Get Channel History

Retrieves the history of a channel.

HTTP MethodURLRequires Auth

GET

/api/v1/channels.history

Query Parameters

This endpoint supports the Pagination parameters.

KeyExample ValueDescription

roomId* or roomName*

ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX or general

The channel ID or name. You must enter at least one of these parameters.

latest

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The end of time range of messages to retrieve. The default value is the current date and time.

oldest

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The start of the time range of messages to retrieve

inclusive

true

Whether messages which land on the latest and oldest dates should be included. The default value is false.

unreads

false

Whether the number of unread messages should be included. The default value is false.

showThreadMessages

true

Whether thread messages should be included in the response.

Example Call

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     https://localhost:3000/api/v1/channels.history?roomId=ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX

Example Response

{
  "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
}

Change Log

VersionDescription

0.75.0

Added offset property

0.47.0

Added

Last updated

Rocket.Chat versions receive support for six months after release.