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

HTTP

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

HTTP

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.

HTTP

msgraph

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

C#

C#

// 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["{chatMessage-id}"].GetAsync();

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

CLI

Bash

mgc chats messages get --chat-id {chat-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id}

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

Go

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// 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().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").get();

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

JavaScript

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let chatMessage = await client.api('/chats/19:8ea0e38b-efb3-4757-924a-5f94061cf8c2_97f62344-57dc-409c-88ad-c4af14158ff5@unq.gbl.spaces/messages/1612289992105')
	.get();

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

PHP

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


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

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

PowerShell

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId

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

Python

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

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

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.chatId identifies the chat that contains this message.

HTTP

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.

HTTP

msgraph

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages/1614618259349

C#

C#

// 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.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].GetAsync();

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

CLI

Bash

mgc teams channels messages get --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id}

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

Go

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
messages, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage result = graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").get();

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

JavaScript

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let chatMessage = await client.api('/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages/1614618259349')
	.get();

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

PHP

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->byChatMessageId('chatMessage-id')->get()->wait();

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

PowerShell

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgTeamChannelMessage -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId

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

Python

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').get()

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.channelIdentity identifies the team and channel that contains this message.

HTTP

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/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/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": "19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [],
    "messageHistory": []
}

Example 3: Get reply to a message in a channel

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

msgraph

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages/1612509044972/replies/1613671348387

C#

C#

// 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.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].Replies["{chatMessage-id1}"].GetAsync();

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

CLI

Bash

mgc teams channels messages replies get --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id} --chat-message-id1 {chatMessage-id1}

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

Go

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
replies, err := graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Replies().ByChatMessageId1("chatMessage-id1").Get(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage result = graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").replies().byChatMessageId1("{chatMessage-id1}").get();

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

JavaScript

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let chatMessage = await client.api('/teams/fbe2bf47-16c8-47cf-b4a5-4b9b187c508b/channels/19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2/messages/1612509044972/replies/1613671348387')
	.get();

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

PHP

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


$result = $graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->byChatMessageId('chatMessage-id')->replies()->byChatMessageId1('chatMessage-id1')->get()->wait();

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

PowerShell

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgTeamChannelMessageReply -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId -ChatMessageId1 $chatMessageId1

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

Python

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').replies.by_chat_message_id1('chatMessage-id1').get()

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.replyToId contains the id of the root message.

HTTP

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": "19:4a95f7d8db4c4e7fae857bcebe0623e6@thread.tacv2"
    },
    "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.

HTTP

msgraph

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:bcf84b15c2994a909770f7d05bc4fe16@thread.v2/messages/1706763669648

C#

C#

// 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["{chatMessage-id}"].GetAsync();

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

CLI

Bash

mgc chats messages get --chat-id {chat-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id}

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

Go

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// 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().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").get();

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

JavaScript

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let chatMessage = await client.api('/chats/19:bcf84b15c2994a909770f7d05bc4fe16@thread.v2/messages/1706763669648')
	.get();

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

PHP

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


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

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

PowerShell

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId

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

Python

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

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

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. 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

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:bcf84b15c2994a909770f7d05bc4fe16@thread.v2",
    "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:bcf84b15c2994a909770f7d05bc4fe16@thread.v2/messages/1706638496169/hostedContents/aWQ9LHR5cGU9MSx1cmw9aHR0cHM6Ly91cy1jYW5hcnkuYXN5bmNndy50ZWFtcy5taWNyb3NvZnQuY29tL3YxL29iamVjdHMvMC13dXMtZDItN2I1ZGRkZDZkZWMwM2RjMjA1ODFjY2RhMTUyYTJlMzgvdmlld3MvaW1ndDJfYW5pbQ==/$value\"></customemoji></p>"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": [
        {
            "reactionType": "💯",
            "displayName": "Hundred points",
            "reactionContentUrl": null,
            "createdDateTime": "2024-02-14T22:07:36.3Z",
            "user": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": {
                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.teamworkUserIdentity",
                    "id": "670374fa-3b0e-4a3b-9d33-0e1bc5ff1956",
                    "displayName": null,
                    "userIdentityType": "aadUser"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "reactionType": "custom",
            "displayName": "microsoft_teams",
            "reactionContentUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:bcf84b15c2994a909770f7d05bc4fe16@thread.v2/messages/1706763669648/hostedContents/aWQ9MC13dXMtZDExLTc3ZmI2NmY4MTMwMGI2OGEzYzRkOWUyNmU1YTc5ZmMyLHR5cGU9MSx1cmw9/$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"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Example 5: Get a chat message with an @mention for everyone

The following example shows a request to get a chat message that @mentions everyone in a group chat.

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

msgraph

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:80a7ff67c0ef43c19d88a7638be436b1@thread.v2/messages/1725986575123

C#

C#

// 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["{chatMessage-id}"].GetAsync();

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

CLI

Bash

mgc chats messages get --chat-id {chat-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id}

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

Go

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// 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().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").get();

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

JavaScript

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let chatMessage = await client.api('/chats/19:80a7ff67c0ef43c19d88a7638be436b1@thread.v2/messages/1725986575123')
	.get();

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

PHP

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


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

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

PowerShell

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId

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

Python

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

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

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. The message body contains an @mention for everyone in a group chat that is represented by the <at></at> tag. The conversationIdentityType property is set to chat in the conversation identity of the mentioned object.

HTTP

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3Ae2ed97baac8e4bffbb91299a38996790%40thread.v2')/messages/$entity",
    "@microsoft.graph.tips": "Use $select to choose only the properties your app needs, as this can lead to performance improvements. For example: GET chats('<key>')/messages('<key>')?$select=attachments,body",
    "id": "1727903166936",
    "replyToId": null,
    "etag": "1727903166936",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2024-10-02T21:06:06.936Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-02T21:06:06.936Z",
    "lastEditedDateTime": null,
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "subject": null,
    "summary": null,
    "chatId": "19:80a7ff67c0ef43c19d88a7638be436b1@thread.v2",
    "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": "28c10244-4bad-4fda-993c-f332faef94f0",
            "displayName": "Adele Vance",
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser",
            "tenantId": "2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<p>Hi&nbsp;<at id=\"0\">Everyone</at></p>"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "mentions": [
        {
            "id": 0,
            "mentionText": "Everyone",
            "mentioned": {
                "application": null,
                "device": null,
                "user": null,
                "tag": null,
                "conversation": {
                    "id": "19:80a7ff67c0ef43c19d88a7638be436b1@thread.v2",
                    "displayName": "Everyone",
                    "conversationIdentityType": "chat"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "reactions": []
}

Example 6: Get a chat message with a forwarded message

The following example shows a request that gets a chat message with a forwarded message as an attachment.

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

msgraph

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:e2ed97baac8e4bffbb91299a38996790@thread.v2/messages/1727903166936

C#

C#

// 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["{chatMessage-id}"].GetAsync();

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

CLI

Bash

mgc chats messages get --chat-id {chat-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id}

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

Go

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// 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().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ChatMessage result = graphClient.chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").get();

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

JavaScript

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let chatMessage = await client.api('/chats/19:e2ed97baac8e4bffbb91299a38996790@thread.v2/messages/1727903166936')
	.get();

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

PHP

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


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

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

PowerShell

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams

Get-MgChatMessage -ChatId $chatId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId

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

Python

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

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

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. The message body contains a forwarded message as an attachment. The contentType for the forwarded message is identified as forwardedMessageReference. The original message that was forwarded is also available in the attachment content.

HTTP

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#chats('19%3Ae2ed97baac8e4bffbb91299a38996790%40thread.v2')/messages/$entity",
    "@microsoft.graph.tips": "Use $select to choose only the properties your app needs, as this can lead to performance improvements. For example: GET chats('<key>')/messages('<key>')?$select=attachments,body",
    "id": "1727903166936",
    "replyToId": null,
    "etag": "1727903166936",
    "messageType": "message",
    "createdDateTime": "2024-10-02T21:06:06.936Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-10-02T21:06:06.936Z",
    "lastEditedDateTime": null,
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "subject": null,
    "summary": null,
    "chatId": "19:e2ed97baac8e4bffbb91299a38996790@thread.v2",
    "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": "28c10244-4bad-4fda-993c-f332faef94f0",
            "displayName": null,
            "userIdentityType": "aadUser",
            "tenantId": "2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34"
        }
    },
    "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<attachment id=\"1727881360458\"></attachment>"
    },
    "attachments": [
        {
            "id": "1727881360458",
            "contentType": "forwardedMessageReference",
            "contentUrl": null,
            "content": "{\"originalMessageId\":\"1727881360458\",\"originalMessageContent\":\"\\n<p>hello</p>\\n\",\"originalConversationId\":\"19:97641583cf154265a237da28ebbde27a@thread.v2\",\"originalSentDateTime\":\"2024-10-02T15:02:40.458+00:00\",\"originalMessageSender\":{\"application\":null,\"device\":null,\"user\":{\"userIdentityType\":\"aadUser\",\"tenantId\":\"2432b57b-0abd-43db-aa7b-16eadd115d34\",\"id\":\"28c10244-4bad-4fda-993c-f332faef94f0\",\"displayName\":null}}}",
            "name": null,
            "thumbnailUrl": null,
            "teamsAppId": null
        }
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "reactions": []
}

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