An action link is a button on a feed element. Clicking an action link can take a user to a Web page, initiate a file download, or invoke an API call to Salesforce or to an external server. An action link includes a URL and an HTTP method, and can include a request body and header information, such as an OAuth token for authentication. Use action links to integrate Salesforce and third-party services into the feed so that users can drive productivity and accelerate innovation.
This feed item contains one action link group with two action links: Approve and Reject.
The workflow to create and post action links with a feed element:
Use these resources to work with action links.
| Resource | HTTP Method | Task |
|---|---|---|
/connect/action-link-group-definitions | POST | Create an action link group definition. To associate an action link with a feed element, first create an action link group definition. Then post a feed element with an associated actions capability. |
/chatter/feed-elements | POST | Post a feed element with an associated actions capability. Associate up to 10 action link groups with a feed element. |
/connect/action-links/{actionLinkId} | GET | Get information about the status of an action link. The status of the action link in combination with the labelKey property of the Action Link Definition Input determines the text that displays in the UI. |
/connect/action-links/{actionLinkId} | PATCH | Update the status of an action link. To trigger the API request for Api and ApiAsync action links, set the status to PendingStatus. |
/connect/action-link-group-definitions/{actionLinkGroupId} | GET | Get information about an action link group definition. To get the action link group definition, the client must be the same client app that created the definition and the user must either be the user who created the definition or have View all Data permission. |
/connect/action-link-group-definitions/{actionLinkGroupId} | DELETE | Delete an action link group definition. Deleting an action link group definition removes all references to it from feed elements. To delete the action link group definition, the client must be the same client app that created the definition and the user must either be the user who created the definition or have View all Data permission. |
/connect/action-link-groups/{actionLinkGroupId} | GET | Get information about an action link group including state for the context user. |
/connect/action-links/{actionLinkId}/diagnostic-info | GET | Get diagnostic information returned when an action link executes. Diagnostic information is given only for users who can access the action link. |
/chatter/feed-elements/{feedElementId}/capabilities/associated-actions | GET | Get all the platform actions associated with a feed element. Action links are a type of platform action. |
/chatter/feeds/{feedType}/{userId}/feed-elements | GET | Get the feed elements of a specified feed type. If a feed element has action links associated with it, the action links data is returned in the associated actions capability. |
/chatter/feeds/{feedType}/feed-elements | GET | Get the feed elements of a specified feed type. If a feed element has action links associated with it, the action links data is returned in the associated actions capability. |
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