List messages in a chat

Article
04/04/2024

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Retrieve the list of messages in a chat.

This method supports federation. To list chat messages in application context, the request must be made from the tenant that the channel owner belongs to (represented by the tenantId property on the channel).

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Chat.Read	Chat.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	ChatMessage.Read.Chat	Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All, ChatMessage.ReadWriteSelected.Chat

HTTP request

GET /me/chats/{chat-id}/messages
GET /users/{user-id | user-principal-name}/chats/{chat-id}/messages
GET /chats/{chat-id}/messages

Optional query parameters

This method supports the following OData query parameters.

Name	Description
$top	Controls the number of items per response. Maximum allowed `$top` value is 50.
$orderby	Currently supports the lastModifiedDateTime (default) and createdDateTime properties in descending order. The ascending order is currently not supported.
$filter	Sets the date range filter for the lastModifiedDateTime and createdDateTime properties. The lastModifiedDateTime property supports the `gt` and `lt` operators. The createdDateTime property supports the `lt` operator. You can only filter results if the request URL contains the `$orderby` and `$filter` query parameters configured for the same property; otherwise, the `$filter` query option is ignored.

The other OData query parameters are not currently supported.

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of chatMessage objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Request without optional Prefer header

The following example shows a request. $top=2 is passed to retrieve two messages.

Request

The following example shows the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats["{chat-id}"].Messages.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Top = 2;
});



mgc chats messages list --chat-id {chat-id} --top "2"



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphchats "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/chats"
	  //other-imports
)


requestTop := int32(2)

requestParameters := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Top: &requestTop,
}
configuration := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Chats().ByChatId("chat-id").Messages().Get(context.Background(), configuration)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessageCollectionResponse result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.top = 2;
});


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let messages = await client.api('/chats/19:[email protected]/messages')
	.top(2)
	.get();


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Chats\Item\Messages\MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->top = 2;
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->byChatId('chat-id')->messages()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -Top 2


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.chats.item.messages.messages_request_builder import MessagesRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = MessagesRequestBuilder.MessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		top = 2,
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.chats.by_chat_id('chat-id').messages.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3A2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437%40thread.v2')/messages",
    "@odata.count": 3,
    "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2&$skiptoken=M2UyZDAwMDAwMDMxMzkzYTMyNjQ2MTM0NjMzMjM5NjYzNjY0MzczMDM0MzE2NTYzNjEzNzMwNjIzNjMzMzg2MjM0MzM2NDM0MzUzNDMzMzc0MDc0Njg3MjY1NjE2NDJlNzYzMjAxZThmYjY4M2Y3ODAxMDAwMDg4NjA5ODdhNzgwMTAwMDB8MTYxNjk2NDUwOTgzMg%3d%3d",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "1616964509832",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1616964509832",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-28T20:48:29.832Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-28T20:48:29.832Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "text",
                "content": "Hello world"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        },
        {
            "id": "1615971548136",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1615971548136",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-17T08:59:08.136Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-17T08:59:08.136Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "html",
                "content": "<div><div><div><span><img height=\"63\" src=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages/1615971548136/hostedContents/aWQ9eF8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNix0eXBlPTEsdXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vdXMtYXBpLmFzbS5za3lwZS5jb20vdjEvb2JqZWN0cy8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNi92aWV3cy9pbWdv/$value\" width=\"67\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:67px; height:63px\"></span></div></div></div>"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        },
        {
            "id": "1615943825123",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1615943825123",
            "messageType": "unknownFutureValue",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-1706:47:05.123Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-1706:47:05.123Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "from": null,
            "body": {
                "contentType": "html",
                "content": "<systemEventMessage/>"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": [],
            "eventDetail": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.chatRenamedEventMessageDetail",
                "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
                "chatDisplayName": "Graph Members",
                "initiator": {
                    "application": null,
                    "device": null,
                    "user": {
                        "id": "1fb8890f-423e-4154-8fbf-db6809bc8756",
                        "displayName": null,
                        "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: Request with optional Prefer header

The following example shows a request. $top=2 is passed to retrieve two messages.

Request

The following example shows the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2
Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats["{chat-id}"].Messages.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Top = 2;
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members");
});



mgc chats messages list --chat-id {chat-id} --top "2"



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphchats "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/chats"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members")


requestTop := int32(2)

requestParameters := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Top: &requestTop,
}
configuration := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Chats().ByChatId("chat-id").Messages().Get(context.Background(), configuration)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessageCollectionResponse result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.top = 2;
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members");
});


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let messages = await client.api('/chats/19:[email protected]/messages')
	.header('Prefer','include-unknown-enum-members')
	.top(2)
	.get();


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Chats\Item\Messages\MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'include-unknown-enum-members',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;

$queryParameters = MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->top = 2;
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->byChatId('chat-id')->messages()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -Top 2


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.chats.item.messages.messages_request_builder import MessagesRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = MessagesRequestBuilder.MessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		top = 2,
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members")


result = await graph_client.chats.by_chat_id('chat-id').messages.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Response

The following is an example of the response when Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members is provided in the request header.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3A2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437%40thread.v2')/messages",
    "@odata.count": 3,
    "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2&$skiptoken=M2UyZDAwMDAwMDMxMzkzYTMyNjQ2MTM0NjMzMjM5NjYzNjY0MzczMDM0MzE2NTYzNjEzNzMwNjIzNjMzMzg2MjM0MzM2NDM0MzUzNDMzMzc0MDc0Njg3MjY1NjE2NDJlNzYzMjAxZThmYjY4M2Y3ODAxMDAwMDg4NjA5ODdhNzgwMTAwMDB8MTYxNjk2NDUwOTgzMg%3d%3d",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "1616964509832",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1616964509832",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-28T20:48:29.832Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-28T20:48:29.832Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "text",
                "content": "Hello world"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        },
        {
            "id": "1615971548136",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1615971548136",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-17T08:59:08.136Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-17T08:59:08.136Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "html",
                "content": "<div><div><div><span><img height=\"63\" src=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages/1615971548136/hostedContents/aWQ9eF8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNix0eXBlPTEsdXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vdXMtYXBpLmFzbS5za3lwZS5jb20vdjEvb2JqZWN0cy8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNi92aWV3cy9pbWdv/$value\" width=\"67\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:67px; height:63px\"></span></div></div></div>"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        },
        {
            "id": "1615943825123",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1615943825123",
            "messageType": "systemEventMessage",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-1706:47:05.123Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-1706:47:05.123Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "from": null,
            "body": {
                "contentType": "html",
                "content": "<systemEventMessage/>"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": [],
            "eventDetail": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.chatRenamedEventMessageDetail",
                "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
                "chatDisplayName": "Graph Members",
                "initiator": {
                    "application": null,
                    "device": null,
                    "user": {
                        "id": "1fb8890f-423e-4154-8fbf-db6809bc8756",
                        "displayName": null,
                        "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Example 3: List chat messages sorted by creation date

The following example shows a request that lists the top two messages ($top=2) and sorts them by the createdDateTime property ($orderby=createdDateTime).

Request

The following example shows the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2&$orderby=createdDateTime desc


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats["{chat-id}"].Messages.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Top = 2;
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Orderby = new string []{ "createdDateTime desc" };
});



mgc chats messages list --chat-id {chat-id} --top "2" --orderby "createdDateTime desc"



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphchats "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/chats"
	  //other-imports
)


requestTop := int32(2)

requestParameters := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Top: &requestTop,
	Orderby: [] string {"createdDateTime desc"},
}
configuration := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Chats().ByChatId("chat-id").Messages().Get(context.Background(), configuration)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessageCollectionResponse result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.top = 2;
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.orderby = new String []{"createdDateTime desc"};
});


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let messages = await client.api('/chats/19:[email protected]/messages')
	.orderby('createdDateTime desc')
	.top(2)
	.get();


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Chats\Item\Messages\MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->top = 2;
$queryParameters->orderby = ["createdDateTime desc"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->byChatId('chat-id')->messages()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -Top 2 -Sort "createdDateTime desc"


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.chats.item.messages.messages_request_builder import MessagesRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = MessagesRequestBuilder.MessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		top = 2,
		orderby = ["createdDateTime desc"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.chats.by_chat_id('chat-id').messages.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3A2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437%40thread.v2')/messages",
    "@odata.count": 2,
    "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2&$skiptoken=M2UyZDAwMDAwMDMxMzkzYTMyNjQ2MTM0NjMzMjM5NjYzNjY0MzczMDM0MzE2NTYzNjEzNzMwNjIzNjMzMzg2MjM0MzM2NDM0MzUzNDMzMzc0MDc0Njg3MjY1NjE2NDJlNzYzMjAxZThmYjY4M2Y3ODAxMDAwMDg4NjA5ODdhNzgwMTAwMDB8MTYxNjk2NDUwOTgzMg%3d%3d",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "1616964509832",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1616964509832",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-28T20:48:29.832Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-28T20:48:29.832Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "onBehalfOf": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "text",
                "content": "Hello world"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        },
        {
            "id": "1615971548136",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1615971548136",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2021-03-17T08:59:08.136Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-17T08:59:08.136Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "onBehalfOf": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "html",
                "content": "<div><div><div><span><img height=\"63\" src=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages/1615971548136/hostedContents/aWQ9eF8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNix0eXBlPTEsdXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vdXMtYXBpLmFzbS5za3lwZS5jb20vdjEvb2JqZWN0cy8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNi92aWV3cy9pbWdv/$value\" width=\"67\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:67px; height:63px\"></span></div></div></div>"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        }
    ]
}

Example 4: List chat messages filtered by last modified date range

The following example shows a request that lists the top two messages ($top=2), sorts them in descending order by the lastModifiedDateTime property ($orderby=lastModifiedDateTime desc), and filters the results for a specific date range ($filter=lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z).

Request

The following example shows the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2&$orderby=lastModifiedDateTime desc&$filter=lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Chats["{chat-id}"].Messages.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Top = 2;
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Orderby = new string []{ "lastModifiedDateTime desc" };
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Filter = "lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z";
});



mgc chats messages list --chat-id {chat-id} --top "2" --filter "lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z" --orderby "lastModifiedDateTime desc"



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphchats "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/chats"
	  //other-imports
)


requestTop := int32(2)
requestFilter := "lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z"

requestParameters := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Top: &requestTop,
	Orderby: [] string {"lastModifiedDateTime desc"},
	Filter: &requestFilter,
}
configuration := &graphchats.ChatItemMessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Chats().ByChatId("chat-id").Messages().Get(context.Background(), configuration)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessageCollectionResponse result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.top = 2;
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.orderby = new String []{"lastModifiedDateTime desc"};
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.filter = "lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z";
});


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let messages = await client.api('/chats/19:[email protected]/messages')
	.filter('lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z')
	.orderby('lastModifiedDateTime desc')
	.top(2)
	.get();


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Chats\Item\Messages\MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = MessagesRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->top = 2;
$queryParameters->orderby = ["lastModifiedDateTime desc"];
$queryParameters->filter = "lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z";
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->byChatId('chat-id')->messages()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -Top 2 -Sort "lastModifiedDateTime desc" -Filter "lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z"


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.chats.item.messages.messages_request_builder import MessagesRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = MessagesRequestBuilder.MessagesRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		top = 2,
		orderby = ["lastModifiedDateTime desc"],
		filter = "lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z",
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.chats.by_chat_id('chat-id').messages.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3A2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437%40thread.v2')/messages",
    "@odata.count": 2,
    "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages?$top=2&$orderby=lastModifiedDateTime desc&$filter=lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z&$skiptoken=M2UyZDAwMDAwMDMxMzkzYTMyNjQ2MTM0NjMzMjM5NjYzNjY0MzczMDM0MzE2NTYzNjEzNzMwNjIzNjMzMzg2MjM0MzM2NDM0MzUzNDMzMzc0MDc0Njg3MjY1NjE2NDJlNzYzMjAxZThmYjY4M2Y3ODAxMDAwMDg4NjA5ODdhNzgwMTAwMDB8MTYxNjk2NDUwOTgzMg%3d%3d",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "1616964509832",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1616964509832",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "onBehalfOf": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "text",
                "content": "Hello world"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        },
        {
            "id": "1615971548136",
            "replyToId": null,
            "etag": "1615971548136",
            "messageType": "message",
            "createdDateTime": "2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z",
            "lastModifiedDateTime": "2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z",
            "lastEditedDateTime": null,
            "deletedDateTime": null,
            "subject": null,
            "summary": null,
            "chatId": "19:[email protected]",
            "importance": "normal",
            "locale": "en-us",
            "webUrl": null,
            "channelIdentity": null,
            "onBehalfOf": null,
            "policyViolation": null,
            "eventDetail": null,
            "from": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
                    "displayName": "Robin Kline",
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            },
            "body": {
                "contentType": "html",
                "content": "<div><div><div><span><img height=\"63\" src=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages/1615971548136/hostedContents/aWQ9eF8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNix0eXBlPTEsdXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vdXMtYXBpLmFzbS5za3lwZS5jb20vdjEvb2JqZWN0cy8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNi92aWV3cy9pbWdv/$value\" width=\"67\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:67px; height:63px\"></span></div></div></div>"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        }
    ]
}

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Example 1: Request without optional Prefer header

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Example 2: Request with optional Prefer header

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Example 3: List chat messages sorted by creation date

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