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Simple Class to add Salesforce Chatter posts with links, urls and mentions.
public with sharing class ChatterUtils {
// makes a simple chatter text post to the specified user from the running user
public static void simpleTextPost(Id userId, String postText) {
ConnectApi.FeedType feedType = ConnectApi.FeedType.UserProfile;
ConnectApi.MessageBodyInput messageInput = new ConnectApi.MessageBodyInput();
messageInput.messageSegments = new List<ConnectApi.MessageSegmentInput>();
// add the text segment
ConnectApi.TextSegmentInput textSegment = new ConnectApi.TextSegmentInput();
textSegment.text = postText;
messageInput.messageSegments.add(textSegment);
ConnectApi.FeedItemInput feedItemInput = new ConnectApi.FeedItemInput();
feedItemInput.body = messageInput;
// post it
ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds.postFeedItem(null, feedType, userId, feedItemInput, null);
}
// makes a chatter post with some text and a link
public static void simpleLinkPost(Id userId, String postText, String url, String urlName) {
ConnectApi.FeedItemInput feedItemInput = new ConnectApi.FeedItemInput();
feedItemInput.body = new ConnectApi.MessageBodyInput();
// add the text segment
ConnectApi.TextSegmentInput textSegment = new ConnectApi.TextSegmentInput();
feedItemInput.body.messageSegments = new List<ConnectApi.MessageSegmentInput>();
textSegment.text = postText;
feedItemInput.body.messageSegments.add(textSegment);
// add the attachment
ConnectApi.LinkAttachmentInput linkIn = new ConnectApi.LinkAttachmentInput();
linkIn.urlName = urlName;
linkIn.url = url;
feedItemInput.attachment = linkIn;
// post it!
ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds.postFeedItem(null, ConnectApi.FeedType.News, userId, feedItemInput, null);
}
// makes a simple chatter text post to the specified user from the running user
public static void mentionTextPost(Id userId, Id userToMentionId, String postText) {
ConnectApi.MessageBodyInput messageInput = new ConnectApi.MessageBodyInput();
messageInput.messageSegments = new List<ConnectApi.MessageSegmentInput>();
// add some text before the mention
ConnectApi.TextSegmentInput textSegment = new ConnectApi.TextSegmentInput();
textSegment.text = 'Hey ';
messageInput.messageSegments.add(textSegment);
// add the mention
ConnectApi.MentionSegmentInput mentionSegment = new ConnectApi.MentionSegmentInput();
mentionSegment.id = userToMentionId;
messageInput.messageSegments.add(mentionSegment);
// add the text that was passed
textSegment = new ConnectApi.TextSegmentInput();
textSegment.text = postText;
messageInput.messageSegments.add(textSegment);
ConnectApi.FeedItemInput input = new ConnectApi.FeedItemInput();
input.body = messageInput;
// post it
ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds.postFeedItem(null, ConnectApi.FeedType.UserProfile, userId, input, null);
}
// pass the user's id or 'me' to get current running user's news
public static ConnectApi.FeedItemPage getNewsFeed(String userId) {
return ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds.getFeedItemsFromFeed(null, ConnectApi.FeedType.News, userId);
}
}
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