Send a Message to a User on Behalf of the Open Channel imopenlines.network.message.add

Scope: imopenlines

Who can execute the method: any user

The method imopenlines.network.message.add sends a message to a user on behalf of the open channel connected in Bitrix24 Network.

Method operation limitations:

  1. The method is unavailable during session authorization. It returns the error WRONG_AUTH_TYPE for session authorization.
  2. A message can be sent no more than once per user within a week. There are no limits for accounts with a Partner (NFR) license.
  3. The keyboard can only be used for formatting the link button to an external site.

Method Parameters

Required parameters are marked with *

Name
type

Description

CODE*
string

Code of the open channel, a string of 32 characters, for example ab515f5d85a8b844d484f6ea75a2e494

USER_ID*
integer

Identifier of the message recipient, for example 2

MESSAGE*
string

Message text.

How to format text is described in the article Formatting

ATTACH
object

Attachment.

The format of the attachment is described in the article How to Use Attachments

KEYBOARD
object

Keyboard.

How to create keyboards is described in the article Working with Keyboards

URL_PREVIEW
char

Link preview. Enabled Y by default.

Pass N to disable link preview

Code Examples

How to Use Examples in Documentation

curl -X POST \
          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
          -H "Accept: application/json" \
          -d '{
            "CODE": "ab515f5d85a8b844d484f6ea75a2e494",
            "USER_ID": 2,
            "MESSAGE": "We have prepared materials for connecting open channels",
            "ATTACH": {
              "ID": 1,
              "COLOR_TOKEN": "primary",
              "BLOCKS": [
                {
                  "MESSAGE": "We have sent a checklist and connection diagram in the attachment"
                },
                {
                  "FILE": [
                    {
                      "NAME": "checklist-openlines.pdf",
                      "LINK": "https://cdn.example.com/docs/checklist-openlines.pdf",
                      "SIZE": 428736
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "IMAGE": [
                    {
                      "NAME": "Connection Diagram",
                      "LINK": "https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup.png",
                      "PREVIEW": "https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup-preview.png",
                      "WIDTH": 1280,
                      "HEIGHT": 720
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            "KEYBOARD": {
              "BUTTONS": [
                {
                  "TEXT": "Open Instructions",
                  "LINK": "https://help.example.com/openlines/setup",
                  "DISPLAY": "LINE",
                  "BG_COLOR_TOKEN": "primary"
                }
              ]
            },
            "URL_PREVIEW": "N"
          }' \
          https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/**put_your_user_id_here**/**put_your_webhook_here**/imopenlines.network.message.add
        
curl -X POST \
          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
          -H "Accept: application/json" \
          -d '{
            "CODE": "ab515f5d85a8b844d484f6ea75a2e494",
            "USER_ID": 2,
            "MESSAGE": "We have prepared materials for connecting open channels",
            "ATTACH": {
              "ID": 1,
              "COLOR_TOKEN": "primary",
              "BLOCKS": [
                {
                  "MESSAGE": "We have sent a checklist and connection diagram in the attachment"
                },
                {
                  "FILE": [
                    {
                      "NAME": "checklist-openlines.pdf",
                      "LINK": "https://cdn.example.com/docs/checklist-openlines.pdf",
                      "SIZE": 428736
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "IMAGE": [
                    {
                      "NAME": "Connection Diagram",
                      "LINK": "https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup.png",
                      "PREVIEW": "https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup-preview.png",
                      "WIDTH": 1280,
                      "HEIGHT": 720
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            "KEYBOARD": {
              "BUTTONS": [
                {
                  "TEXT": "Open Instructions",
                  "LINK": "https://help.example.com/openlines/setup",
                  "DISPLAY": "LINE",
                  "BG_COLOR_TOKEN": "primary"
                }
              ]
            },
            "URL_PREVIEW": "N",
            "auth": "**put_access_token_here**"
          }' \
          https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/imopenlines.network.message.add
        
try
        {
            const response = await $b24.callMethod(
                'imopenlines.network.message.add',
                {
                    CODE: 'ab515f5d85a8b844d484f6ea75a2e494',
                    USER_ID: 2,
                    MESSAGE: 'We have prepared materials for connecting open channels',
                    ATTACH: {
                        ID: 1,
                        COLOR_TOKEN: 'primary',
                        BLOCKS: [
                            {
                                MESSAGE: 'We have sent a checklist and connection diagram in the attachment'
                            },
                            {
                                FILE: [
                                    {
                                        NAME: 'checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                        LINK: 'https://cdn.example.com/docs/checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                        SIZE: 428736
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                IMAGE: [
                                    {
                                        NAME: 'Connection Diagram',
                                        LINK: 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup.png',
                                        PREVIEW: 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup-preview.png',
                                        WIDTH: 1280,
                                        HEIGHT: 720
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    KEYBOARD: {
                        BUTTONS: [
                            {
                                TEXT: 'Open Instructions',
                                LINK: 'https://help.example.com/openlines/setup',
                                DISPLAY: 'LINE',
                                BG_COLOR_TOKEN: 'primary'
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    URL_PREVIEW: 'N'
                }
            );
        
            const result = response.getData().result;
            console.log(result);
        }
        catch (error)
        {
            console.error(error);
        }
        
try {
            $response = $b24Service
                ->core
                ->call(
                    'imopenlines.network.message.add',
                    [
                        'CODE' => 'ab515f5d85a8b844d484f6ea75a2e494',
                        'USER_ID' => 2,
                        'MESSAGE' => 'We have prepared materials for connecting open channels',
                        'ATTACH' => [
                            'ID' => 1,
                            'COLOR_TOKEN' => 'primary',
                            'BLOCKS' => [
                                [
                                    'MESSAGE' => 'We have sent a checklist and connection diagram in the attachment'
                                ],
                                [
                                    'FILE' => [
                                        [
                                            'NAME' => 'checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                            'LINK' => 'https://cdn.example.com/docs/checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                            'SIZE' => 428736
                                        ]
                                    ]
                                ],
                                [
                                    'IMAGE' => [
                                        [
                                            'NAME' => 'Connection Diagram',
                                            'LINK' => 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup.png',
                                            'PREVIEW' => 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup-preview.png',
                                            'WIDTH' => 1280,
                                            'HEIGHT' => 720
                                        ]
                                    ]
                                ]
                            ]
                        ],
                        'KEYBOARD' => [
                            'BUTTONS' => [
                                [
                                    'TEXT' => 'Open Instructions',
                                    'LINK' => 'https://help.example.com/openlines/setup',
                                    'DISPLAY' => 'LINE',
                                    'BG_COLOR_TOKEN' => 'primary'
                                ]
                            ]
                        ],
                        'URL_PREVIEW' => 'N',
                    ]
                );
        
            $result = $response
                ->getResponseData()
                ->getResult();
        
            print_r($result);
        } catch (Throwable $e) {
            echo $e->getMessage();
        }
        
BX24.callMethod(
            'imopenlines.network.message.add',
            {
                CODE: 'ab515f5d85a8b844d484f6ea75a2e494',
                USER_ID: 2,
                MESSAGE: 'We have prepared materials for connecting open channels',
                ATTACH: {
                    ID: 1,
                    COLOR_TOKEN: 'primary',
                    BLOCKS: [
                        {
                            MESSAGE: 'We have sent a checklist and connection diagram in the attachment'
                        },
                        {
                            FILE: [
                                {
                                    NAME: 'checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                    LINK: 'https://cdn.example.com/docs/checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                    SIZE: 428736
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            IMAGE: [
                                {
                                    NAME: 'Connection Diagram',
                                    LINK: 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup.png',
                                    PREVIEW: 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup-preview.png',
                                    WIDTH: 1280,
                                    HEIGHT: 720
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                KEYBOARD: {
                    BUTTONS: [
                        {
                            TEXT: 'Open Instructions',
                            LINK: 'https://help.example.com/openlines/setup',
                            DISPLAY: 'LINE',
                            BG_COLOR_TOKEN: 'primary'
                        }
                    ]
                },
                URL_PREVIEW: 'N'
            },
            function(result)
            {
                if (result.error())
                {
                    console.error(result.error());
                }
                else
                {
                    console.log(result.data());
                }
            }
        );
        
require_once('crest.php');
        
        $result = CRest::call(
            'imopenlines.network.message.add',
            [
                'CODE' => 'ab515f5d85a8b844d484f6ea75a2e494',
                'USER_ID' => 2,
                'MESSAGE' => 'We have prepared materials for connecting open channels',
                'ATTACH' => [
                    'ID' => 1,
                    'COLOR_TOKEN' => 'primary',
                    'BLOCKS' => [
                        [
                            'MESSAGE' => 'We have sent a checklist and connection diagram in the attachment'
                        ],
                        [
                            'FILE' => [
                                [
                                    'NAME' => 'checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                    'LINK' => 'https://cdn.example.com/docs/checklist-openlines.pdf',
                                    'SIZE' => 428736
                                ]
                            ]
                        ],
                        [
                            'IMAGE' => [
                                [
                                    'NAME' => 'Connection Diagram',
                                    'LINK' => 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup.png',
                                    'PREVIEW' => 'https://cdn.example.com/images/openlines-setup-preview.png',
                                    'WIDTH' => 1280,
                                    'HEIGHT' => 720
                                ]
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                ],
                'KEYBOARD' => [
                    'BUTTONS' => [
                        [
                            'TEXT' => 'Open Instructions',
                            'LINK' => 'https://help.example.com/openlines/setup',
                            'DISPLAY' => 'LINE',
                            'BG_COLOR_TOKEN' => 'primary'
                        ]
                    ]
                ],
                'URL_PREVIEW' => 'N',
            ]
        );
        
        print_r($result);
        

Response Handling

HTTP Status: 200

{
            "result": true,
            "time": {
                "start": 1773740787,
                "finish": 1773740787.828814,
                "duration": 0.8288140296936035,
                "processing": 0,
                "date_start": "2026-03-17T12:46:27+03:00",
                "date_finish": "2026-03-17T12:46:27+03:00",
                "operating_reset_at": 1773741387,
                "operating": 0.17312097549438477
            }
        }
        

Returned Data

Name
type

Description

result
boolean

Returns true if the message was sent

time
time

Information about the request execution time

Error Handling

HTTP Status: 400

{
            "error": "CODE",
            "error_description": "You entered an invalid code"
        }
        

Name
type

Description

error
string

String error code. It may consist of digits, Latin letters, and underscores

error_description
error_description

Textual description of the error. The description is not intended to be shown to the end user in its raw form

Possible Error Codes

Status

Code

Description

Value

403

WRONG_AUTH_TYPE

Access for this method not allowed by session authorization

Method called with session authorization

400

CODE

You entered an invalid code

Invalid code in the CODE parameter, expected a string of 32 characters

400

IMBOT_ERROR

Module IMBOT is not installed

IMBOT module is not installed

400

NOT_FOUND

Line not found

Open channel not found

400

USER_ID_EMPTY

User ID can't be empty

User identifier not specified

400

USER_MESSAGE_LIMIT

You can't send more than one message per week to each user

Message limit exceeded for a specific user

400

MESSAGE_EMPTY

Message can't be empty

Message text not specified

400

ATTACH_OVERSIZE

You have exceeded the maximum allowable size of attach

Maximum allowable attachment size exceeded 30 KB

400

ATTACH_ERROR

Incorrect attach params

Attachment object did not pass validation

400

KEYBOARD_ERROR

Incorrect keyboard params

Keyboard object did not pass validation

400

WRONG_REQUEST

Message isn't added

Message not sent

Statuses and System Error Codes

HTTP Status: 20x, 40x, 50x

The errors described below may occur when calling any method.

Status

Code
Error Message

Description

500

INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
Internal server error

An internal server error has occurred, please contact the server administrator or Bitrix24 technical support

500

ERROR_UNEXPECTED_ANSWER
Server returned an unexpected response

An internal server error has occurred, please contact the server administrator or Bitrix24 technical support

503

QUERY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
Too many requests

The request intensity limit has been exceeded

405

ERROR_BATCH_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
Method is not allowed for batch usage

The current method is not allowed to be called using batch

400

ERROR_BATCH_LENGTH_EXCEEDED
Max batch length exceeded

The maximum length of parameters passed to the batch method has been exceeded

401

NO_AUTH_FOUND
Wrong authorization data

Invalid access token or webhook code

400

INVALID_REQUEST
Https required

The methods must be called using the HTTPS protocol

503

OVERLOAD_LIMIT
REST API is blocked due to overload

The REST API is blocked due to overload. This is a manual individual block, to remove it you need to contact Bitrix24 technical support

403

ACCESS_DENIED
REST API is available only on commercial plans

The REST API is available only on commercial plans

403

INVALID_CREDENTIALS
Invalid request credentials

The user whose access token or webhook was used to call the method lacks permissions

404

ERROR_MANIFEST_IS_NOT_AVAILABLE
Manifest is not available

The manifest is not available

403

insufficient_scope
The request requires higher privileges than provided by the webhook token

The request requires higher privileges than those provided by the webhook token

401

expired_token
The access token provided has expired

The provided access token has expired

403

user_access_error
The user does not have access to the application

The user does not have access to the application. This means that the application is installed, but the account administrator has allowed access to this application only for specific users

500

PORTAL_DELETED
Portal was deleted

The public part of the site is closed. To open the public part of the site on an on-premise installation, disable the option "Temporary closure of the public part of the site". Path to the setting: Desktop > Settings > Product Settings > Module Settings > Main Module > Temporary closure of the public part of the site

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