# Need new API to send direct message

**URL:** <https://forums.rocket.chat/t/need-new-api-to-send-direct-message/1882>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Created:** [August 24, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/need-new-api-to-send-direct-message/1882 "2018-08-24T12:37:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jamirkhanpathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@jamirkhanpathan](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/jamirkhanpathan)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/need-new-api-to-send-direct-message/1882/1 "2018-08-24T12:37:48Z")

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Hi Team,

Can we make the new API to send the direct message to particular user. I think currently there are no ways to send the direct message to the user through API.

Thanks,  
Jamirkhan Pathan

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**Author:** ![malicious-cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@malicious-cookie](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/malicious-cookie)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/need-new-api-to-send-direct-message/1882/2 "2018-08-28T23:16:27Z")

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Are you talking about [this](https://rocket.chat/docs/developer-guides/rest-api/im/create/)?