Flowdock (Discontinued) Messages API

Chat messages, comments, status, activity, discussion, and file events posted to a flow.

Operations 8

POST /messages Send Message #
GET /flows/{organization}/{flow}/messages List Flow Messages #
POST /flows/{organization}/{flow}/messages Send Message To Flow #
GET /flows/{organization}/{flow}/messages/{id} Show Message #
PUT /flows/{organization}/{flow}/messages/{id} Edit Message #
DELETE /flows/{organization}/{flow}/messages/{id} Delete Message #
POST /comments Comment On Message #
POST /flows/{organization}/{flow}/threads/{id}/messages Post Message To Thread #

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OpenAPI Specification

flowdock-messages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Flowdock REST Messages API
  version: '1.0'
  x-status: discontinued
  x-shutdown-date: '2023-08-15'
  description: 'Historical REST API surface for CA Flowdock, a team chat and shared-inbox

    product originally built by Flowdock (Helsinki / Tampere, Finland), acquired

    by CA Technologies (2013), and later operated under Broadcom.'
  contact:
    name: Flowdock (discontinued)
    url: https://github.com/flowdock/api-docs
  license:
    name: Documentation rights held by CA / Broadcom
servers:
- url: https://api.flowdock.com
  description: Historical production base URL (offline since 2023-08-15)
security:
- oauth2: []
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Messages
  description: Chat messages, comments, status, activity, discussion, and file events posted to a flow.
paths:
  /messages:
    post:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: Send Message
      operationId: sendMessage
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Message accepted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
  /flows/{organization}/{flow}/messages:
    get:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: List Flow Messages
      operationId: listFlowMessages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Organization'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FlowName'
      - name: event
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Filter by event type (message
          status: null
          comment: null
          file: null
          activity: null
          discussion: null
          message-edit: null
          tag-change).: null
      - name: tags
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 100
      - name: since_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: until_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of message events.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
    post:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: Send Message To Flow
      operationId: sendFlowMessage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Organization'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FlowName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Message accepted.
  /flows/{organization}/{flow}/messages/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: Show Message
      operationId: showMessage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Organization'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FlowName'
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Single message.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
    put:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: Edit Message
      operationId: editMessage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Organization'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FlowName'
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                content:
                  type: string
                tags:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Message updated.
    delete:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: Delete Message
      operationId: deleteMessage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Organization'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FlowName'
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Message deleted.
  /comments:
    post:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: Comment On Message
      operationId: createComment
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - flow
              - message
              - content
              properties:
                flow:
                  type: string
                message:
                  type: integer
                content:
                  type: string
                tags:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Comment posted.
  /flows/{organization}/{flow}/threads/{id}/messages:
    post:
      tags:
      - Messages
      summary: Post Message To Thread
      operationId: postThreadMessage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Organization'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FlowName'
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Message posted to thread.
components:
  parameters:
    FlowName:
      name: flow
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Flow parameterized name within the organization.
      schema:
        type: string
    Organization:
      name: organization
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Organization parameterized name.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    Message:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        app:
          type: string
        event:
          type: string
        flow:
          type: string
        content: {}
        sent:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        user:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        attachments:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        thread_id:
          type: string
        thread:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Thread'
        uuid:
          type: string
    Thread:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        body:
          type: string
        status:
          type: object
          properties:
            color:
              type: string
            value:
              type: string
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              label:
                type: string
              value:
                type: string
        actions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        external_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        actor:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            avatar:
              type: string
              format: uri
    MessageInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - event
      - content
      properties:
        event:
          type: string
          enum:
          - message
          - status
          - comment
          - action
          - activity
          - discussion
          - file
        content:
          oneOf:
          - type: string
          - type: object
        flow:
          type: string
        message:
          type: integer
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        external_user_name:
          type: string
        uuid:
          type: string
        thread_id:
          type: string
        external_thread_id:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.flowdock.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.flowdock.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            flow: Read and write flow content.
            private: Read and write private conversations.
            profile: Read user profile.
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Email + password, or personal API token as the username.