Create drafts

POST https://chat.dpt.gba.gob.ar/api/v1/drafts

Create one or more drafts on the server. These drafts will be automatically synchronized to other clients via drafts events.

Usage examples

curl -sSX POST https://chat.dpt.gba.gob.ar/api/v1/drafts \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    --data-urlencode 'drafts=[{"content": "What are the contribution guidelines for this project?", "timestamp": 1595479019, "to": [1], "topic": "questions", "type": "stream"}]'

Parameters

drafts (object)[] optional

Example: [{"type": "stream", "to": [1], "topic": "questions", "content": "What are the contribution guidelines for this project?", "timestamp": 1595479019}]

A JSON-encoded list of containing new draft objects.

drafts object details:

  • id: integer optional

    The unique ID of the draft. It will only used whenever the drafts are fetched. This field should not be specified when the draft is being created or edited.

  • type: string required

    The type of the draft. Either unaddressed (empty string), "stream", or "private" (for PMs and private group messages).

    Must be one of: "", "stream", "private".

  • to: (integer)[] required

    An array of the tentative target audience IDs. For "stream" messages, this should contain exactly 1 ID, the ID of the target stream. For private messages, this should be an array of target user IDs. For unaddressed drafts, this is ignored, and clients should send an empty array.

  • topic: string required

    For stream message drafts, the tentative topic name. For private or unaddressed messages, this will be ignored and should ideally be the empty string. Should not contain null bytes.

  • content: string required

    The body of the draft. Should not contain null bytes.

  • timestamp: number optional

    A Unix timestamp (seconds only) representing when the draft was last edited. When creating a draft, this key need not be present and it will be filled in automatically by the server.

    Example: 1595479019


Response

Return values

  • ids: (integer)[]

    An array of the IDs for the drafts that were just created in the same order as they were submitted.

Example response(s)

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "ids": [
        1,
        2,
        3
    ],
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success"
}

JSON response for when a draft targeted towards a stream does not specify exactly one stream ID:

{
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
    "msg": "Must specify exactly 1 stream ID for stream messages",
    "result": "error"
}