FeedPost

FeedPost represents the following types of changes in a NewsFeed, UserProfileFeed, or record feed, such as AccountFeed: status updates, text posts, link posts, and content posts. This object is available in API version 18.0 and later. Do not use this object as of version 21.0, use FeedItem instead. FeedPost will be removed in a future release.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), search()

Special Access Rules

You can delete a feed item only if you created it, or if you have the any of these permissions:

“Modify All Data”
“Moderate Chatter”
Note
Because it does not include “View All Data”, users with the “Moderate Chatter” permission are able to delete only the feed items and comments they are able to see.

Only users with the “Modify All Data” permission can delete a FeedItem of TypeTrackedChange.

If the logged-in user has the Insert System Field Values for Chatter Feeds user permission, the create field property is available on CreatedById and CreatedDate system fields for this object. This allows the logged-in user to set these fields to the original post author and creation date upon migration instead of accepting the system field value when migrated, which would be the logged-in user and the date the migration was performed, respectively. The fields can't be updated after migration.

Fields

Field	Details
Body	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The content of the FeedPost. Required when Type is `TextPost`. Optional when Type is `ContentPost` or `LinkPost`. This is the message that appears in the feed.
ContentData	Type base64 Properties Create, Nillable Description The file uploaded to the feed. Required if Type is `ContentPost`. Encoded file data. Cannot be 0 bytes. Can be any format. Setting this field automatically sets Type to `ContentPost`.
ContentDescription	Type string Properties Create, Nillable, Sort Description The description of the file specified in ContentData.
ContentFileName	Type string Properties Create, Group, Nillable, Sort Description 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 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 Read only. Automatically determined during insert. The MIME type of the file uploaded to the feed.
FeedItemId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the feed containing the FeedPost.
InsertedById	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the user who added this object to the feed. For example, if a client application migrates multiple posts and comments from another application into a feed, then InsertedById is set to the ID of the logged-in user.
IsDeleted	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the record has been moved to the Recycle Bin (`true`) or not (`false`). This is a standard system field.
LinkUrl	Type url Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The URL of a `LinkPost`.
ParentId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the object type to which the FeedPost is related. For example, set this field to a UserId to post to someone’s profile feed, or an AccountId to post to a specific account.
Title	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The title of the FeedPost. When the Type is `LinkPost`, the Body is the URL and the Title is the label for the link.
Type	Type picklist Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The type of FeedPost: `UserStatus`—automatically generated when a user updates their status `TrackedChange`—ignore `TextPost`—a direct text entry on a feed `LinkPost`—a URL posting on a feed `ContentPost`—an uploaded file on a feed Note If you set Type to `ContentPost`, you must specify ContentData and ContentFileName.

Usage

Use this object to reference an update to a NewsFeed, UserProfileFeed, or record feed.
You can’t directly query for a FeedPost. FeedPosts are always associated with a feed item, so you can query for them through the feeds. The following example returns all feed items for a given account, ordered by date descending:
```
SELECT Id, Type, FeedPost.Body 
FROM AccountFeed 
WHERE ParentId = AccountId ORDER BY CreatedDate DESC
```
A FeedPost of TypeUserStatus is automatically created if a user updates their CurrentStatus. You can’t explicitly create a FeedPost of TypeUserStatus.
The size limit for an attachment on a profile, news, or record feed is 2 GB.
You can’t use the content fields to update or delete the content.
You can’t filter or update the content fields.
Deleting a FeedPost via the API also deletes the associated content and FeedPost objects. Likewise, undeleting a FeedPost restores associated content and FeedPost objects.
Note
This object is hard deleted. It isn’t sent to the Recycle Bin.
After uploading to a feed, it is possible for an attachment or document to be deleted, marked private, or hidden by sharing rules. In this case, all content fields in FeedPost appear as null in a SOQL query.
You can’t explicitly create or delete a FeedTrackedChange record.