Microsoft Skype Threads API

The Threads API from Microsoft Skype — 3 operation(s) for threads.

Operations 7

GET /chat/threads/{chatThreadId}/readReceipts Gets chat message read receipts for a thread #
POST /chat/threads/{chatThreadId}/readReceipts Sends a read receipt event to a thread, on behalf of a user #
POST /chat/threads Creates a chat thread #
GET /chat/threads Gets the list of chat threads of a user #
PATCH /chat/threads/{chatThreadId} Updates a thread's properties #
GET /chat/threads/{chatThreadId} Gets a chat thread's properties #
DELETE /chat/threads/{chatThreadId} Deletes a thread #

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microsoft-skype-threads-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Skype Threads API
  version: '2025-03-15'
  description: 'Operations tagged Threads across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: acs-chat-2025-03-15.json, microsoft-skype-chat-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
security:
- Authorization: []
tags:
- name: Threads
paths:
  /chat/threads/{chatThreadId}/readReceipts:
    get:
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Gets chat message read receipts for a thread
      operationId: ChatThread_ListChatReadReceipts
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: chatThreadId
        description: Thread id to get the chat message read receipts for.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: maxPageSize
        description: The maximum number of chat message read receipts to be returned per page.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - in: query
        name: skip
        description: Skips chat message read receipts up to a specified position in response.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Request successful. The action returns the requested `ChatMessageReadReceipt` resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatMessageReadReceiptsCollection'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Get thread read receipts with pagination (max page size):
          $ref: ./examples/Conversations_ListChatReadReceiptsWithPageSize.json
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
        itemName: value
    post:
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Sends a read receipt event to a thread, on behalf of a user
      operationId: ChatThread_SendChatReadReceipt
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: chatThreadId
        description: Thread id to send the read receipt event to.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Request successful.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Send read receipt:
          $ref: ./examples/Conversations_SendChatReadReceipt.json
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SendReadReceiptRequest'
        description: Read receipt details.
        required: true
  /chat/threads:
    post:
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Creates a chat thread
      operationId: Chat_CreateChatThread
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: repeatability-request-id
        description: If specified, the client directs that the request is repeatable; that is, that the client can make the request multiple times with the same Repeatability-Request-Id and get back an appropriate response without the server executing the request multiple times. The value of the Repeatability-Request-Id is an opaque string representing a client-generated, globally unique for all time, identifier for the request. It is recommended to use version 4 (random) UUIDs.
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Thread created, the `Location` header would contain the URL for the newly created thread.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateChatThreadResult'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Create chat thread:
          $ref: ./examples/Threads_CreateChatThread.json
        Create chat thread with repeatability request id header:
          $ref: ./examples/Threads_CreateChatThreadWithIdempotencyToken.json
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateChatThreadRequest'
        description: Request payload for creating a chat thread.
        required: true
    get:
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Gets the list of chat threads of a user
      operationId: Chat_ListChatThreads
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: maxPageSize
        description: The maximum number of chat threads returned per page.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - in: query
        name: startTime
        description: 'The earliest point in time to get chat threads up to. The timestamp should be in RFC3339 format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ`.'
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Request successful. The action returns a `GetThreadsResponse` resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatThreadsItemCollection'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Get threads with pagination (Max Page Size):
          $ref: ./examples/Threads_ListChatThreadsWithPageSize.json
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
        itemName: value
  /chat/threads/{chatThreadId}:
    patch:
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Updates a thread's properties
      operationId: ChatThread_UpdateChatThreadProperties
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: chatThreadId
        description: The id of the thread to update.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Thread was successfully updated.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Update chat thread topic:
          $ref: ./examples/Threads_UpdateChatThreadTopic.json
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/merge-patch+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateChatThreadRequest'
        description: Request payload for updating a chat thread.
        required: true
    get:
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Gets a chat thread's properties
      operationId: ChatThread_GetChatThreadProperties
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: chatThreadId
        description: Id of the thread.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Request successful. The action returns a chat thread.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatThreadProperties'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Get chat thread:
          $ref: ./examples/Threads_GetChatThread.json
    delete:
      tags:
      - Threads
      summary: Deletes a thread
      operationId: Chat_DeleteChatThread
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: chatThreadId
        description: Id of the thread to be deleted.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Request successful.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Delete chat thread:
          $ref: ./examples/Threads_DeleteChatThread.json
components:
  schemas:
    ChatRetentionPolicy:
      description: Data retention policy for auto deletion.
      type: object
      discriminator:
        propertyName: kind
      properties:
        kind:
          description: Retention Policy Type
          enum:
          - threadCreationDate
          - none
          type: string
          x-ms-enum:
            name: RetentionPolicyKind
            modelAsString: true
            values:
            - value: threadCreationDate
              description: Thread retention policy based on thread creation date.
            - value: none
              description: No thread retention policy
      required:
      - kind
    CreateChatThreadResult:
      description: Result of the create chat thread operation.
      type: object
      properties:
        chatThread:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatThreadProperties'
        invalidParticipants:
          description: The participants that failed to be added to the chat thread.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationError'
          readOnly: true
    UpdateChatThreadRequest:
      description: Request payload for updating a chat thread.
      type: object
      properties:
        topic:
          description: Chat thread topic.
          type: string
          example: Lunch Thread
        metadata:
          description: Contextual metadata for the thread. The metadata consists of name/value pairs. The total size of all metadata pairs can be up to 1KB in size.
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        retentionPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatRetentionPolicy'
    CreateChatThreadRequest:
      description: Request payload for creating a chat thread.
      required:
      - topic
      type: object
      properties:
        topic:
          description: The chat thread topic.
          type: string
          example: Lunch Thread
        participants:
          description: Participants to be added to the chat thread.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatParticipant'
        metadata:
          description: Contextual metadata for the thread. The metadata consists of name/value pairs. The total size of all metadata pairs can be up to 1KB in size.
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        retentionPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatRetentionPolicy'
    ChatMessageReadReceiptsCollection:
      description: A paged collection of chat message read receipts.
      required:
      - value
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          description: Collection of chat message read receipts.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatMessageReadReceipt'
        nextLink:
          description: If there are more chat message read receipts that can be retrieved, the next link will be populated.
          type: string
          readOnly: true
    ChatThreadProperties:
      description: Chat thread.
      required:
      - createdByCommunicationIdentifier
      - createdOn
      - id
      - topic
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          description: Chat thread id.
          type: string
          example: 19:uni01_uy5ucb66ugp3lrhe7pxso6xx4hsmm3dl6eyjfefv2n6x3rrurpea@thread.v2
        topic:
          description: Chat thread topic.
          type: string
          example: Lunch Chat thread
        createdOn:
          format: date-time
          description: 'The timestamp when the chat thread was created. The timestamp is in RFC3339 format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ`.'
          type: string
          example: '2020-10-30T10:50:50Z'
        createdByCommunicationIdentifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationIdentifierModel'
        deletedOn:
          format: date-time
          description: 'The timestamp when the chat thread was deleted. The timestamp is in RFC3339 format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ`.'
          type: string
          example: '2020-10-30T10:50:50Z'
        metadata:
          description: Contextual metadata for the thread. The metadata consists of name/value pairs. The total size of all metadata pairs can be up to 1KB in size.
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        retentionPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatRetentionPolicy'
    ChatMessageReadReceipt:
      description: A chat message read receipt indicates the time a chat message was read by a recipient.
      required:
      - chatMessageId
      - readOn
      - senderCommunicationIdentifier
      type: object
      properties:
        senderCommunicationIdentifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationIdentifierModel'
        chatMessageId:
          description: Id of the chat message that has been read. This id is generated by the server.
          type: string
          example: '1591137790240'
        readOn:
          format: date-time
          description: 'The time at which the message was read. The timestamp is in RFC3339 format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ`.'
          type: string
          example: '2020-10-30T10:50:50Z'
    ChatParticipant:
      description: A participant of the chat thread.
      required:
      - communicationIdentifier
      type: object
      properties:
        communicationIdentifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationIdentifierModel'
        displayName:
          description: Display name for the chat participant.
          type: string
          example: Bob
        shareHistoryTime:
          format: date-time
          description: 'Time from which the chat history is shared with the participant. The timestamp is in RFC3339 format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ`.'
          type: string
          example: '2020-10-30T10:50:50Z'
        metadata:
          description: Contextual metadata for the chat participant. The metadata consists of name/value pairs. The total size of all metadata pairs can be up to 1KB in size.
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    SendReadReceiptRequest:
      description: Request payload for sending a read receipt.
      required:
      - chatMessageId
      type: object
      properties:
        chatMessageId:
          description: Id of the latest chat message read by the user.
          type: string
          example: '1592435762364'
    CommunicationError:
      $ref: ../../../Common/stable/2023-11-15/common.json#/definitions/CommunicationError
    ChatThreadsItemCollection:
      description: Collection of chat threads.
      required:
      - value
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          description: Collection of chat threads.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatThreadItem'
        nextLink:
          description: If there are more chat threads that can be retrieved, the next link will be populated.
          type: string
          readOnly: true
    CommunicationIdentifierModel:
      $ref: ../../../Common/stable/2025-06-30/common.json#/definitions/CommunicationIdentifierModel
    CommunicationErrorResponse:
      $ref: ../../../Common/stable/2023-11-15/common.json#/definitions/CommunicationErrorResponse
    ChatThreadItem:
      description: Summary information of a chat thread.
      required:
      - id
      - topic
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          description: Chat thread id.
          type: string
          example: 19:uni01_uy5ucb66ugp3lrhe7pxso6xx4hsmm3dl6eyjfefv2n6x3rrurpea@thread.v2
        topic:
          description: Chat thread topic.
          type: string
          example: Lunch Chat thread
        deletedOn:
          format: date-time
          description: 'The timestamp when the chat thread was deleted. The timestamp is in RFC3339 format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ`.'
          type: string
          example: '2020-10-30T10:50:50Z'
        lastMessageReceivedOn:
          format: date-time
          description: 'The timestamp when the last message arrived at the server. The timestamp is in RFC3339 format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ`.'
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          example: '2020-10-30T10:50:50Z'
  parameters:
    ApiVersionParameter:
      in: query
      name: api-version
      description: Version of API to invoke.
      required: true
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    Authorization:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: An ACS (Azure Communication Services) user access token.
x-refined-from:
- acs-chat-2025-03-15.json
- microsoft-skype-chat-openapi.yml
x-ms-parameterized-host:
  hostTemplate: '{endpoint}'
  useSchemePrefix: false
  parameters:
  - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Endpoint'