---
title: "Create a new Staff Message"
method: POST
path: "/staffmessage.json"
tags: ["Staff Messages"]
---

# Create a new Staff Message

`POST /staffmessage.json`

#### OAuth Scope
This endpoint requires the following OAuth scope **publish_messages**.

			
			
#### Record UUID
UUID is optional for record creation. If no UUID is supplied, a UUID will be automatically generated for the new record and returned in the `x-record-uuid` response header.

## Request body

- StaffMessage
  - `uuid` string, uuid — Unique identifier for this record
  - `active` 0 | 1 — Record active/deleted flag. Valid values are [0,1]
  - `edit_date` string — Timestamp at which record was last modified
  - `from_staff_uuid` string, uuid
  - `to_staff_uuid` string, uuid
  - `sent_timestamp` string
  - `delivered_timestamp` string
  - `read_timestamp` string
  - `message` string
  - `regarding_job_uuid` string, uuid
  - `attached_json` string

## Response `200`

Success

- Result
  - `errorCode` number
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request - The request is malformed or contains invalid parameters
- `401` — Unauthorized - Authentication credentials are missing or invalid
- `403` — Forbidden - You don't have permission to create this resource
- `429` — Too Many Requests - You have exceeded the rate limit
- `500` — Internal Server Error - An unexpected error occurred on the server

## Changes

- **2025-08-25** `37e552f5ce5b` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-08-18** `a938b958dafb` — 1 breaking
  - api removed without deprecation
- **2025-08-16** `939c7d8f5de7` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-08-13** `e859f8c27a21` — 1 breaking
  - api removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/servicem8/apis/servicem8-api/changes/staffmessage.json/post.md)

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