Suppress Message

Suppress a message, preventing its contents from being displayed to users.

Suppress a message

POSTyourpodURL.symphony.com/pod/v1/admin/messagesuppression/{id}/suppress

Path parameters

id*string

URL-Safe encoded Message ID

Header parameters

Response

200400401403500

Success

Body

application/json

messageIdstring

suppressedboolean

suppressionDateinteger (int64)

The date when this message was suppressed.

Request

JavaScriptCurl

const response = await fetch('yourpodURL.symphony.com/pod/v1/admin/messagesuppression/{id}/suppress', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

{
  "messageId": "_Gj13MiR-5IrVtrmPNl6fn___qvWCYI_dA",
  "suppressed": true,
  "suppressionDate": 1461565603191
}

Suppressed Message Example

The following image shows how the UI represents a suppressed message. The image on the left shows the original message before being suppressed. The image on the right shows how the message will be displayed after being suppressed.

As of Release v1.45, if the user attempts to suppress a message that has already been suppressed at an earlier point in time, the returned suppressionDate will have a value of 0, as shown below:

{
    "messageId":"_Gj13MiR-5IrVtrmPNl6fn___qvWCYI_dA"
    "suppressed":true
    "suppressionDate":0
}

In addition, be aware that although the message is suppressed, the data from the original message will be in the Content Export (CE). When the CE exports a suppressed message, the following information are returned:

• Suppressed Message Content -> the content of the suppressed message. • Suppressed Message Sent From -> user that sent the suppressed message. • Suppressed Message Timestamp -> date when the message was suppressed.

🚧 Restricted Endpoint

• Users can suppress their own messages only.

• Users with the Content Management role can suppress any messages.

• OBO: Please note that the SUPPRESS_MESSAGES permission is needed for Apps to call this endpoint via OBO.

• Starting with SBE 20.16, Messages in External rooms can also be suppressed. Please note however that if the counterpart does not yet have SBE 20.16, the message will only be suppressed on your end.

See Bot Permissions for a list of roles and associated privileges.