Send teams message to a chat

[vroesgen]

Until now it is only possible to send teams message to a teams channel.

With Graph you can create a chat between users an send messages to it.
Are there any plans to make this possible with PnpCore?

regards to the great team!

[jansenbe]

Thanks for using PnP Core SDK @vroesgen and for providing feedback. We currently indeed don't offer that feature, but I do agree that our Teams component does require a review and inclusion of more features.

In the meanwhile you could consider directly integrating the needed features in your solution via our custom API call feature: see https://pnp.github.io/pnpcore/using-the-sdk/basics-customapirequests.html#making-a-custom-microsoft-graph-request for details. It's super simple to make additional Graph/REST api calls.

[MathijsVerbeeck]

@jansenbe If possible I'd like to work on this issue.

[jansenbe]

You're on a roll @MathijsVerbeeck 💪

[MathijsVerbeeck]

@jansenbe I find it hard to decide on where to add this code to the current structure. Most logically is writing it under the folder "Teams", but this is not really a call referring in Graph to the "teams/" api but it has its own api "chats/" for sending a message specifically to a certain user. Could you assist on deciding this?

[jansenbe]

@MathijsVerbeeck : what do you think about the following. Start with adding an IMe property on PnPContext:

/// <summary>
/// Entry point for the Me Object
/// </summary>
public IMe Me
{
    get
    {
        (me.Value as Me).PnPContext = this;
        return me.Value;
    }
}

IMe will then serve as an entry point for (Graph) user specific operations like sending a chat and future additions.

[MathijsVerbeeck]

@jansenbe That would work for me, but I'm still stuck with the same question on where to place the new code. Should I create a new folder under sdk/PnP.Core/Model for these specific additions? I'm not yet 100% familiar with the current project structure / how far I can go with adding new implementations

[jansenbe]

Let's create /Model/Me/Chat and follow the same structure as the other folders (Internal + Public sub folders). In the Test project also create a folder Me and have a ChatTests.cs file for the test cases.

@MathijsVerbeeck

[MathijsVerbeeck]

@jansenbe Fine for me. Thanks for the information.

[MathijsVerbeeck]

@jansenbe A lot of code is already written under "Teams" e.g. Interface ITeamChatMessage can be reused to add a message to a private / group chat. Am I allowed to add a reference to these classes or should I recreate them under "Me"?

[jansenbe]

You can reuse those @MathijsVerbeeck

[jansenbe]

@MathijsVerbeeck : Just merged your PR...excellent work again. Thanks a ton!!