Feed Elements, Batch Post

Post a batch of up to 500 feed elements.

Resource

1/chatter/feed-elements/batch

1/connect/communities/communityId/chatter/feed-elements/batch

Available version

32.0

Requires Chatter

Yes

HTTP methods

POST, HEAD

Request body for POST

Batch Collection Input

The rich input for this batch collection is a Feed Item Input

Response body for POST

Batch Results

The Batch Results response body contains Feed Item response bodies corresponding to each of the request bodies. The Feed Item response bodies are returned in the same order as the request bodies.

The request returns an HTTP 200 status code unless an error occurs that affects the entire request (such as a parsing failure). If an individual request body causes an error, the Batch Results Item statusCode property contains the appropriate HTTP status code.

Post a batch of feed elements

This example uses the /chatter/feed-elements/batch resource to post a batch of feed elements. This example uses cURL.

1curl -H "X-PrettyPrint: 1" -F 'json={"inputs":[{"richInput":{"subjectId":"me","body":{"messageSegments":[{"type":"Text","text":"Post Number 1"}]},"feedElementType":"FeedItem"}},{"richInput":{"subjectId":"me","body":{"messageSegments":[{"type":"Text","text":"Post Number 2"}]},"feedElementType":"FeedItem"}}]};type=application/json' -X POST https://instance_name/services/data/v53.0/chatter/feed-elements/batch -H 'Authorization: OAuth 00DD00000007HoR!...' --insecure

Here’s the same example showing just the request body:

1{
2  "inputs": [
3    {
4      "richInput": {
5        "subjectId": "me",
6        "body": {
7          "messageSegments": [
8            {
9              "type": "Text",
10              "text": "Post Number 1"
11            }
12          ]
13        },
14        "feedElementType": "FeedItem"
15      }
16    },
17    {
18      "richInput": {
19        "subjectId": "me",
20        "body": {
21          "messageSegments": [
22            {
23              "type": "Text",
24              "text": "Post Number 2"
25            }
26          ]
27        },
28        "feedElementType": "FeedItem"
29      }
30    }
31  ]
32}

Post a batch of feed elements with binary files (version 35.0 and earlier)

This example uses the /chatter/feed-elements/batch resource to post a batch of feed elements, upload two binary files, and attach them to the feed elements in the batch. Include the information about the binary parts in the request body. This example uses cURL.

1curl -H "X-PrettyPrint: 1" -F 'json={"inputs":[{"binaryPartNames":["bin1"], "richInput":{"subjectId":"me","body":{
2"messageSegments":[{"type":"Text","text":"Please accept this receipt"}]},"capabilities": {"content" : {"description": "Receipt for expenses", "title":"receipt.pdf"}},"feedElementType":"FeedItem"}},
3{"binaryPartNames":["bin2"],"richInput":{"subjectId":"me","body":{"messageSegments":[{"type":"Text","text":"Post Number 2"}]},
4"capabilities": {"content" : {"description": "Receipt for expenses", "title":"receipt2.pdf"}},"feedElementType":"FeedItem"}}]};type=application/json' 
5-F "bin1=@/Users/jsmith/Desktop/receipt.pdf;type=application/octet-stream" -F "bin2=@/Users/jsmith/Desktop/receipt2.pdf;type=application/octet-stream" 
6-X POST https://instance_name/services/data/v35.0/chatter/feed-elements/batch 
7-H 'Authorization: OAuth 00DD00000007HoR44QATPNzhzYEJBfU' --insecure

Here is the same example formatted to show the request body parts.

1POST /services/data/v35.0/chatter/feed-elements/batch HTTP/1.1
2Authorization: OAuth 00DRR0000000N0g!...
3User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.0.1
4Host: instance_name
5Content-Length: 845
6Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=a7V4kRcFA8E79pivMuV2tukQ85cmNKeoEgJgq
7Accept: application/json
8
9--a7V4kRcFA8E79pivMuV2tukQ85cmNKeoEgJgq
10Content-Disposition: form-data; name="json"
11Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
12
13{
14  "inputs": [
15    {
16      "binaryPartNames": [
17        "bin1"
18      ],
19      "richInput": {
20        "subjectId": "me",
21        "body": {
22          "messageSegments": [
23            {
24              "type": "Text",
25              "text": "Please accept this receipt"
26            }
27          ]
28        },
29        "capabilities": {
30          "content": {
31            "description": "Receipt for expenses",
32            "title": "receipt.pdf"
33          }
34        },
35        "feedElementType": "FeedItem"
36      }
37    },
38    {
39      "binaryPartNames": [
40        "bin2"
41      ],
42      "richInput": {
43        "subjectId": "me",
44        "body": {
45          "messageSegments": [
46            {
47              "type": "Text",
48              "text": "Post Number 2"
49            }
50          ]
51        },
52        "capabilities": {
53          "content": {
54            "description": "Receipt for expenses",
55            "title": "receipt2.pdf"
56          }
57        },
58        "feedElementType": "FeedItem"
59      }
60    }
61  ]
62}
63
64--a7V4kRcFA8E79pivMuV2tukQ85cmNKeoEgJgq
65Content-Disposition: form-data; name="bin1"; filename="receipt.pdf"
66Content-Type: application/octet-stream; charset=ISO-8859-1
67
68...contents of receipt.pdf...
69
70
71--a7V4kRcFA8E79pivMuV2tukQ85cmNKeoEgJgq
72Content-Disposition: form-data; name="bin2"; filename="receipt2.pdf"
73Content-Type: application/octet-stream; charset=ISO-8859-1
74
75...contents of receipt2.pdf...
76
77--a7V4kRcFA8E79pivMuV2tukQ85cmNKeoEgJgq--

The binary part names in the binaryPartNames properties must match the binary part names in the name properties of the binary request parts.

Note

Connect REST API Developer Guide

Feed Elements, Batch Post

Post a batch of feed elements with binary files (version 35.0 and earlier)

See Also