---
title: "Open Dm"
method: POST
path: "/api/community/dms"
tags: ["community"]
---

# Open Dm

`POST /api/community/dms`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.archangelhealth.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://app.archangelhealth.ai/api/community/dms`
- Auth: none declared

Get-or-create the conversation with another member. The peer must pass
the same §1 gate (verified contributor or staff) — you cannot DM an
account that cannot itself enter the community.

## Headers

- `authorization` string, nullable

## Request body

- DmOpen
  - `user_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/archangelhealth/apis/archangel-health-surgical-patient-platform.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/archangelhealth/apis/archangel-health-surgical-patient-platform/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/archangelhealth/apis/archangel-health-surgical-patient-platform/revisions/3514f4e119da?raw)