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# Create Vote

> Creates a new vote or updates an existing vote on a message

## Path Parameters

<ParamField path="chatId" type="string" required>
  Chat ID containing the message
</ParamField>

## Body Parameters

<ParamField body="chatId" type="string" required>
  Chat ID (must match path parameter)
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="messageId" type="string" required>
  Message ID to vote on
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="isUpvoted" type="boolean" required>
  Whether this is an upvote (true) or downvote (false)
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the vote was created or updated successfully
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  Success or error message
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="vote" type="object">
  The created or updated vote object
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url https://api.yourdomain.com/api/chats/chat_123abc/votes \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
      "chatId": "chat_123abc",
      "messageId": "msg_456def",
      "isUpvoted": true
    }'
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const response = await fetch('https://api.yourdomain.com/api/chats/chat_123abc/votes', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      chatId: "chat_123abc",
      messageId: "msg_456def",
      isUpvoted: true
    })
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.yourdomain.com/api/chats/chat_123abc/votes"
  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
  }
  payload = {
      "chatId": "chat_123abc",
      "messageId": "msg_456def",
      "isUpvoted": True
  }

  response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
  data = response.json()
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 - Created theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "message": "Vote created successfully",
    "vote": {
      "id": "vote_789xyz",
      "chatId": "chat_123abc",
      "messageId": "msg_456def",
      "isUpvoted": true,
      "createdAt": "2024-01-17T10:30:00Z"
    }
  }
  ```

  ```json 200 - Updated theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "message": "Vote updated successfully",
    "vote": {
      "id": "vote_789xyz",
      "chatId": "chat_123abc",
      "messageId": "msg_456def",
      "isUpvoted": false,
      "updatedAt": "2024-01-17T11:30:00Z"
    }
  }
  ```

  ```json 401 - Unauthorized theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "message": "Unauthorized"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

## Notes

* If a vote already exists for the message, it will be updated with the new value
* Each user can have only one vote per message
* Changing from upvote to downvote (or vice versa) updates the existing vote