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 number 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
- string
- 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
- int
- 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.
|
NetworkScope |
- Type
- picklist
- Properties
-
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort
- Description
-
Specifies whether this feed item is available in
the default community, a specific community, or all communities. This field is available in API version 26.0 and later, if Salesforce Communities is enabled for your organization.
NetworkScope can have the following values:
-
NetworkId—The ID of the community in which the FeedItem is available. If left empty, the feed item is
only available in the default community.
-
AllNetworks—The feed item
is available in all communities.
Note the following exceptions for
NetworkScope:
- Only feed items with a Group or User parent can set a
NetworkId or a null value for
NetworkScope.
- For feed items with a record parent, users can set
NetworkScope only to AllNetworks.
- You can’t filter a FeedItem on the
NetworkScope field.
|
ParentId |
- Type
- string
- Properties
- Filter, Group, Sort
- Description
- ID of the account 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 FeedItem:
-
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.
The following values appear in the
Type picklist for all feed objects but apply only to
CaseFeed:
-
AttachArticleEvent—generated event when a user attaches
an article to a case.
-
CallLogPost—generated
event when a user logs a call for a case through the user interface. CTI
calls also generate this event.
-
CaseCommentPost—generated
event when a user adds a case comment for a case object.
-
ChangeStatusPost—generated
event when a user changes the status of a case.
-
ChatTranscriptPost—generated event when Live Agent
transcript is saved to a case.
-
EmailMessageEvent—generated event when an email related
to a case object is sent or received.
-
FacebookPost—generated
when a Facebook post is created from a case. Deprecated.
-
MilestoneEvent—generated
when a case milestone is completed or reaches violation status.
-
SocialPost—generated when
a social post is created from a case.

Note
If you set Type to ContentPost, also
specify ContentData and ContentFileName.
|
Visibility |
- Type
- picklist
- Properties
-
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update
- Description
- Specifies whether this feed item is available to all users or internal users
only. This field is available in API version 26.0 and later, if Salesforce Communities
is enabled for your organization.
Visibility can have
the following values:
-
AllUsers—The feed item is
available to all users who have permission to see the feed item.
-
InternalUsers—The feed item is available to internal
users only.
Note the following exceptions for
Visibility:
- For record posts, Visibility is set to InternalUsers for all internal users by
default.
- External users can set Visibility only to AllUsers.
-
Visibility can be updated on record posts.
- The Update property is supported
only for feed items posted on records.
|