title	post: reply
description	Reply to a post and add a new post to the specified thread in a group conversation. You can specify
author	mikemcleanlive
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	entra-groups
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	04/04/2024

post: reply

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Reply to a post and add a new post to the specified thread in a group conversation.

You can specify both the parent conversation and thread in the request, or, you can specify just the parent thread without the parent conversation.

[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]

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	Group.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

POST /groups/{id}/threads/{id}/posts/{id}/reply
POST /groups/{id}/conversations/{id}/threads/{id}/posts/{id}/reply

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
post	post	The new post that is being replied with.

Response

If successful, this method returns 202 Accepted response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.

Example

Here is an example of how to call this API.

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

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

{
  "post": {
    "body": {
      "contentType": "",
      "content": "content-value"
    },
    "receivedDateTime": "datetime-value",
    "hasAttachments": true,
    "from": {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "name-value",
        "address": "address-value"
      }
    },
    "sender": {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "name-value",
        "address": "address-value"
      }
    },
    "conversationThreadId": "conversationThreadId-value",
    "newParticipants": [
      {
        "emailAddress": {
          "name": "name-value",
          "address": "address-value"
        }
      }
    ],
    "conversationId": "conversationId-value",
    "createdDateTime": "datetime-value",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "datetime-value",
    "changeKey": "changeKey-value",
    "categories": [
      "categories-value"
    ],
    "id": "id-value",
    "inReplyTo": {
    },
    "attachments": [
      {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
        "lastModifiedDateTime": "datetime-value",
        "name": "name-value",
        "contentType": "contentType-value",
        "size": 99,
        "isInline": true,
        "id": "id-value"
      }
    ]
  }
}