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    Article summary

    Get
    /api/v1/im.history

    Retrieves the message history from a direct message.

    Change Log

    VersionDescription
    0.75.0Added offset property
    0.48.0Added
    Header parameters
    X-Auth-Token
    stringRequired

    The authToken of the authenticated user.

    ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
    X-User-Id
    stringRequired

    The userId of the authenticated user.

    ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ
    Query parameters
    roomId
    stringRequired

    The room ID.

    Example6GFJ3tbmHiyHbahmC
    offset
    integer

    Number of items to "skip" in the query, i.e. requests return count items, skipping the first offset items.

    Example50
    count
    integer

    The number of items to return.

    Example50
    latest
    string

    The end of time range of messages to retrieve.

    Example2016-09-30T13:42:25.304Z
    oldest
    string

    The start of the time range of messages to retrieve.

    Example2016-05-30T13:42:25.304Z
    inclusive
    string

    Whether messages which land on the latest and oldest dates should be included.

    ExampleTrue
    unreads
    boolean

    Whether the number of unread messages should be included.

    Responses
    200

    OK

    Example 1
    {
      "messages": [
        {
          "_id": "AkzpHAvZpdnuchw2a",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "msg": "hi",
          "ts": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.555Z",
          "u": {
            "_id": "y65tAmHs93aDChMWu",
            "username": "testing"
          },
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.562Z"
        },
        {
          "_id": "vkLMxcctR4MuTxreF",
          "t": "uj",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "ts": "2016-12-08T15:41:37.730Z",
          "msg": "testing2",
          "u": {
            "_id": "bRtgdhzM6PD9F8pSx",
            "username": "testing2"
          },
          "groupable": false,
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-08T16:03:25.235Z"
        },
        {
          "_id": "bfRW658nEyEBg75rc",
          "t": "uj",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "ts": "2016-12-07T15:47:49.099Z",
          "msg": "testing",
          "u": {
            "_id": "nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK",
            "username": "testing1"
          },
          "groupable": false,
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-07T15:47:49.099Z"
        },
        {
          "_id": "pbuFiGadhRZTKouhB",
          "t": "uj",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "ts": "2016-12-06T17:57:38.635Z",
          "msg": "testing",
          "u": {
            "_id": "y65tAmHs93aDChMWu",
            "username": "testing"
          },
          "groupable": false,
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-06T17:57:38.635Z"
        }
      ],
      "success": true
    }
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    object
    messages
    Array of object
    object
    _id
    string
    rid
    string
    msg
    string
    ts
    string
    u
    object
    _id
    string
    username
    string
    _updatedAt
    string
    t
    string
    groupable
    boolean
    success
    boolean
    400

    Bad Request

    Example 1
    {
      "success": false,
      "error": "must have required property 'roomId' [invalid-params]",
      "errorType": "invalid-params"
    }
    Example 2
    {
      "success": false,
      "error": "[invalid-channel]",
      "errorType": "invalid-channel"
    }
    object
    success
    boolean
    error
    string
    errorType
    string
    401

    Unauthorized

    Authorization Error
    {
      "status": "error",
      "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
    }
    object
    status
    string
    message
    string

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