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Cannot insert FeedItem to a Chatter Group

I am using Java with the SOAP api to transfer Chatter records.  I cannot post messages to existing Chatter groups.

 

The code below is simple Java code that tries to create a new FeedItem, add it to a group and insert the record.  I have confirmed that the userID is correct, the groupId is correct AND the user belongs to the group.  The user account I am using to do the transfer has the "Manage Chatter Messages" enabled.  I am using API v 25.

 

Why is my attempt to post to a group failing?

 

The error message I get is: The Insert failed because: insufficient access rights on cross-reference id

 

		String userID = "005E0000001JywAIAS";
		String groupId = "0F9E0000000Tp2mKAC";
		FeedItem newFeed = new FeedItem();
		Calendar greg = Calendar.getInstance();
		greg.add(Calendar.HOUR, -48);
		
		//newFeed.setId(feed.getId());
		newFeed.setBody("Faked ITEM GROUP test");
		newFeed.setParentId(groupId);
		newFeed.setCreatedDate(greg);
		newFeed.setCreatedById(userID);
		
		List<FeedItem> list = new ArrayList<FeedItem>();
		list.add(newFeed);
		loginCentral();
		SObject[] objs = new SObject[1];
		objs[0]=newFeed;
		uploadRecords(objs);

		logout();

 

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
Jia HuJia Hu
Your User must be the member of this Group first.

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Jia HuJia Hu
Your User must be the member of this Group first.
This was selected as the best answer
Haris Osmanagic, B&HHaris Osmanagic, B&H
@Jia Hu:

Even when the user is part of the group, the above code doesn't create a new feed item. I was using the following:
  
String userID = "user id";
String groupId = "group id";
FeedItem newFeed = new FeedItem();
Calendar greg = Calendar.getInstance();
greg.add(Calendar.HOUR, -48);

// newFeed.setId(feed.getId());
newFeed.setBody("Faked ITEM GROUP test");
newFeed.setParentId(groupId);
newFeed.setCreatedDate(greg);
newFeed.setCreatedById(userID);
com.sforce.soap.enterprise.sobject.SObject[] objects = { newFeed };
SaveResult res = eConn().create(objects)[0];
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(res.getErrors()));