Messages

This resource represents a message. A message is sent by an Internal User or Client in the Messages App of your portal. Every message is sent inside of a Message Channel. This API resource describes the metadata of the message object. The Messages App supports basic markdown-style formatting. Review the table below to see what exactly is supported. Note that we don’t yet support sending or retrieving files attached to messages.

Style	Input Example	Rendered Text
Bold	`Hi there`	Hi there
Italics	`Hey _friend_`	Hey friend
Strikethrough	`Hi ~~enemy~~ friend`	Hi ~~enemy~~ friend
Newline	`Hi\n friend`	Hi friend
Blockquote	`> I think therefore I am`	” I think therefore I am
Ordered List	`1. Apples \n1. Bananas \n 1. Oranges`	1. Apples 2. Bananas 3. Oranges
Unordered List	`* Apples \n* Bananas \n* Oranges`	• Apples • Bananas • Oranges
Link	`[Assembly](https://assembly.com)`	Assembly

Properties

id string The unique identifier for this item. createdAt string The date this item was created in RFC3339 format. object string The object type of this resource. senderId string The ID of the user that sent this message. channelId string The ID of the channel this message was sent in. text string The contents of the message exactly as it was input. isAttachmentIncluded boolean Indicates whether the message contains attachments. If a message has a link that is expanded as a preview in the UI, that is also considered an attachment.

Example Message Object

{
  "id": "fbd5a90b-5216-4230-bcd2-0d6a746aeb65",
  "object": "message",
  "senderId": "1dbb3e36-af70-4f41-89e6-6ddf9e2c62b5",
  "createdAt": "2023-08-07T15:11:13.549092588Z",
  "updatedAt": "2023-08-07T15:11:13.549092588Z",
  "channelId": "602f5afd-2a42-47a4-a5e0-c3db0adf966a",
  "isAttachmentIncluded": true,
  "text": "**Urgent**!\n My favorite portal is [Assembly](https://assembly.com). \n> Client portals are the way \n\n Because: \n* They are clean \n* They are easy to setup \n* They are a one stop shop"
}

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