Feed Element

Access, edit, or delete a feed element. Feed items are the only type of feed element that can be edited.

Resource

Available version

31.0

Requires Chatter

Yes

HTTP methods

GET, DELETE, PATCH

PATCH is supported in version 34.0 and later to edit a comment’s body. PATCH can’t be used to update a comment’s capabilities.

Request parameters for GET

Parameter Name	Type	Description	Required or Optional	Available Version
`commentSort`	String	Order of comments. Values are: `CreatedDateLatestAsc`—Sorts by most recently created comments in ascending order. `CreatedDateOldestAsc`—Sorts by oldest comments in ascending order. `Relevance`—Sorts by most relevant content. The default value is `CreatedDateLatestAsc`.	Optional	41.0
`elementsPerBundle`	Integer	Maximum number of feed elements per bundle. The default and maximum value is 10.	Optional	31.0
`recentCommentCount`	Integer	Maximum number of comments to return with each feed element. The default value is 3.	Optional	31.0
`threadedCommentsCollapsed`	Boolean	Specifies whether to return threaded comments in a collapsed style (`true`) or not (`false`). If you don’t specify, the default is `false`.	Optional	44.0

Response body for GET

Generic Feed Element or Feed Item

Request body for PATCH

Feed Item Input

Response body for PATCH

Feed Item

Example for editing a feed post using the request body

Example for editing a question title and post

Example for moving a feed post from one public group to another

Response body for DELETE

204: Successful Delete

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