zulip/templates/zerver/api/update-message-flags.md

Update a message's flags

Add or remove flags in a list of messages.

POST {{ api_url }}/v1/messages/flags

For updating the read flag on common collections of messages, see also the special endpoints for marking message as read in bulk.

Usage examples

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{generate_code_example(python)|/messages/flags:post|example}

{tab|js}

More examples and documentation can be found here.

const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Download zuliprc-dev from your dev server
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc-dev',
};

const flagParams = {
    messages: [4, 8, 15],
    flag: 'read',
};

zulip(config).then((client) => {
    // Add the "read" flag to messages with IDs 4, 8 and 15
    client.messages.flags.add(flagParams)
    .then(console.log)

    // Remove the "read" flag from said messages
    client.messages.flags.remove(flagParams)
    .then(console.log);
});

{tab|curl}

curl -X POST {{ api_url }}/v1/messages/flags \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    -d "messages=[4,8,15]" \
    -d "op=add" \
    -d "flag=starred"

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Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/messages/flags:post}

Response

Return values

• messages: An array with the IDs of the modified messages.

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/messages/flags:post|fixture(200)}