Feed Element

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

Resource

1/chatter/feed-elements/feedElementId

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

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`. Sorting in descending order isn’t supported.	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

1{
2   "body":{
3      "messageSegments":[
4         {
5            "type":"Text",
6            "text":"Check out the latest API documentation on developer.salesforce.com."
7         }
8      ]
9   }
10}

Example for editing a question title and post

1{
2   "body":{
3      "messageSegments":[
4         {
5            "type":"Text",
6            "text":"The latest public versions are on developer.salesforce.com."
7         }
8      ]
9   },
10   "capabilities":{
11      "questionAndAnswers" : {
12          "questionTitle" : "Where can I find API documentation"
13      }
14   }
15}

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

1{
2   "subjectId": "0F9xx00000000CM"
3}

Response body for DELETE

204: Successful Delete

Connect REST API Developer Guide

Feed Element

See Also