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id: d75e68e2-c60e-456c-a2b8-8128ab9db53a
title: publish
slug: /node/reference/chat/client/publish
description: publish method for the Client class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### publish

* **publish**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Publish a message into the specified channel.

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object" required>
  Object containing the parameters of the method.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="channel" type="string" required>
    Channel in which to send the message.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="content" type="any" required>
    The message to send. This can be any JSON-serializable object or value.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="meta" type="Record<any, any>">
    Metadata associated with the message. There are no requirements on the content of metadata.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Examples

Publishing a message as a string:

```js
import { SignalWire } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" })

const chatClient = client.chat;

await chatClient.publish({
  channel: "my-channel",
  content: "Hello, world."
});
```

Publishing a message as an object:

```js
import { SignalWire } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" })

const chatClient = client.chat;

await chatClient.publish({
  channel: "my-channel",
  content: {
    field_one: "value_one",
    field_two: "value_two"
  }
});
```