Create conversation thread

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Start a new group conversation by first creating a thread.

A new conversation, conversation thread, and post are created in the group. Use reply thread or reply post to further post to that thread.

Note: You can also start a new thread in an existing conversation.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /groups/{id}/threads

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of conversationThread object containing a post.

Response

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

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/threads
Content-type: application/json

{
  "topic": "New Conversation Thread Topic",
  "posts": [{
    "body": {
      "contentType": "html",
      "content": "this is body content"
    },
    "newParticipants": [{
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "Alex Darrow",
        "address": "[email protected]"
      }
    }]
  }]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
  "toRecipients": [
    {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "name-value",
        "address": "address-value"
      }
    }
  ],
  "topic": "topic-value",
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "lastDeliveredDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "uniqueSenders": [
    "uniqueSenders-value"
  ],
  "ccRecipients": [
    {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "name-value",
        "address": "address-value"
      }
    }
  ]
}