# POST messages

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/messages`

Publishes content from a given persona on a given channel to given player(s).

You will need to use GET personas and GET teams to have the required data.

**Headers**

| Name          | Value              |
| ------------- | ------------------ |
| Content-Type  | `application/json` |
| Authorization | `Bearer <token>`   |

**Body**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Email example" %}

```json
{
  "persona": "3-49786",
  "channel": "mail",
  "subject": "Great Win",
  "body": "Congrats on securing Conducttr as the season's sponsor!",
  "to": "james.wardprowse@hammers.co.uk",
  "cc": "sally@theoffice.com, mark.jones@uptonpark.co.uk",
  "bcc": "newhamrecorder@eastham.gov.uk
  "sentiment": "positive",
  "team_id": "3437866",
  "type": "team",
  "ts": 1738686056
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Website Article" %}

```
{
  "persona": "3-49786",
  "channel": "websites",
  "title": "New World Order",
  "subtitle": "i'm a subtitle",
  "body": "message body to team",
  "to": "6981039fa6ef12.39280090@tstoryteller.com",
  "assets": [
    {
      "type": "image",
      "assetUrl": "https://conducttr-a.akamaihd.net/fa/2306/06/22474/2023-06-06-12-15-47.png",
      "alt": ""
    },
    {
      "type": "video",
      "assetUrl": "https://conducttr-a.akamaihd.net/v/2305/p/51001/syrian-refugee-crisis-pl.m3u8",
      "alt": ""
    }
  ],
  "sentiment": "positive",
  "team_id": 3437872,
  "type": "team",
  "isDraft": 0,
  "ts": 1738686056
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Media Pop-up" %}

```
{
  "persona": "3-49786",
  "channel": "notifications",
  "player_email": "6981039fa6ef12.39280090@tstoryteller.com",
  "subject": "hello world",
  "body": "message body to team",
  "assets": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "assetUrl": "https://conducttr-a.akamaihd.net/v/2305/p/51001/syrian-refugee-crisis-pl.m3u8",
      "alt": ""
    }
  ],
  "sentiment": "positive",
  "team_id": 3437866,
  "type": "team",
  "ts": 1738686056
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Social media" %}

```
{
  "persona": "3-49786",
  "channel": "microblog",
  "subject": "hello world",
  "body": "message body to team",
  "assets": [],
  "replies": 1,
  "likes": 3,
  "reposts": 2,
  "sentiment": "positive",
  "team_id": 3437866,
  "type": "team",
  "ts": 1738686056
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Hack" %}

```
{
    "persona":"3-52963",
    "channel":"websites",
     "is_hacked": 1 | 0,
     "show_details": 1 | 0,
     "hacked_image" : "https://conducttrdev-a.akamaihd.net/fa/2602/13/22474/robdapanda-pov-from-boat-as-it-passes-under-tower-bridge-ar-f61a14af-ecfd-4ea1-a177-1378d44f4ab9-0.png",
    "team_id":"3441451",
    "type":"team",
    "ts": 1738686056
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

| Name           | Type                  | Description                                                           |
| -------------- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `persona`      | string                | persona\_id of the sending persona                                    |
| `player_email` | email address         | if present then message is sent to the player with that email address |
| `channel`      | string                | which channel the message should be published on                      |
| `title`        | string                | required for website article                                          |
| `subject`      | string                | message subject (if it has one)                                       |
| `body`         | string                | the message body                                                      |
| `to`           | string                | required if to a single person                                        |
| `assets`       | list of asset objects | see asset object below                                                |
| `sentiment`    | string                | positive I negative I neutral  this is for social media               |
| `type`         | string                | individual I team                                                     |
| `ts`           | unix timestamp        | message timestamp                                                     |
| `isDraft`      | boolean               | 1 or 0                                                                |
| `replies`      | integer               | number of comments or replies to post                                 |
| `likes`        | integer               | number of likes                                                       |
| `reposts`      | integer               | number of reposts/shares                                              |
| is\_hacked     | integer               | 1 = hack the website, 0 = restore the website                         |
| show\_details  | integer               | 1 = show website details, 0 = hide website details                    |
| hacked\_image  | url                   | url to the image to display instead of the website when hacked        |

**Asset object**

<table><thead><tr><th width="222">Name</th><th width="172">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>type</code></td><td>string</td><td>image I video I audio I document</td></tr><tr><td><code>assetUrl</code></td><td>string</td><td>must be URL to the hosted asset</td></tr><tr><td><code>alt</code></td><td>string</td><td>description of asset</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
  "message_id": "7b5a92a4-04a0-4b32-848c-1201df844cd1"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```json
{
  "error": "Invalid request"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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