Get chatMessage in a channel or chat

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Retrieve a single message or a message reply in a channel or a chat.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permissions for channel

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) ChannelMessage.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application ChannelMessage.Read.Group, ChannelMessage.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All

Note: The Group.Read.All and Group.ReadWrite.All permissions are supported only for backward compatibility. We recommend that you update your solutions to use an alternative permission listed in the previous table and avoid using these permissions going forward.

Permissions for chat

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) Chat.Read, Chat.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All

Note

The ChannelMessage.Read.Group and ChatMessage.Read.Chat permissions use resource-specific consent.

HTTP request

Get message in a channel

GET /teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/messages/{message-id}
GET /teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/messages/{message-id}/replies/{reply-id}

Get message in a chat

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

Optional query parameters

This method doesn't support the OData query parameters to customize the response.

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 chatmessage object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get a message in a chat

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2_97f62344-57dc-409c-88ad-c4af14158ff5@unq.gbl.spaces/messages/1612289992105

Response

The following example shows the response.chatId identifies the chat that contains this message.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3A8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2_97f62344-57dc-409c-88ad-c4af14158ff5%40unq.gbl.spaces')/messages/$entity",
    "id": "1612289992105",
    "replyToId": null,
    "etag": "1612289992105",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-02-02T18:19:52.105Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-02-02T18:19:52.105Z",
    "lastEditedDateTime": null,
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "subject": null,
    "summary": null,
    "chatId": "19:8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2_97f62344-57dc-409c-88ad-c4af14158ff5@unq.gbl.spaces",
    "importance": "normal",
    "locale": "en-us",
    "webUrl": null,
    "channelIdentity": null,
    "policyViolation": null,
    "eventDetail": null,
    "from": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "conversation": null,
        "user": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
            "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
            "displayName": "Robin Kline",
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser",
            "tenantId": "e61ef81e-8bd8-476a-92e8-4a62f8426fca"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": "test"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [],
    "messageHistory": []
}

Example 2: Get a message in a channel

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:[email protected]/messages/1614618259349

Response

The following example shows the response.channelIdentity identifies the team and channel that contains this message.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b')/channels('19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2')/messages/$entity",
    "id": "1614618259349",
    "replyToId": null,
    "etag": "1614618259349",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-03-01T17:04:19.349Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-03-01T17:04:19.349Z",
    "lastEditedDateTime": null,
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "subject": null,
    "summary": null,
    "chatId": null,
    "importance": "normal",
    "locale": "en-us",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/message/19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2/1614618259349?groupId=fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b&tenantId=2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34&createdTime=1614618259349&parentMessageId=1614618259349",
    "policyViolation": null,
    "eventDetail": null,
    "from": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "conversation": null,
        "user": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
            "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
            "displayName": "Robin Kline",
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser",
            "tenantId": "e61ef81e-8bd8-476a-92e8-4a62f8426fca"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<div><div><div><span><img height=\"250\" src=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:[email protected]/messages/1614618259349/hostedContents/aWQ9eF8wLXd1cy1kOS1jZTI3NDkxOTIzMTJjYWI5NDczMWQwYTgzNTFjN2VhNSx0eXBlPTEsdXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vdXMtYXBpLmFzbS5za3lwZS5jb20vdjEvb2JqZWN0cy8wLXd1cy1kOS1jZTI3NDkxOTIzMTJjYWI5NDczMWQwYTgzNTFjN2VhNS92aWV3cy9pbWdv/$value\" width=\"424.6575342465753\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:424px; height:250px\"></span></div></div></div>"
    },
    "channelIdentity": {
        "teamId": "fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b",
        "channelId": "19:[email protected]"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [],
    "messageHistory": []
}

Example 3: Get reply to a message in a channel

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:[email protected]/messages/1612509044972/replies/1613671348387

Response

The following example shows the response.replyToId contains the id of the root message.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b')/channels('19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2')/messages('1612509044972')/replies/$entity",
    "id": "1613671348387",
    "replyToId": "1612509044972",
    "etag": "1613671348387",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-02-18T18:02:28.387Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-02-18T18:02:28.387Z",
    "lastEditedDateTime": null,
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "subject": null,
    "summary": null,
    "chatId": null,
    "importance": "normal",
    "locale": "en-us",
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/message/19%3A4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6%40thread.tacv2/1613671348387?groupId=fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b&tenantId=2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34&createdTime=1613671348387&parentMessageId=1612509044972",
    "policyViolation": null,
    "eventDetail": null,
    "from": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "conversation": null,
        "user": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
            "id": "8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2",
            "displayName": "Robin Kline",
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser",
            "tenantId": "e61ef81e-8bd8-476a-92e8-4a62f8426fca"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<div><div>Test</div></div>"
    },
    "channelIdentity": {
        "teamId": "fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b",
        "channelId": "19:[email protected]"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [],
    "messageHistory": []
}

Example 4: Get a chat message with custom emojis and reactions

The following example shows a request to get a chat message that contains custom emojis in the message body and includes custom reactions.

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages/1706763669648

Response

The following example shows the response. The message body contains a <customemoji></customemoji> tag, and the message includes a custom reaction indicated by "reactionType": "custom". You can access both custom emojis and reactions as content hosted within a chat message.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3Abcf84b15c2994a909770f7d05bc4fe16%40thread.v2')/messages/$entity",
    "id": "1706763669648",
    "replyToId": null,
    "etag": "1707948456260",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-01T05:01:09.648Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-02-14T22:07:36.26Z",
    "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": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
            "id": "670374fa-3b0e-4a3b-9d33-0e1bc5ff1956",
            "displayName": "Adele Vance",
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser",
            "tenantId": "2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<p>I am looking&nbsp;<emoji id=\"1f440_eyes\" alt=\"👀\" title=\"Eyes\"></emoji><customemoji id=\"dGVzdHNjOzAtd3VzLWQyLTdiNWRkZGQ2ZGVjMDNkYzIwNTgxY2NkYTE1MmEyZTM4\" alt=\"microsoft_teams\" source=\"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages/1706638496169/hostedContents/aWQ9LHR5cGU9MSx1cmw9aHR0cHM6Ly91cy1jYW5hcnkuYXN5bmNndy50ZWFtcy5taWNyb3NvZnQuY29tL3YxL29iamVjdHMvMC13dXMtZDItN2I1ZGRkZDZkZWMwM2RjMjA1ODFjY2RhMTUyYTJlMzgvdmlld3MvaW1ndDJfYW5pbQ==/$value\"></customemoji></p>"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [
        {
            "reactionType": "💯",
            "displayName": "Hundred points",
            "reactionContentUrl": null,
            "createdDateTime": "2024-02-14T22:07:36.3Z",
            "user": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
                    "id": "670374fa-3b0e-4a3b-9d33-0e1bc5ff1956",
                    "displayName": null,
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "reactionType": "custom",
            "displayName": "microsoft_teams",
            "reactionContentUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:[email protected]/messages/1706763669648/hostedContents/aWQ9MC13dXMtZDExLTc3ZmI2NmY4MTMwMGI2OGEzYzRkOWUyNmU1YTc5ZmMyLHR5cGU9MSx1cmw9/$value",
            "createdDateTime": "2024-02-14T22:07:02.288Z",
            "user": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
                    "id": "28c10244-4bad-4fda-993c-f332faef94f0",
                    "displayName": null,
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}