Message

Specifications for message and file formats.

Message Schema

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The UUID assigned to the message automatically by the service when it is sent.
content	string	The content of the message.
timestamp	string	The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the message was sent.
channelId	string	The id of the channel the message is persisted to.
userId	string	The id of the user who sent the message.
parent	Message	The parent Message that this message is a direct reply to.
rootMessageId	string	The id of the root parent Message of the reply chain.
metadata	object	The custom object of metadata properties. The following keys have special functions when set and so should not be used for custom properties: sourceLanguageCode, targetLanguageCodes.
i18n	object	The internationalization object for storing translations of the message content. Has the following shape: { en: { content: "Hello" }, es: { content: "Hola" } }
files	array [File]	The list of File objects associated with the message that references files uploaded to the service.
actions	array	The array of custom items attached to the message via sendMessageAction.

File Schema

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The auto-generated unique id of the file created when it was uploaded.
channelId	string	The id of the channel the file was sent to.
name	string	The name of the file.
lastModified	integer	The last modified date of the file in Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
size	integer	The size of the file in bytes.
contentType	string	The content type of the file (i.e. image/jpeg).