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    Article summary

    Get
    /api/v1/channels.history

    Retrieves the history of a channel.

    Changelog

    VersionDescription
    0.75.0Added offset property
    0.47.0Added
    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
    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
    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}

    count
    integer

    The number of items to return.

    Example50
    offset
    integer

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

    Example50
    latest
    string

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

    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
    boolean

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

    ExampleTrue
    showThreadMessages
    boolean

    Whether thread messages should be included in the response

    ExampleTrue
    unreads
    boolean

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

    ExampleFalse
    Responses
    200

    OK

    Example
    {
      "messages": [
        {
          "_id": "AkzpHAvZpdnuchw2a",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "msg": "hi",
          "ts": "2016-12-09T12:50:51Z",
          "u": {
            "_id": "y65tAmHs93aDChMWu",
            "username": "testing"
          },
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-09T12:50:51Z"
        },
        {
          "_id": "vkLMxcctR4MuTxreF",
          "t": "uj",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "ts": "2016-12-08T03:41:37Z",
          "msg": "testing2",
          "u": {
            "_id": "bRtgdhzM6PD9F8pSx",
            "username": "testing2"
          },
          "groupable": false,
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-08T04:03:25Z"
        },
        {
          "_id": "bfRW658nEyEBg75rc",
          "t": "uj",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "ts": "2016-12-07T03:47:49Z",
          "msg": "testing",
          "u": {
            "_id": "nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK",
            "username": "testing1"
          },
          "groupable": false,
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-07T03:47:49Z"
        },
        {
          "_id": "pbuFiGadhRZTKouhB",
          "t": "uj",
          "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
          "ts": "2016-12-06T05:57:38Z",
          "msg": "testing",
          "u": {
            "_id": "y65tAmHs93aDChMWu",
            "username": "testing"
          },
          "groupable": false,
          "_updatedAt": "2016-12-06T05:57:38Z"
        }
      ],
      "success": true
    }
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    object
    files
    Array of object
    object
    _id
    string
    name
    string
    size
    integer
    type
    string
    rid
    string
    userId
    string
    store
    string
    _updatedAt
    string
    identify
    object
    format
    string
    size
    object
    width
    integer
    height
    integer
    complete
    boolean
    etag
    string
    path
    string
    progress
    integer
    token
    string
    uploadedAt
    string
    uploading
    boolean
    url
    string
    typeGroup
    string
    user
    object
    _id
    string
    username
    string
    name
    string
    count
    integer
    offset
    integer
    total
    integer
    success
    boolean

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