version 36.0 and later, you can’t create a feed post and upload a binary file in the same request. Upload files to Salesforce first, and then use the file IDs to attach one or more files to a feed post.

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