Update Post

Update an existing post in a channel.

Important Note: Omitted fields will be treated as blank - deleted or treated as empty.

Required Permissions: edit_post for the channel the post is in.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Mattermost documentation.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Has Reactions	Select if the post has reactions.
Is Pinned	Select to pin the post to the channel it was posted in.
Message	The content of the post to update.
Post ID	The ID of the post.
Props	A JSON object of additional post properties.

Example Output

{
	"id": "string",
	"create_at": -9007199254740991,
	"update_at": -9007199254740991,
	"delete_at": -9007199254740991,
	"edit_at": -9007199254740991,
	"user_id": "string",
	"channel_id": "string",
	"root_id": "string",
	"original_id": "string",
	"message": "string",
	"type": "string",
	"props": {},
	"hashtag": "string",
	"file_ids": [
		"string"
	],
	"pending_post_id": "string",
	"metadata": {
		"embeds": [
			{
				"type": "image",
				"url": "string",
				"data": {}
			}
		],
		"emojis": [
			{
				"id": "string",
				"creator_id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"create_at": 0,
				"update_at": 0,
				"delete_at": 0
			}
		],
		"files": [
			{
				"id": "string",
				"user_id": "string",
				"post_id": "string",
				"create_at": 0,
				"update_at": 0,
				"delete_at": 0,
				"name": "string",
				"extension": "string",
				"size": 0,
				"mime_type": "string",
				"width": 0,
				"height": 0,
				"has_preview_image": true
			}
		],
		"images": {},
		"reactions": [
			{
				"user_id": "string",
				"post_id": "string",
				"emoji_name": "string",
				"create_at": 0
			}
		],
		"priority": {
			"priority": "string",
			"requested_ack": true
		},
		"acknowledgements": [
			{
				"user_id": "string",
				"post_id": "string",
				"acknowledged_at": 0
			}
		]
	}
}

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