Message Others

Get
/api/v1/dm.messages.others

Retrieves the messages from any direct message in the server. For this method to work, navigate to Administration > Workspace > Settings > General > REST API > Enable Direct Message History Endpoint and enable it.

Permission required: view-room-administration.

Change Log

Version Description
0.50.0 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
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. 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
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.

query

This parameter allows you to use MongoDB query operators to search for specific data. For example, to query users with a name that contains the letter "g": query={ "name": { "$regex": "g" }}. Refer to the official documentation to learn more.

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.

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": "This endpoint is disabled [error-endpoint-disabled]",
  "errorType": "error-endpoint-disabled",
  "details": {
    "route": "/api/v1/dm.messages.others"
  }
}
Example 2
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The parameter \"roomId\" is required [error-roomid-param-not-provided]",
  "errorType": "error-roomid-param-not-provided"
}
Example 3
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "No direct message room found by the id of: john [error-room-not-found]",
  "errorType": "error-room-not-found"
}
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object
success
boolean
error
string
errorType
string
details
object
route
string
401

Unauthorized

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