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title: ChatMessage
slug: /js/reference/chat/chat-message
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Represents a message in a chat.

## Constructors

### constructor

• **new ChatMessage**(`payload`)

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="payload" type="ChatMessage" required={true}>
  Chat message payload
</ParamField>

## Properties

### channel

Accesses the channel in which this message was sent.

**Syntax:** `ChatMessage.channel()`

**Returns:** `string`

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### content

Accesses the content of this message. This can be any JSON-serializable object or value.

**Syntax:** `ChatMessage.content()`

**Returns:** `string`

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### id

Accesses the id of this message.

**Syntax:** `ChatMessage.id()`

**Returns:** `string`

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### member

Accesses the member which sent this message.

**Syntax:** `ChatMessage.member()`

**Returns:** [`ChatMember`](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/chat/chat-member)

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### meta

Accesses any metadata associated with this message.

**Syntax:** `ChatMessage.meta()`

**Returns:** `any`

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### publishedAt

Accesses the date and time at which this message was published.

**Syntax:** `ChatMessage.publishedAt()`

**Returns:** `Date`