[SalesForce] How to specify a record (or parentId) for a postFeedItem to be posted to

I am trying to create a chatter post using an APEX trigger, and I'm almost there. I've gotten to this point:

ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds.postFeedItem(null, ConnectApi.FeedType.News, 'me', feedItemInput, null);

Which successfully creates the post that I want it to create, including an @mention. However, it posts it to the context user's ('me') chatter feed, whereas I want it to post to the feed of the record that set off the trigger.

Is it possible to set the 'parentId' field like you used to be able to with FeedItem? If so, how should I go about doing this? If not, is there an alternative?

Thanks!

Best Answer

Figured it out! Replace 'me' with the ID of the record to post to, and change ConnectApi.FeedType.News to ConnectApi.FeedType.Record, and you're good to go!

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You can use the new Chatter API in Apex to do this. It's in developer preview currently and is on by default in all Developer Edition orgs. (Note: It went GA in Summer '13.)

Here's an example of how to use it:

String communityId = null;
String feedItemId = 'YOUR_FEEDITEM_ID';

ConnectApi.FeedItem feedItem = ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds.getFeedItem(communityId, feedItemId);
List<ConnectApi.MessageSegment> messageSegments = feedItem.body.messageSegments;
for (ConnectApi.MessageSegment messageSegment : messageSegments) {
    if (messageSegment instanceof ConnectApi.MentionSegment) {
        ConnectApi.MentionSegment mentionSegment = (ConnectApi.MentionSegment) messageSegment;
        System.debug('Mentioned user name: ' + mentionSegment.name);
        System.debug('Mentioned user id: ' + mentionSegment.user.id);
    }
}

Link: API documentation for the ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds class.

[SalesForce] Losing @ mentions in apex trigger on FeedItem

Hashtags are parsed out of plain text, but you need to use the Connect (Chatter API) or REST API to post mentions.

I've answered a similar question here, which might help.

Copy the FeedBodyParser Utility Class from http://developer.force.com/cookbook/recipe/connect-in-apex-pilot

Then to post a mention simply use

ConnectApi.FeedItemInput feedItemInput = FeedBodyParser.convertToFeedItemInput('Hello @[Ritesh Aswaney](user:005i0000000nEVV)');      
ConnectApi.ChatterFeeds.postFeedItem(null, ConnectApi.FeedType.News, 'me', feedItemInput, null);

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