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$ curl https://api.intercom.io/messages \
-X POST \
-H 'Authorization:Bearer <Your access token>' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d

{
  "message_type": "email",
  "subject": "Hey",
  "body": "Ponies, cute small horses or something more sinister?",
  "template": "plain",
  "from": {
    "type": "admin",
    "id": "394051"
  },
  "to": {
    "type": "user",
    "id": "536e564f316c83104c000020"
  }
}

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "type": "admin_message",
  "id": "2001",
  "created_at": 1401916877,
  "message_type": "email",
  "subject" : "Hey",
  "body" : "Ponies, cute small horses or something more sinister?",
  "template": "plain",
  "owner": {
    "email": "email@example.com",
    "id": "394051",
    "name": "Wash",
    "type": "admin"
  }
}

intercom.messages.create(
  :message_type => 'email',
  :subject  => 'This Land',
  :body     => "Har har har! Mine is an evil laugh!",
  :template => "plain", # or "personal",
  :from => {
    :type => "admin",
    :id   => "394051"
  },
  :to => {
    :type => "user",
    :id => "536e564f316c83104c000020"
  }
)

<?php
$intercom->messages->create([
    "message_type" => "email",
    "subject" => "Plato Quote",
    "body" => "And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul?",
    "from" => [
        "type" => "admin",
        "id" => "814860"
    ],
    "to" => [
        "type" => "user",
        "email" => "socrates@email.com"
    ]
]);
?>

User user = new User()
  .setId("5310d8e8598c9a0b24000005");
Admin admin = new Admin()
  .setId("394051");
AdminMessage adminMessage = new AdminMessage()
  .setAdmin(admin)
  .setUser(user)
  .setSubject("This Land")
  .setBody("Har har har! Mine is an evil laugh!")
  .setMessageType("email")
  .setTemplate("plain"); // or personal
Conversation.create(adminMessage);