Post a SharePoint Newsfeed

postandgetspfeed.js

var feedManagerEndpoint;

// Get the SPAppWebUrl parameter from the query string and build
// the feed manager endpoint.
$(document).ready(function () {
    var appweburl;
    var params = document.URL.split("?")[1].split("&");
    for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i = i + 1) {
        var param = params[i].split("=");
        if (param[0] === "SPAppWebUrl") appweburl = param[1];
    }
    feedManagerEndpoint = decodeURIComponent(appweburl)+ "/_api/social.feed";
    postToMyFeed();
});

// Publish a post to the current user's feed by using the 
// "<app web URL>/_api/social.feed/my/Feed/Post" endpoint.
function postToMyFeed() {
    $.ajax( {
        url: feedManagerEndpoint + "/my/Feed/Post",
        type: "POST",
        data: JSON.stringify( { 
            'restCreationData':{
                '__metadata':{ 
                    'type':'SP.Social.SocialRestPostCreationData'
                },
                'ID':null, 
                'creationData':{ 
                    '__metadata':{ 
                        'type':'SP.Social.SocialPostCreationData'
                    },
                'ContentText':'This post was published using REST.',
                'UpdateStatusText':false
                } 
            } 
        }),
        headers: { 
            "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
            "content-type":"application/json;odata=verbose",
            "X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val()
        },
        success: getMyFeed,
        error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) { 
            alert("POST error:\n" + xhr.status + "\n" + thrownError);
        }
    });
}

// Get the current user's feed by using the 
// "<app web URL>/_api/social.feed/my/Feed" endpoint.
function getMyFeed() {
    $.ajax( {
        url: feedManagerEndpoint + "/my/Feed",
        headers: { 
            "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose"
        },
        success: feedRetrieved,
        error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) { 
            alert("GET error:\n" + xhr.status + "\n" + thrownError);
        }
    });    
}

// Parse the JSON data and iterate through the feed.
function feedRetrieved(data) {
    var stringData = JSON.stringify(data);
    var jsonObject = JSON.parse(stringData); 
 
    var feed = jsonObject.d.SocialFeed.Threads; 
    var threads = feed.results;
    var feedContent = "";
    for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
        var thread = threads[i];
        var participants = thread.Actors;
        var owner = participants.results[thread.OwnerIndex].Name;
        feedContent += '<p>' + owner + 
            ' said "' + thread.RootPost.Text + '"</p>';
    }  
    $("#message").html(feedContent); 
}