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postMessage

Posts a new message to the chat and renders it. The message will be automatically associated with the current user (specified by authorId) and timestamped.

Parameters

message String|Object

The message text or message object to post.

Returns

Object - The posted message data object.

Example 

<div id="chat"></div> <script> let messagesData = [ { id: 1, text: "Welcome! Feel free to ask any questions.", authorId: "support", authorName: "Support Agent", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/RICSU.jpg", timestamp: new Date(2026, 0, 1, 9, 0) } ]; let chat = $("#chat").kendoChat({ authorId: "customer", dataSource: messagesData }).data("kendoChat"); // Post a simple text message chat.postMessage({ text: "Thank you for the welcome!", authorName: "Tom" }); // Post a message object with additional properties setTimeout(function() { chat.postMessage({ authorId: "support", text: "I have a question about your services:", files: [{ name: "inquiry.pdf", size: 12345, extension: "pdf" }] }); }, 2000); </script>
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