List messages in a chat

Article
02/27/2024

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

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).

Notes:

This API supports subscribing to changes (create, update, and delete) using change notifications. This allows callers to subscribe and get changes in real time. For details, see Get notifications for messages.

This API works differently in one or more national clouds. For details, see Implementation differences in national clouds.

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

Note

The ChatMessage.Read.Chat permission uses resource-specific consent.

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 aren't 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: 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/beta/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/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" };
});

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



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

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

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

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// 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"};
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let messages = await client.api('/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/messages')
	.version('beta')
	.orderby('createdDateTime desc')
	.top(2)
	.get();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\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();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Teams

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

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.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)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#chats('19%3A2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437%40thread.v2')/messages",
    "@odata.count": 2,
    "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/messages?$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": "19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2",
            "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": "19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2",
            "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/beta/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/messages/1615971548136/hostedContents/aWQ9eF8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNix0eXBlPTEsdXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vdXMtYXBpLmFzbS5za3lwZS5jb20vdjEvb2JqZWN0cy8wLXd1cy1kOS1lNTRmNjM1NWYxYmJkNGQ3ZTNmNGJhZmU4NTI5MTBmNi92aWV3cy9pbWdv/$value\" width=\"67\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; width:67px; height:63px\"></span></div></div></div>"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "mentions": [],
            "reactions": [],
            "messageHistory": []
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: 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/beta/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/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";
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta 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"

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

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

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// 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";
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let messages = await client.api('/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/messages')
	.version('beta')
	.filter('lastModifiedDateTime gt 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z and lastModifiedDateTime lt 2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z')
	.orderby('lastModifiedDateTime desc')
	.top(2)
	.get();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\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();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Teams

Get-MgBetaChatMessage -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"

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.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)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#chats('19%3A2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437%40thread.v2')/messages",
    "@odata.count": 2,
    "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/messages?$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": "19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2",
            "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": "19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2",
            "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/beta/chats/19:2da4c29f6d7041eca70b638b43d45437@thread.v2/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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List messages in a chat

Permissions

HTTP request

Optional query parameters

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: List chat messages sorted by creation date

Request

Response

Example 2: List chat messages filtered by last modified date range

Request

Response

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