Get Message

Get CometChat message details by message ID with REST API, including sender, receiver, category, type, and metadata.

GET /messages/{id}

Get Message

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id} \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}"

headers = {"apikey": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {apikey: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1",
    "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-3_user_cometchat-uid-5",
    "sender": "cometchat-uid-3",
    "receiverType": "user",
    "receiver": "cometchat-uid-5",
    "category": "message",
    "type": "text",
    "data": {
      "text": "test     hello",
      "metadata": {
        "key1": "val1"
      },
      "entities": {
        "sender": {
          "entity": {
            "uid": "cometchat-uid-3",
            "name": "Nancy Grace",
            "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/users/cometchat-uid-3.webp",
            "status": "offline",
            "role": "default",
            "createdAt": 1638361550
          },
          "entityType": "user"
        },
        "receiver": {
          "entity": {
            "uid": "cometchat-uid-5",
            "name": "John Paul",
            "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/users/cometchat-uid-5.webp",
            "status": "offline",
            "role": "default",
            "createdAt": 1638361550,
            "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-3_user_cometchat-uid-5"
          },
          "entityType": "user"
        }
      }
    },
    "sentAt": 1638423490,
    "updatedAt": 1638423490
  }
}

For the complete error reference, see Error Guide.

Authorizations

apikey · string · header · required

API Key with fullAccess scope(i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Headers

onBehalfOf · string

UID of the user on whose behalf the action is performed.

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Id of the message whose details are to be fetched.

Response

200 - application/json

Retreived Message

data · object