Add reaction

Add a reaction to a CometChat message by message ID and emoji using the REST API for user or group conversations.

POST /messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction}

Add reaction

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction} \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --header 'onBehalfOf: <onbehalfof>'

import requests

url = "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction}"

headers = {
    "onBehalfOf": "<onbehalfof>",
    "apikey": "<api-key>"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {onBehalfOf: '<onbehalfof>', apikey: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "apikey: <api-key>",
    "onBehalfOf: <onbehalfof>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("onBehalfOf", "<onbehalfof>")
	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction}")
  .header("onBehalfOf", "<onbehalfof>")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}/reactions/{reaction}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["onBehalfOf"] = '<onbehalfof>'
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "data": {
    "id": "2",
    "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-1_user_cometchat-uid-2",
    "sender": "cometchat-uid-1",
    "receiverType": "user",
    "receiver": "cometchat-uid-2",
    "category": "message",
    "type": "text",
    "data": {
      "text": "Hi,",
      "entities": {
        "sender": {
          "entity": {
            "uid": "cometchat-uid-1",
            "name": "Andrew Joseph",
            "role": "default",
            "status": "offline"
          },
          "entityType": "user"
        },
        "receiver": {
          "entity": {
            "uid": "cometchat-uid-2",
            "name": "George Alan",
            "role": "default",
            "status": "offline",
            "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-1_user_cometchat-uid-2"
          },
          "entityType": "user"
        }
      },
      "reactions": [
        {
          "reaction": ":reaction",
          "count": 1
        },
        {
          "reaction": "😅",
          "count": 1
        },
        {
          "reaction": "😒",
          "count": 1,
          "reactedByMe": true
        },
        {
          "reaction": "🤨",
          "count": 1,
          "reactedByMe": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "sentAt": 1700210266,
    "updatedAt": 1700210266
  }
}

For the complete error reference, see Error Guide.

Authorizations

apikey · string · header · required

API Key with fullAccess scope(i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Headers

onBehalfOf · string · required

UID of the user on whose behalf the action is performed.

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Id of the message to react.

reaction · string · required

reaction to react.

Response

200 - application/json

Adding reaction

data · object

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