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title: ChatMessage
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ChatMessage object representing a message in a chat channel. Access message
ID, content, member info, channel, and timestamp properties.
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[chat-chatmember]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/chat/chat-member

Represents a message in a chat.

## Constructors

### constructor

• **new ChatMessage**(`payload`)

#### Parameters

| Name      | Type          |
| :-------- | :------------ |
| `payload` | `ChatMessage` |

## Properties

### channel

The channel in which this message was sent.

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

**Returns:** `string`

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### content

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

#### Returns

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

**Returns:** `any`

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### id

The id of this message.

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

**Returns:** `string`

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### member

The member which sent this message.

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

**Returns:** [`ChatMember`][chat-chatmember]

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### meta

Any metadata associated to this message.

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

**Returns:** `any`

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### publishedAt

The date and time at which this message was published.

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

**Returns:** `Date`