Add an emoji reaction
Add an emoji reaction to a message.
POST https://zulip.schiffrin-zulip.cloud.edu.au/api/v1/messages/{message_id}/reactions
Usage examples
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import zulip
# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")
# Add an emoji reaction
request = {
"message_id": message_id,
"emoji_name": "octopus",
}
result = client.add_reaction(request)
print(result)
curl -sSX POST https://zulip.schiffrin-zulip.cloud.edu.au/api/v1/messages/43/reactions \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
--data-urlencode emoji_name=octopus
Parameters
message_id integer required in path
Example: 43
emoji_name string required
Example: "octopus"
The target emoji's human-readable name.
To find an emoji's name, hover over a message to reveal
three icons on the right, then click the smiley face icon.
Images of available reaction emojis appear. Hover over the
emoji you want, and note that emoji's text name.
emoji_code string optional
Example: "1f419"
A unique identifier, defining the specific emoji codepoint requested,
within the namespace of the reaction_type
.
For most API clients, you won't need this, but it's important
for Zulip apps to handle rare corner cases when
adding/removing votes on an emoji reaction added previously by
another user.
If the existing reaction was added when the Zulip server was
using a previous version of the emoji data mapping between
Unicode codepoints and human-readable names, sending the
emoji_code
in the data for the original reaction allows the
Zulip server to correctly interpret your upvote as an upvote
rather than a reaction with a "different" emoji.
reaction_type string optional
Example: "unicode_emoji"
If an app is adding/removing a vote on an existing reaction,
it should pass this parameter using the value the server provided
for the existing reaction for specificity. Supported values:
unicode_emoji
: Unicode emoji (emoji_code
will be its Unicode codepoint).
realm_emoji
: Custom emoji. (emoji_code
will be its ID).
zulip_extra_emoji
: Special emoji included with Zulip. Exists to
namespace the zulip
emoji.
Changes: In Zulip 3.0 (feature level 2), this become
optional for custom emoji;
previously, this endpoint assumed unicode_emoji
if this
parameter was not specified.
Response
Example response
A typical successful JSON response may look like:
{
"msg": "",
"result": "success"
}
An example JSON error response for when the emoji code is invalid:
{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"msg": "Invalid emoji code",
"result": "error"
}