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# Retrieve a Message

GET https://YOUR_SPACE.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{Sid}

Retrieve a single message.

#### Permissions

The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: _Messaging_.

[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).

Reference: https://signalwire.com/docs/compatibility-api/rest/messages/retrieve-message

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — SignalWire Basic Authentication using Project ID and API Token. The client sends HTTP requests with the Authorization header containing the word Basic followed by a space and a base64-encoded string of project_id:token. The project ID will be used as the username and the API token as the password. Example: ``` Authorization: Basic base64(project_id:token) ```

## Request

### Path parameters

- `AccountSid` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the project that sent or received this message.
- `Sid` (string, required) — A unique ID that identifies this specific message.

## Response

### 200

The request has succeeded.

- `account_sid` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the project that sent or received this message.
- `api_version` (string, required) — The version number of the SignalWire cXML REST API used to handle this message.
- `body` (string, required, nullable) — The text of the message. Up to 1600 characters long. May be null if filtered for spam.
- `num_segments` (integer, required) — The number of segments that make up the entire message.
- `num_media` (integer, required) — The number of media files that were included with the message.
- `date_created` (string, required) — The date and time the message was created in RFC 2822 format.
- `date_sent` (string, required, nullable) — The date and time the message was sent in RFC 2822 format, or null if not yet sent.
- `date_updated` (string, required) — The date and time the message was last updated in RFC 2822 format.
- `direction` (enum, required) — The direction of the message.
  - Allowed values: `inbound`, `outbound-api`, `outbound-call`, `outbound-reply`
- `error_code` (string, required, nullable) — If an error has occurred on the message, the error code will give you a specific code, or null if no error.
- `error_message` (string, required, nullable) — A human readable description of the error that occurred, or null if no error.
- `from` (string, required) — The phone number in E.164 format that sent the message.
- `price` (float, required, nullable) — The cost of the individual message billed to your project, or null if not yet calculated.
- `price_unit` (string, required) — The currency in which `price` is charged as.
- `sid` (string, required) — A unique ID that identifies this specific message.
- `status` (enum, required) — Current status of the message.
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `initiated`, `sent`, `failed`, `delivered`, `undelivered`, `received`
- `to` (string, required) — The phone number in E.164 format that received the message.
- `messaging_service_sid` (string, required, nullable) — If a number group was used when sending an outbound message, the number group's ID will be present, or null otherwise.
- `uri` (string, required) — The URI of this particular message.
- `subresource_uris` (object, required) — The URIs for any subresources associated with this message.
  - `media` (string, required) — The URI for media.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "account_sid": "ea108133-d6b3-407c-9536-9fad8a929a6a",
  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
  "body": "Hello World!",
  "num_segments": 1,
  "num_media": 1,
  "date_created": "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:38:46 +0000",
  "date_sent": "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:38:46 +0000",
  "date_updated": "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:38:46 +0000",
  "direction": "inbound",
  "error_code": "30001",
  "error_message": "Queue overflow",
  "from": "+15551234567",
  "price": 0.005,
  "price_unit": "USD",
  "sid": "0a059168-ead0-41af-9d1f-343dae832527",
  "status": "queued",
  "to": "+15557654321",
  "messaging_service_sid": "b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472ms",
  "uri": "/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/ea108133-d6b3-407c-9536-9fad8a929a6a/Messages/0a059168-ead0-41af-9d1f-343dae832527.json",
  "subresource_uris": {
    "media": "/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/ea108133-d6b3-407c-9536-9fad8a929a6a/Messages/0a059168-ead0-41af-9d1f-343dae832527/Media.json"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid"

response = requests.get(url, auth=("<project_id>", "<api_token>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid';
const credentials = btoa("<project_id>:<api_token>");

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid")
  .basicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid', [
  'headers' => [
  ],
    'auth' => ['<project_id>', '<api_token>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<project_id>", "<api_token>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<project_id>:<api_token>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = ["Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Messages/Sid")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```