Creating updates with mention of a specific user

monday Apps & Developers Feature Requests - API and Apps Framework
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In my app, I’m trying to create an update that mentions someone else, so that they can perform a task stated in the update.

I’m seeing that I can use the create_update mutation to create an update, e.g:

mutation {
  create_update (
    item_id: "2801294194", 
    
    body: "<p>Hello <a href=\"https://mycompany.monday.com/users/38005153\" data-mention-type=\"User\">@john@mycompany.com</a></p>"
  ) {
    id
  }
}

This “looks right”, but is missing the actual mention mechanism, so the user does not see the mention under “I was mentioned” in the inbox:

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If I look at the browser console when posting an update in the UI, I see the following call:

POST https://mycompany.monday.com/posts

BODY (as FormData):
  post[item_id]: 2801294194
  post[kind]: update
  post[body]: <p>Mentioning&nbsp;<a class="user_mention_editor router" 
  href="https://mycompany.monday.com/users/38005153-john-mycompany-com" data- 
 mention-type="User" data-mention- 
 id="30515803">@john@mycompany.com</a>&nbsp;from the UI</p>
  mentions: [{"type":"User","id":"38005153"}]
  asset_id: []
  gifs: []
  version: 1
  theme: light

So, the platform uses a different endpoint than the public GraphQL endpoint, and it also adds the mentions object.

Looking in the API playground, I can’t see any way to add mentions to the create_update mutation.

How do I do this?

If I can’t, please convert this into a feature request.

Cc: @Matias.Monday @dipro

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Also, if I trigger this:

  • server side, I’d expect the update to come from whoever installed the app,
  • client side, I’d expect the update to come from the current logged in user

Is this correct?

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Hello there @dvdsmpsn,

This is not possible via API (to mention someone). I have turned this into a request.

Regarding your last question, it will be on behalf of the user whose token is being used for the call.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Cheers,
Matias

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It looks like @-mentioned functionality is starting to be implemented in the API. Perhaps this is relevant to what you were wishing to achieve.

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@inspiredearth wow! :fire:

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What are the use cases for this?

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oh ok you mentioned that in the first post

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@anish idk, maybe @mention someone when something changes in an external system, and add an update and link to the external change?

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For me there are situations in which I will be using the API to add an update to an item, and I want to draw attention of one or more staff to the update with a simple @mention.

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