How can I post Yammer's Poll using the REST API

[のり 小林]

Hi! Everyone.

I am trying to create a java app that posts Poll using the REST API.

When I set "poll" to "message_type" and POST "https://www.yammer.com/api/v1/messages" but status 400 Bad Request is returned.

// Post
 HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("https://www.yammer.com/api/v1/messages");
 // Add header
 httpPost.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessAuthToken);

  List<NameValuePair> nvps = new ArrayList<>();
  nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("group_id", group));
  nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("body", "message body 1"));
  nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("message_type", "poll"));

 // set entity
 httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, UTF8));
 // execute
 HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpPost);

How can I post Poll using the REST API?

Best Regards.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

I do not think a Poll is a valid end point. You can post messages and announcements plus work with topics. https://developer.yammer.com/docs/messages-json-post

[#3]

Hi!Simon.

Thank you for your reply.

Is not that Poll can not be posted via the REST API?

If that is the case, I consider another way.

Thank you very much.