def create_conversation(self, recipients, body, **kwargs):
from canvasapi.conversation import Conversation<EOL>kwargs['<STR_LIT>'] = recipients<EOL>kwargs['<STR_LIT:body>'] = body<EOL>response = self.__requester.request(<EOL>'<STR_LIT:POST>',<EOL>'<STR_LIT>',<EOL>_kwargs=combine_kwargs(**kwargs)<EOL>)<EOL>return [Conversation(self.__requester, convo) for convo in response.json()]<EOL>
Create a new Conversation.

:calls: `POST /api/v1/conversations \
<https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/conversations.html#method.conversations.create>`_

:param recipients: An array of recipient ids.
    These may be user ids or course/group ids prefixed
    with 'course\\_' or 'group\\_' respectively,
    e.g. recipients=['1', '2', 'course_3']
:type recipients: `list` of `str`
:param body: The body of the message being added.
:type body: `str`
:rtype: list of :class:`canvasapi.conversation.Conversation`