A draft is a message which has not been sent to the recipient. Drafts can be created as a new conversation or as a reply to an existing conversation.

Notes on Versioning

For editing and deleting drafts, a version value must be included in the request body in order to safely update the draft within Front.

The version value is a token which indicates that the content of the request is in context with a state of the draft at a point in time.

If the version value of the draft sent in the request and the version of the draft in Front do not match, then an HTTP error response code of 409/Conflict will be returned. This is a response with an indication that a new version of the draft is available.

To obtain the latest version of a draft in a conversation, using the message_id, perform a GET /messages/{message_id} request to retrieve information relating to the message. The version will be included if it is a draft.

Example Draft Object

{
  "_links": {
    "self": "https://api2.frontapp.com/messages/msg_55c8c149",
    "related": {
      "conversation": "https://api2.frontapp.com/conversations/cnv_55c8c149",
      "message_replied_to": "https://api2.frontapp.com/messages/msg_1ab23cd4"
    }
  },
  "id": "msg_55c8c149",
  "type": "email",
  "is_inbound": true,
  "is_draft": false,
  "created_at": 1453770984.123,
  "blurb": "Anything less than immortality is a...",
  "author": {
    "_links": {
      "self": "https://api2.frontapp.com/teammates/tea_55c8c149",
      "related": {
        "inboxes": "https://api2.frontapp.com/teammates/tea_55c8c149/inboxes",
        "conversations": "https://api2.frontapp.com/teammates/tea_55c8c149/conversations"
      }
    },
    "id": "tea_55c8c149",
    "email": "leela@planet-express.com",
    "username": "leela",
    "first_name": "Leela",
    "last_name": "Turanga",
    "is_admin": true,
    "is_available": true,
    "is_blocked": false
  },
  "recipients": [
    {
      "_links": {
        "related": {
          "contact": "https://api2.frontapp.com/contacts/crd_55c8c149"
        }
      },
      "handle": "calculon@momsbot.com",
      "role": "to"
    }
  ],
  "body": "Anything less than immortality is a complete waste of time.",
  "text": "Anything less than immortality is a complete waste of time.",
  "attachments": [
    {
      "filename": "attachment.jpg",
      "url": "https://api2.frontapp.com/download/fil_55c8c149",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "size": 10000,
      "metadata": {
        "is_inline": true,
        "cid": "123456789"
      }
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {}
}