getMessages

getMessages(params): Promise<{ cursor: PagingCursor; messages: ChatMessageEntity[] }>

See PagingCursor documentation and ChatMessageEntity documentation for more details.

Returns the list of messages that were sent to the specified channel.

Parameters

params

objectRequired

Configuration object for getting messages

params.channel

stringRequired

Channel for which to retrieve the messages.

params.cursor

PagingCursor

Cursor for pagination. See PagingCursor for more details.

Returns

Promise<{ cursor: PagingCursor; messages: ChatMessageEntity[] }>

See PagingCursor documentation and ChatMessageEntity documentation for more details.

Example

1 const m = await chatClient.getMessages({ channel: "chan1" });
2 
3 m.messages.length; // 23
4 m.messages[0]; // the most recent message
5 m.messages[0].member; // the sender
6 m.messages[0].content; // the content
7 m.messages[0].meta; // the metadata (if any)
8 
9 m.cursor.next; // if not null, there are more messages.
10 
11 // Get the next page using the cursor
12 const next = await chatClient.getMessages({
13   channel: "chan1",
14   cursor: {
15     after: m.cursor.after,
16   },
17 });

1	const m = await chatClient.getMessages({ channel: "chan1" });
2
3	m.messages.length; // 23
4	m.messages[0]; // the most recent message
5	m.messages[0].member; // the sender
6	m.messages[0].content; // the content
7	m.messages[0].meta; // the metadata (if any)
8
9	m.cursor.next; // if not null, there are more messages.
10
11	// Get the next page using the cursor
12	const next = await chatClient.getMessages({
13	channel: "chan1",
14	cursor: {
15	after: m.cursor.after,
16	},
17	});