comty/docs/comty-js/models/post/create-post.md

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Create a post

Creates a new post with the given payload.

```js async function PostModel.create(payload) ```

[Object] Payload

Parameter	Type	Optional	Default	Description
message	String	false	undefined	The message of the post
attachments	Array	true	[]	A list of attachments
timestamp	String	true	DateTime.local().toISO()
reply_to	String	true	null

Success Response

Parameter	Type	Content
data	Object	post-object

Examples

Basic usage

const post = await PostModel.create({
    message: "Testing Comty.JS",
    timestamp: new Date(),
})

console.log(post)

// result: {
//  _id_: "0000",
//  message: "Testing Comty.JS",
//  timestamp: "2024-01-01T17:00:00.000Z",
// }

Add attachments

const post = await PostModel.create({
    message: "Look at this fox",
    attachments: [
        {
            url: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Vulpes_vulpes_ssp_fulvus.jpg",
        }
    ],
})

console.log(post)

// result: {
//  _id_: "0001",
//  message: "Look at this fox",
//  timestamp: "2024-01-01T17:00:00.000Z",
//  attachments: [
//    {
//      url: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Vulpes_vulpes_ssp_fulvus.jpg",
//    } 
//  ]
// }

Reply to a post

const post = await PostModel.create({
    reply_to: "0001",
    message: "* pet pet *",
})

console.log(post)

// result: {
//  _id_: "0002",
//  reply_to: "0001",
//  message: "* pat pat*",
//  timestamp: "2024-01-01T17:30:00.000Z",
// }