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Channel History

Retrieves the messages from a channel.
URL
Requires Auth
HTTP Method
/api/v1/channels.history
yes
GET

Query Parameters

Argument
Example
Required
Description
roomId
ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX
Required
The channel's id
latest
2016-09-30T13:42:25.304Z
Optional Default: now
The end of time range of messages to retrieve
oldest
2016-05-30T13:42:25.304Z
Optional Default: n/a
The start of the time range of messages to retrieve
inclusive
true
Optional Default: false
Whether messages which land on latest and oldest should be included
offset
10
Optional Default: 0
The offset of the list messages to retrieve
count
100
Optional Default: 20
The amount of messages to retrieve
unreads
false
Optional Default: false
Whether the amount of unreads should be included.

Example Call

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

Example Result

{
"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

Version
Description
0.75.0
Added offset property
0.47.0
Added