---
title: "Start a new chat"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/chats"
tags: ["Messaging"]
---

# Start a new chat

`POST /api/v1/chats`

Start a new conversation with one or more attendee. ⚠️ Interactive documentation does not work for Linkedin specific parameters (child parameters not correctly applied in snippet), the correct format is linkedin[inmail] = true, linkedin[api]...

## Response `201`

Created. New chat created and message sent successfully.

- object
  - `object` 'ChatStarted', required
  - `chat_id` union, required — The Unipile ID of the newly started chat.
    - string
    - unknown
  - `message_id` union, required — The Unipile ID of the message the chat started with.
    - string
    - unknown

## Other responses

- `400` — ## Bad Request ### Too many characters The provided content exceeds the character limit. undefined
- `401` — ## Unauthorized ### Disconnected account The account appears to be disconnected from the provider service. undefined
- `403` — ## Forbidden ### Feature not subscribed The requested feature has either not been subscribed or not been authenticated properly. undefined
- `404` — ## Not Found ### Resource not found. The requested resource were not found. undefined
- `415` — ## Unsupported Media Type ### Unsupported media The media has been rejected by the provider. undefined
- `422` — ## Unprocessable Entity ### Recipient cannot be reached The recipient appears not to be first degree connection. undefined
- `429` — ## Too Many Requests ### Too many requests The provider cannot accept any more requests at the moment. Please try again later. undefined
- `500` — ## Internal Server Error ### Unexpected error - Type: "errors/unexpected_error" Something went wrong. {{moreDetails}} ### Provider error - Type: "errors/provider_error" The provider is experiencing operational problems. Please try again later. ### Authentication intent error - Type: "errors/authentication_intent_error" The current authentication intent was killed after failure. Please start the process again from the beginning.
- `501` — ## Not Implemented ### Missing feature Requested feature is planned but has not been implemented yet. undefined
- `503` — ## Service Unavailable ### No client session - Type: "errors/no_client_session" No client session is currently running. ### No channel - Type: "errors/no_channel" No channel to client session. ### Handler missing - Type: "errors/no_handler" Handler missing for that request. ### Network down - Type: "errors/network_down" Network is down on server side. Please wait a moment and retry. ### Service unavailable - Type: "errors/service_unavailable" Please try again later.
- `504` — ## Gateway Timeout ### Request timed out - Type: "errors/request_timeout" Request Timeout. Please try again, and if the issue persists, contact support.

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