Get Group Messages

Get
/api/v1/groups.messages

Lists all the messages in a private channel.

Changelog

Version Description
7.0.0 Added mentionIds, starredIds, pinned query parameters.
0.59.0 Added
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
string

The room ID. It is required if the roomName is not provided.

Exampledlpfuijw7ej
roomName
string

The room name. It is required if the roomId is not provided.

Examplegeneral
fields
string

This parameter accepts a JSON object with properties that have a value of 1 or 0 to include or exclude them in the response. For example, to only retrieve the usernames of users: fields={ "username": 1 }. Refer to the official documentation to learn more.

sort

List of fields to order by, and in which direction. This is a JSON object, with properties listed in desired order, with values of 1 for ascending, or -1 for descending. For example, {"value": -1, "_id": 1}. Refer to the official documentation to learn more.

offset
integer

Number of items to "skip" in the query, i.e. requests return count items, skipping the first offset items. Refer to the official documentation to learn more.

Example50
count
integer

The number of items to return. Refer to the official documentation to learn more.

Example50
mentionIds
string

Filter the messages where a user has been mentioned by the userId. For a set of userIds, use an array (["838ndhd79w", "dud0wu900"]).

Exampledud0wu900
starredIds
string

Filter the messages a user have starred by userId. For a set of userIds, use an array (["838ndhd79w", "dud0wu900"]).

Exampledud0wu900
pinned
boolean

Filter pinned messages.

ExampleTrue
Responses
200

OK

Success
{
  "messages": [
    {
      "_id": "CeXwh5eBbdrtvnqG6",
      "rid": "agh2Sucgb54RQ8dDo",
      "msg": "s",
      "ts": "2018-10-05T13:48:21.616Z",
      "u": {
        "_id": "KPkEYwKKBKZnEEPpt",
        "username": "marc.pow",
        "name": "Marc Pow"
      },
      "_updatedAt": "2018-10-05T13:48:49.535Z",
      "reactions": {
        ":frowning2:": {
          "usernames": [
            "marcos.defendi"
          ]
        }
      },
      "mentions": [],
      "channels": [],
      "starred": {
        "_id": "KPkEYwKKBKZnEEPpt"
      }
    },
    {
      "_id": "MrAeupRiF9TvhMesK",
      "t": "room_changed_privacy",
      "rid": "agh2Sucgb54RQ8dDo",
      "ts": "2018-10-05T00:11:16.998Z",
      "msg": "Private Group",
      "u": {
        "_id": "rocketchat.internal.admin.test",
        "username": "rocketchat.internal.admin.test"
      },
      "groupable": false,
      "_updatedAt": "2018-10-05T00:11:16.998Z"
    }
  ],
  "count": 2,
  "offset": 0,
  "total": 2,
  "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
name
string
_updatedAt
string
reactions
object
:frowning2:
object
usernames
Array of string
string
mentions
Array of object
object
channels
Array of object
object
starred
object
_id
string
t
string
groupable
boolean
count
integer
offset
integer
total
integer
success
boolean
401

Unauthorized

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