Update Message
zulip.update_message
ActionChat & messagingconnection required
Calls the Zulip API with the connection's credentials.
Edit a message's content, change its topic, or move it to another channel.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- Username & password
- Providers
- Zulip
- Secret shape
- {"email": "…", "api_key": "…"} — HTTP Basic, email as the username
- Config it needs
- base_url
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
5 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
message_id The message to act on, as returned by zulip.send_message or zulip.get_messages. | string | Yes | — | — | 42 |
content Replacement body for the message, in Zulip's Markdown format. | string | No | — | — | Deploy finished — release 2026.09 is live (edited). |
topic A new topic for the message, within its channel. | string | No | — | — | deploys |
stream_id Id of the channel to move the message to. | string | No | — | — | 2 |
propagate_mode Whether a topic or channel change applies to this message only, to it and later ones, or to the whole topic. | string | No | change_one | one of "change_one", "change_later", "change_all" | — |
- At least one of content, topic, stream_id must be set.
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"content": "Deploy finished — release 2026.09 is live (edited).",
"message_id": "42",
"propagate_mode": "change_one",
"stream_id": "2",
"topic": "deploys"
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
message_id The message that was updated. | number | — |
result Zulip's result field. | string | — |
detached_uploads Uploads the edit left with no message. | array | — |
{
"detached_uploads": [],
"message_id": 0,
"result": ""
}See Update Message run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Zulip connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.