Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Sales Cloud Feed Items API

Individual feed item operations

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OpenAPI Specification

salesforce-sales-cloud-feed-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Salesforce Sales Cloud Salesforce Analytics REST Change Events Feed Items API
  description: Access Salesforce reports, dashboards, and analytics data programmatically. Enables embedding analytics into custom applications, automating report generation, running reports synchronously or asynchronously, and managing dashboard components and filters.
  version: 59.0.0
  termsOfService: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
  contact:
    name: Salesforce Developer Support
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/
  license:
    name: Salesforce Master Subscription Agreement
    url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/analytics
  description: Salesforce Production or Developer Edition
  variables:
    instance:
      default: yourInstance
      description: Your Salesforce instance identifier
security:
- oauth2: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Feed Items
  description: Individual feed item operations
paths:
  /chatter/feed-elements:
    post:
      operationId: postFeedElement
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Post a feed element
      description: Creates a new feed element (post) on a user profile, group, or record feed. Supports text posts, link posts, and content posts with attachments.
      tags:
      - Feed Items
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeedElementInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Feed element created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeedElement'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /chatter/feed-elements/{feedElementId}:
    get:
      operationId: getFeedElement
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get a feed element
      description: Returns the specified feed element including its body, comments, likes, and metadata.
      tags:
      - Feed Items
      parameters:
      - name: feedElementId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the feed element
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved feed element
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeedElement'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteFeedElement
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Delete a feed element
      description: Deletes the specified feed element. Only the author or an admin can delete a feed element.
      tags:
      - Feed Items
      parameters:
      - name: feedElementId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Feed element deleted successfully
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /chatter/feed-elements/{feedElementId}/capabilities/comments/items:
    get:
      operationId: getFeedElementComments
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get comments on a feed element
      description: Returns all comments on the specified feed element, paginated.
      tags:
      - Feed Items
      parameters:
      - name: feedElementId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: pageSize
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 25
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved comments
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  comments:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Comment'
                  total:
                    type: integer
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    post:
      operationId: postComment
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Post a comment on a feed element
      description: Creates a new comment on the specified feed element.
      tags:
      - Feed Items
      parameters:
      - name: feedElementId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                body:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageBody'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Comment created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Comment'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    FeedElementInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - body
      - feedElementType
      - subjectId
      properties:
        body:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageBody'
        feedElementType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - FeedItem
        subjectId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the parent record, user, or group
    FeedElement:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        body:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageBody'
        capabilities:
          type: object
          properties:
            comments:
              type: object
              properties:
                total:
                  type: integer
            chatterLikes:
              type: object
              properties:
                total:
                  type: integer
        createdDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        actor:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserSummary'
        feedElementType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - FeedItem
          - Bundle
        header:
          type: object
          properties:
            text:
              type: string
        parent:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            type:
              type: string
        type:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
    Comment:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        body:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageBody'
        createdDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserSummary'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    UserSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        companyName:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        displayName:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        photo:
          type: object
          properties:
            smallPhotoUrl:
              type: string
            mediumPhotoUrl:
              type: string
        title:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        type:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
    MessageBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        messageSegments:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
                enum:
                - Text
                - Mention
                - Hashtag
                - Link
              text:
                type: string
              id:
                type: string
              url:
                type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Salesforce OAuth 2.0 authentication
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            api: Access and manage your Salesforce data
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OAuth 2.0 Access Token
externalDocs:
  description: Salesforce Reports and Dashboards REST API Developer Guide
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_analytics.meta/api_analytics/sforce_analytics_rest_api_intro.htm