Action: Send message in Forum Post

Discord Operation

The Send Message in Forum Post action in Discord allows you to reply or post a message within a specific forum thread.

Example User Story

I want to answer a team member’s question about the project timeline, so I use the Send Message in Forum Post action in Discord to reply directly in the relevant forum thread.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
channelID	String	Yes
threadID	String	Yes
messageContent	String	Yes
messageID	String	No

Related Connections

Discord

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "send-forum-post-message",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Send Message in Forum Post",
    "description": "Send a message to a specific forum post in Discord."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "channelID",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the forum channel."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "threadID",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the thread (forum post) where the message will be sent."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "messageContent",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The content of the message to be sent."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "messageID",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the sent message."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/channels/{{channelID}}/messages",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"content\": \"{{messageContent}}\", \"message_reference\": {\"channel_id\": \"{{channelID}}\", \"message_id\": \"{{threadID}}\"}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "channelID",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The ID of the forum channel.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "threadID",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The ID of the thread (forum post).",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "messageContent",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The content of the message to be sent.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}