Body |
- Type
- textarea
- Properties
- Nillable, Sort
- Description
- The content of the FeedItem. Required when
Type is TextPost. Optional when
Type is ContentPost or
LinkPost. This field is the message that appears in the
feed.
|
CommentCount |
- Type
- int
- Properties
- Filter, Group, Sort
- Description
- The numbers of FeedComments associated with this feed
item.
|
ContentData |
- Type
- base64
- Properties
- Nillable
- Description
- Available in API version 36.0 and earlier only. Required if Type is ContentPost. Encoded file data in any format, and can’t be 0
bytes. Setting this field automatically sets Type to
ContentPost.
|
ContentDescription |
- Type
- textarea
- Properties
- Nillable, Sort
- Description
- Available in API version 36.0 and earlier only. The
description of the file specified in ContentData.
|
ContentFileName |
- Type
- string
- Properties
- Group, Nillable, Sort
- Description
- Available in API version 36.0 and earlier only. The file
uploaded to the feed. Required if
Type is ContentPost. The name
of the file uploaded to the feed. Setting
ContentFileName automatically sets
Type to ContentPost.
|
ContentSize |
- Type
- int
- Properties
- Group, Nillable, Sort
- Description
- Available in API version 36.0 and earlier only. Read
only. Automatically determined during insert. The size
of the file (in bytes) uploaded to the feed.
|
ContentType |
- Type
- string
- Properties
- Group, Nillable, Sort
- Description
- Available in API version 36.0 and earlier only. Read
only. Automatically determined during insert. The MIME
type of the file uploaded to the feed.
|
InsertedById |
- Type
- reference
- Properties
- Group, Nillable, Sort
- Description
- ID of the user who added this object to the feed. For
example, if a client application migrates posts and
comments from another application into a feed, then
InsertedById is set to the ID
of the logged-in user.
|
IsRichText |
- Type
- boolean
- Properties
-
Defaulted on create,
Filter, Group,
Sort
- Description
- Indicates whether the feed item Body
contains rich text. Set IsRichText to true if you post a rich text feed item via SOAP API. Otherwise, the
post is rendered as plain text.
Rich text supports the following HTML
tags:

Note
In API version 35.0 and later, the system replaces special
characters in rich text with escaped HTML. In API version 34.0 and prior,
all rich text appears as a plain-text representation.
|
LikeCount |
- Type
- int
- Properties
- Filter, Group, Sort
- Description
- The number of FeedLikes associated with this feed
item.
|
LinkUrl |
- Type
- url
- Properties
- Nillable, Sort
- Description
- The URL of a LinkPost.
|
ParentId |
- Type
- reference
- Properties
- Filter, Group, Sort
- Description
- ID of the ProfileSkillUser record that is tracked in the feed. The feed is
displayed on the detail page for this record.
|
RelatedRecordId |
- Type
- reference
- Properties
- Group, Nillable, Sort
- Description
- ID of the ContentVersion object associated with a
ContentPost. This field is null for all posts except
ContentPost.
For example, set this field to an
existing ContentVersion and post it to a feed as a
FeedItem object of TypeContentPost.
|
Title |
- Type
- string
- Properties
- Group, Nillable, Sort
- Description
- The title of the FeedItem. When the
Type is LinkPost, the LinkUrl
is the URL and this field is the link name.
|
Type |
- Type
- picklist
- Properties
- Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort
- Description
- The type of feed item. Except for ContentPost, LinkPost, and TextPost, don’t create
feed items directly from the API.
-
ActivityEvent—indirectly
generated event when a user or the API adds a Task associated with a feed-enabled parent
record (excluding email tasks on cases). Also occurs when a user or the
API adds or updates a Task or Event associated with a case record
(excluding email and call logging).
For a recurring Task with CaseFeed disabled, one event is generated for the series
only. For a recurring Task with CaseFeed enabled, events are generated for the series and
each occurrence.
-
AdvancedTextPost—created when a user posts a group
announcement and, in Lightning Experience as of API version 39.0 and
later, when a user shares a post.
-
AnnouncementPost—Not
used.
-
ApprovalPost—generated when
a user submits an approval.
-
BasicTemplateFeedItem—Not
used.
-
CanvasPost—a post made by a
canvas app posted on a feed.
-
CollaborationGroupCreated—generated when a user creates a
public group.
-
CollaborationGroupUnarchived—Not used.
-
ContentPost—a post with an attached file.
-
CreatedRecordEvent—generated
when a user creates a record from the publisher.
-
DashboardComponentAlert—generated when a dashboard metric
or gauge exceeds a user-defined threshold.
-
DashboardComponentSnapshot—created when a user posts a
dashboard snapshot on a feed.
-
LinkPost—a
post with an attached URL.
-
PollPost—a poll posted on a
feed.
-
ProfileSkillPost—generated
when a skill is added to a user’s Chatter
profile.
-
QuestionPost—generated when a user posts a question.
-
ReplyPost—generated when
Chatter Answers posts a reply.
-
RypplePost—generated when a
user creates a Thanks badge in Work.com.
-
TextPost—a
direct text entry on a feed.
-
TrackedChange—a change or group of changes to a tracked
field.
-
UserStatus—automatically
generated when a user adds a post. Deprecated.
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