Send chatMessage in channel

Article
04/04/2024

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Send a new chatMessage in the specified channel.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	ChannelMessage.Send	Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Teamwork.Migrate.All	Not available.

Note

The Group.ReadWrite.All permission is supported only for backward compatibility. We recommend that you update your solutions to use an alternative permission listed in the previous table and avoid using these permissions going forward.

Application permissions are only supported for migration. In the future, Microsoft may require you or your customers to pay additional fees based on the amount of data imported.

HTTP request

POST /teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/messages

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {code}. Required.
Content-type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a chatMessage object. Only the body property is mandatory. All other properties are optional.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a new chatMessage object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create a message in a specified channel

For a more comprehensive list of examples, see Create chatMessage in a channel or a chat.

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:[email protected]/messages
Content-type: application/json

{
  "body": {
    "content": "Hello World"
  }
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new ChatMessage
{
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		Content = "Hello World",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc teams channels messages create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --body '{\
  "body": {\
    "content": "Hello World"\
  }\
}\
'



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChatMessage()
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
content := "Hello World"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.setContent("Hello World");
chatMessage.setBody(body);
ChatMessage result = graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().post(chatMessage);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chatMessage = {
  body: {
    content: 'Hello World'
  }
};

await client.api('/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:[email protected]/messages')
	.post(chatMessage);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessage;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemBody;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContent('Hello World');
$requestBody->setBody($body);

$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	body = @{
		content = "Hello World"
	}
}

New-MgTeamChannelMessage -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message import ChatMessage
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ChatMessage(
	body = ItemBody(
		content = "Hello World",
	),
)

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b')/channels('19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2')/messages/$entity",
    "id": "1616990032035",
    "replyToId": null,
    "etag": "1616990032035",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-03-29T03:53:52.035Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-29T03:53:52.035Z",
    "lastEditedDateTime": null,
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "subject": null,
    "summary": null,
    "chatId": null,
    "importance": "normal",
    "locale": "en-us",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/message/19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2/1616990032035?groupId=fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b&tenantId=2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34&createdTime=1616990032035&parentMessageId=1616990032035",
    "policyViolation": null,
    "eventDetail": null,
    "from": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "conversation": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
            "displayName": "Robin Kline",
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": "Hello World"
    },
    "channelIdentity": {
        "teamId": "fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b",
        "channelId": "19:[email protected]"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": []
}

Example 2: Import messages

Request

The following example shows how to import back-in-time messages using the createDateTime and from keys in the request body.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:[email protected]/messages

{
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "from":{
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"Joh Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"Hello World"
   }
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new ChatMessage
{
	CreatedDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z"),
	From = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
	{
		User = new Identity
		{
			Id = "id-value",
			DisplayName = "Joh Doe",
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"userIdentityType" , "aadUser"
				},
			},
		},
	},
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Html,
		Content = "Hello World",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc teams channels messages create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id}



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  "time"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChatMessage()
createdDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
requestBody.SetCreatedDateTime(&createdDateTime) 
from := graphmodels.NewChatMessageFromIdentitySet()
user := graphmodels.NewIdentity()
id := "id-value"
user.SetId(&id) 
displayName := "Joh Doe"
user.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"userIdentityType" : "aadUser", 
}
user.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
from.SetUser(user)
requestBody.SetFrom(from)
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "Hello World"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
OffsetDateTime createdDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z");
chatMessage.setCreatedDateTime(createdDateTime);
ChatMessageFromIdentitySet from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
Identity user = new Identity();
user.setId("id-value");
user.setDisplayName("Joh Doe");
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("userIdentityType", "aadUser");
user.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
from.setUser(user);
chatMessage.setFrom(from);
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.setContentType(BodyType.Html);
body.setContent("Hello World");
chatMessage.setBody(body);
ChatMessage result = graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().post(chatMessage);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chatMessage = {
   createdDateTime: '2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z',
   from: {
      user: {
         id: 'id-value',
         displayName: 'Joh Doe',
         userIdentityType: 'aadUser'
      }
   },
   body: {
      contentType: 'html',
      content: 'Hello World'
   }
};

await client.api('/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:[email protected]/messages')
	.post(chatMessage);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessage;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessageFromIdentitySet;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Identity;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\BodyType;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$requestBody->setCreatedDateTime(new \DateTime('2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z'));
$from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
$fromUser = new Identity();
$fromUser->setId('id-value');
$fromUser->setDisplayName('Joh Doe');
$additionalData = [
	'userIdentityType' => 'aadUser',
];
$fromUser->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$from->setUser($fromUser);
$requestBody->setFrom($from);
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));
$body->setContent('Hello World');
$requestBody->setBody($body);

$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	createdDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
	from = @{
		user = @{
			id = "id-value"
			displayName = "Joh Doe"
			userIdentityType = "aadUser"
		}
	}
	body = @{
		contentType = "html"
		content = "Hello World"
	}
}

New-MgTeamChannelMessage -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message import ChatMessage
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message_from_identity_set import ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
from msgraph.generated.models.identity import Identity
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody
from msgraph.generated.models.body_type import BodyType
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ChatMessage(
	created_date_time = "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
	from = ChatMessageFromIdentitySet(
		user = Identity(
			id = "id-value",
			display_name = "Joh Doe",
			additional_data = {
					"user_identity_type" : "aadUser",
			}
		),
	),
	body = ItemBody(
		content_type = BodyType.Html,
		content = "Hello World",
	),
)

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
   "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5')/channels('19:[email protected]')/messages/$entity",
   "id":"id-value",
   "replyToId":null,
   "etag":"id-value",
   "messageType":"message",
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "lastModifiedDateTime":null,
   "deleted":false,
   "subject":null,
   "summary":null,
   "importance":"normal",
   "locale":"en-us",
   "policyViolation":null,
   "from":{
      "application":null,
      "device":null,
      "conversation":null,
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"John Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"Hello World"
   },
   "attachments":[ ],
   "mentions":[ ],
   "reactions":[ ]
}

Example 3: Import messages with inline images

Note

Currently, inline images are the only media type supported by the import message API schema.

Request

The following example shows how to import back-in-time messages containing inline images using the createDateTime and from keys in the request body.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:[email protected]/messages

{
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "from":{
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"John Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>"
   },
   "hostedContents":[
      {
         "@microsoft.graph.temporaryId":"1",
         "contentBytes":"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<<-----Removed----->>>>",
         "contentType":"image/png"
      }
   ]
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new ChatMessage
{
	CreatedDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z"),
	From = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
	{
		User = new Identity
		{
			Id = "id-value",
			DisplayName = "John Doe",
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"userIdentityType" , "aadUser"
				},
			},
		},
	},
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Html,
		Content = "<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>",
	},
	HostedContents = new List<ChatMessageHostedContent>
	{
		new ChatMessageHostedContent
		{
			ContentBytes = Convert.FromBase64String("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<<-----Removed----->>>>"),
			ContentType = "image/png",
			AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
			{
				{
					"@microsoft.graph.temporaryId" , "1"
				},
			},
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc teams channels messages create --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id}



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  "time"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewChatMessage()
createdDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
requestBody.SetCreatedDateTime(&createdDateTime) 
from := graphmodels.NewChatMessageFromIdentitySet()
user := graphmodels.NewIdentity()
id := "id-value"
user.SetId(&id) 
displayName := "John Doe"
user.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"userIdentityType" : "aadUser", 
}
user.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
from.SetUser(user)
requestBody.SetFrom(from)
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.HTML_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)


chatMessageHostedContent := graphmodels.NewChatMessageHostedContent()
contentBytes := []byte("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<<-----Removed----->>>>")
chatMessageHostedContent.SetContentBytes(&contentBytes) 
contentType := "image/png"
chatMessageHostedContent.SetContentType(&contentType) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"@microsoft.graph.temporaryId" : "1", 
}
chatMessageHostedContent.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

hostedContents := []graphmodels.ChatMessageHostedContentable {
	chatMessageHostedContent,
}
requestBody.SetHostedContents(hostedContents)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage chatMessage = new ChatMessage();
OffsetDateTime createdDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z");
chatMessage.setCreatedDateTime(createdDateTime);
ChatMessageFromIdentitySet from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
Identity user = new Identity();
user.setId("id-value");
user.setDisplayName("John Doe");
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData.put("userIdentityType", "aadUser");
user.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
from.setUser(user);
chatMessage.setFrom(from);
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.setContentType(BodyType.Html);
body.setContent("<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>");
chatMessage.setBody(body);
LinkedList<ChatMessageHostedContent> hostedContents = new LinkedList<ChatMessageHostedContent>();
ChatMessageHostedContent chatMessageHostedContent = new ChatMessageHostedContent();
byte[] contentBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode("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<<-----Removed----->>>>");
chatMessageHostedContent.setContentBytes(contentBytes);
chatMessageHostedContent.setContentType("image/png");
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData1 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
additionalData1.put("@microsoft.graph.temporaryId", "1");
chatMessageHostedContent.setAdditionalData(additionalData1);
hostedContents.add(chatMessageHostedContent);
chatMessage.setHostedContents(hostedContents);
ChatMessage result = graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().post(chatMessage);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const chatMessage = {
   createdDateTime: '2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z',
   from: {
      user: {
         id: 'id-value',
         displayName: 'John Doe',
         userIdentityType: 'aadUser'
      }
   },
   body: {
      contentType: 'html',
      content: '<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>'
   },
   hostedContents: [
      {
         '@microsoft.graph.temporaryId':'1',
         contentBytes: '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<<-----Removed----->>>>',
         contentType: 'image/png'
      }
   ]
};

await client.api('/teams/57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5/channels/19:[email protected]/messages')
	.post(chatMessage);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessage;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessageFromIdentitySet;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Identity;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\BodyType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ChatMessageHostedContent;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ChatMessage();
$requestBody->setCreatedDateTime(new \DateTime('2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z'));
$from = new ChatMessageFromIdentitySet();
$fromUser = new Identity();
$fromUser->setId('id-value');
$fromUser->setDisplayName('John Doe');
$additionalData = [
	'userIdentityType' => 'aadUser',
];
$fromUser->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$from->setUser($fromUser);
$requestBody->setFrom($from);
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContentType(new BodyType('html'));
$body->setContent('<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>');
$requestBody->setBody($body);
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1 = new ChatMessageHostedContent();
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1->setContentBytes(\GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Utils::streamFor(base64_decode('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<<-----Removed----->>>>')));
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1->setContentType('image/png');
$additionalData = [
	'@microsoft.graph.temporaryId' => '1',
];
$hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$hostedContentsArray []= $hostedContentsChatMessageHostedContent1;
$requestBody->setHostedContents($hostedContentsArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

$params = @{
	createdDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z")
	from = @{
		user = @{
			id = "id-value"
			displayName = "John Doe"
			userIdentityType = "aadUser"
		}
	}
	body = @{
		contentType = "html"
		content = "<div><div>
<div><span><img height="250" src="../hostedContents/1/$value" width="176.2295081967213" style="vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px"></span>

</div>


</div>
</div>"
	}
	hostedContents = @(
		@{
			"@microsoft.graph.temporaryId" = "1"
			contentBytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("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<<-----Removed----->>>>")
			contentType = "image/png"
		}
	)
}

New-MgTeamChannelMessage -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message import ChatMessage
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message_from_identity_set import ChatMessageFromIdentitySet
from msgraph.generated.models.identity import Identity
from msgraph.generated.models.item_body import ItemBody
from msgraph.generated.models.body_type import BodyType
from msgraph.generated.models.chat_message_hosted_content import ChatMessageHostedContent
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ChatMessage(
	created_date_time = "2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
	from = ChatMessageFromIdentitySet(
		user = Identity(
			id = "id-value",
			display_name = "John Doe",
			additional_data = {
					"user_identity_type" : "aadUser",
			}
		),
	),
	body = ItemBody(
		content_type = BodyType.Html,
		content = "<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"../hostedContents/1/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>",
	),
	hosted_contents = [
		ChatMessageHostedContent(
			content_bytes = base64.urlsafe_b64decode("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<<-----Removed----->>>>"),
			content_type = "image/png",
			additional_data = {
					"@microsoft_graph_temporary_id" : "1",
			}
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
   "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('57fb72d0-d811-46f4-8947-305e6072eaa5')/channels('19:[email protected]')/messages/$entity",
   "id":"id-value",
   "replyToId":null,
   "etag":"id-value",
   "messageType":"message",
   "createdDateTime":"2019-02-04T19:58:15.511Z",
   "lastModifiedDateTime":null,
   "deleted":false,
   "subject":null,
   "summary":null,
   "importance":"normal",
   "locale":"en-us",
   "policyViolation":null,
   "from":{
      "application":null,
      "device":null,
      "conversation":null,
      "user":{
         "id":"id-value",
         "displayName":"Joh Doe",
         "userIdentityType":"aadUser"
      }
   },
   "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"<div><div>\n<div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/teams/teamId/channels/channelId/messages/id-value/hostedContents/hostedContentId/$value\" width=\"176.2295081967213\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:176px; height:250px\"></span>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</div>\n</div>"
   },
   "attachments":[ ],
   "mentions":[ ],
   "reactions":[ ]
}

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