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Messages

Messages are individual communications within a chat thread.

Messages can include text, media attachments, rich link previews, special effects (like confetti or fireworks), and reactions. All messages are associated with a specific chat and sent from a phone number you own.

Messages support delivery status tracking, read receipts, and editing capabilities.

Send a URL as a link part to deliver it with a rich preview card showing the page’s title, description, and image (when available). A link part must be the only part in the message — it cannot be combined with text or media parts. To send a URL without a preview card, include it in a text part instead.

Limitations:

  • A link part cannot be combined with other parts in the same message.
  • Maximum URL length: 2,048 characters.
Get all messages in a thread
GET/v3/messages/{messageId}/thread
Get a message by ID
GET/v3/messages/{messageId}
Delete a message from system
DELETE/v3/messages/{messageId}
Add or remove a reaction to a message
POST/v3/messages/{messageId}/reactions
Edit the content of a message part
PATCH/v3/messages/{messageId}
ModelsExpand Collapse
Message object { id, chat_id, created_at, 14 more }
id: string

Unique identifier for the message

formatuuid
chat_id: string

ID of the chat this message belongs to

formatuuid
created_at: string

When the message was created

formatdate-time
is_delivered: boolean

Whether the message has been delivered

is_from_me: boolean

Whether this message was sent by the authenticated user

is_read: boolean

Whether the message has been read

updated_at: string

When the message was last updated

formatdate-time
delivered_at: optional string

When the message was delivered

formatdate-time
effect: optional MessageEffect { name, type }

iMessage effect applied to a message (screen or bubble effect)

name: optional string

Name of the effect. Common values:

  • Screen effects: confetti, fireworks, lasers, sparkles, celebration, hearts, love, balloons, happy_birthday, echo, spotlight
  • Bubble effects: slam, loud, gentle, invisible
type: optional "screen" or "bubble"

Type of effect

One of the following:
"screen"
"bubble"
Deprecatedfrom: optional string

DEPRECATED: Use from_handle instead. Phone number of the message sender.

from_handle: optional ChatHandle { id, handle, joined_at, 4 more }

The sender of this message as a full handle object

id: string

Unique identifier for this handle

formatuuid
handle: string

Phone number (E.164) or email address of the participant

joined_at: string

When this participant joined the chat

formatdate-time
service: ServiceType

Messaging service type

One of the following:
"iMessage"
"SMS"
"RCS"
is_me: optional boolean

Whether this handle belongs to the sender (your phone number)

left_at: optional string

When they left (if applicable)

formatdate-time
status: optional "active" or "left" or "removed"

Participant status

One of the following:
"active"
"left"
"removed"
parts: optional array of TextPartResponse { reactions, type, value, text_decorations } or MediaPartResponse { id, filename, mime_type, 4 more } or LinkPartResponse { reactions, type, value }

Message parts in order (text, media, and link)

One of the following:
TextPartResponse object { reactions, type, value, text_decorations }

A text message part

reactions: array of Reaction { handle, is_me, type, 2 more }

Reactions on this message part

handle: ChatHandle { id, handle, joined_at, 4 more }
id: string

Unique identifier for this handle

formatuuid
handle: string

Phone number (E.164) or email address of the participant

joined_at: string

When this participant joined the chat

formatdate-time
service: ServiceType

Messaging service type

One of the following:
"iMessage"
"SMS"
"RCS"
is_me: optional boolean

Whether this handle belongs to the sender (your phone number)

left_at: optional string

When they left (if applicable)

formatdate-time
status: optional "active" or "left" or "removed"

Participant status

One of the following:
"active"
"left"
"removed"
is_me: boolean

Whether this reaction is from the current user

type: ReactionType

Type of reaction. Standard iMessage tapbacks are love, like, dislike, laugh, emphasize, question. Custom emoji reactions have type “custom” with the actual emoji in the custom_emoji field. Sticker reactions have type “sticker” with sticker attachment details in the sticker field.

One of the following:
"love"
"like"
"dislike"
"laugh"
"emphasize"
"question"
"custom"
"sticker"
custom_emoji: optional string

Custom emoji if type is “custom”, null otherwise

sticker: optional object { file_name, height, mime_type, 2 more }

Sticker attachment details when reaction_type is “sticker”. Null for non-sticker reactions.

file_name: optional string

Filename of the sticker

height: optional number

Sticker image height in pixels

mime_type: optional string

MIME type of the sticker image

url: optional string

Presigned URL for downloading the sticker image (expires in 1 hour).

formaturi
width: optional number

Sticker image width in pixels

type: "text"

Indicates this is a text message part

value: string

The text content

text_decorations: optional array of TextDecoration { range, animation, style }

Text decorations applied to character ranges in the value

range: array of number

Character range [start, end) in the value string where the decoration applies. start is inclusive, end is exclusive. Characters are measured as UTF-16 code units. Most characters count as 1; some emoji count as 2.

animation: optional "big" or "small" or "shake" or 5 more

Animated text effect to apply. Mutually exclusive with style.

One of the following:
"big"
"small"
"shake"
"nod"
"explode"
"ripple"
"bloom"
"jitter"
style: optional "bold" or "italic" or "strikethrough" or "underline"

Text style to apply. Mutually exclusive with animation.

One of the following:
"bold"
"italic"
"strikethrough"
"underline"
MediaPartResponse object { id, filename, mime_type, 4 more }

A media attachment part

id: string

Unique attachment identifier

formatuuid
filename: string

Original filename

mime_type: string

MIME type of the file

reactions: array of Reaction { handle, is_me, type, 2 more }

Reactions on this message part

handle: ChatHandle { id, handle, joined_at, 4 more }
id: string

Unique identifier for this handle

formatuuid
handle: string

Phone number (E.164) or email address of the participant

joined_at: string

When this participant joined the chat

formatdate-time
service: ServiceType

Messaging service type

One of the following:
"iMessage"
"SMS"
"RCS"
is_me: optional boolean

Whether this handle belongs to the sender (your phone number)

left_at: optional string

When they left (if applicable)

formatdate-time
status: optional "active" or "left" or "removed"

Participant status

One of the following:
"active"
"left"
"removed"
is_me: boolean

Whether this reaction is from the current user

type: ReactionType

Type of reaction. Standard iMessage tapbacks are love, like, dislike, laugh, emphasize, question. Custom emoji reactions have type “custom” with the actual emoji in the custom_emoji field. Sticker reactions have type “sticker” with sticker attachment details in the sticker field.

One of the following:
"love"
"like"
"dislike"
"laugh"
"emphasize"
"question"
"custom"
"sticker"
custom_emoji: optional string

Custom emoji if type is “custom”, null otherwise

sticker: optional object { file_name, height, mime_type, 2 more }

Sticker attachment details when reaction_type is “sticker”. Null for non-sticker reactions.

file_name: optional string

Filename of the sticker

height: optional number

Sticker image height in pixels

mime_type: optional string

MIME type of the sticker image

url: optional string

Presigned URL for downloading the sticker image (expires in 1 hour).

formaturi
width: optional number

Sticker image width in pixels

size_bytes: number

File size in bytes

type: "media"

Indicates this is a media attachment part

url: string

Presigned URL for downloading the attachment (expires in 1 hour).

formaturi
handle: ChatHandle { id, handle, joined_at, 4 more }
id: string

Unique identifier for this handle

formatuuid
handle: string

Phone number (E.164) or email address of the participant

joined_at: string

When this participant joined the chat

formatdate-time
service: ServiceType

Messaging service type

One of the following:
"iMessage"
"SMS"
"RCS"
is_me: optional boolean

Whether this handle belongs to the sender (your phone number)

left_at: optional string

When they left (if applicable)

formatdate-time
status: optional "active" or "left" or "removed"

Participant status

One of the following:
"active"
"left"
"removed"
is_me: boolean

Whether this reaction is from the current user

type: ReactionType

Type of reaction. Standard iMessage tapbacks are love, like, dislike, laugh, emphasize, question. Custom emoji reactions have type “custom” with the actual emoji in the custom_emoji field. Sticker reactions have type “sticker” with sticker attachment details in the sticker field.

One of the following:
"love"
"like"
"dislike"
"laugh"
"emphasize"
"question"
"custom"
"sticker"
custom_emoji: optional string

Custom emoji if type is “custom”, null otherwise

sticker: optional object { file_name, height, mime_type, 2 more }

Sticker attachment details when reaction_type is “sticker”. Null for non-sticker reactions.

file_name: optional string

Filename of the sticker

height: optional number

Sticker image height in pixels

mime_type: optional string

MIME type of the sticker image

url: optional string

Presigned URL for downloading the sticker image (expires in 1 hour).

formaturi
width: optional number

Sticker image width in pixels

preferred_service: optional ServiceType

Messaging service type

One of the following:
"iMessage"
"SMS"
"RCS"
read_at: optional string

When the message was read

formatdate-time
reply_to: optional ReplyTo { message_id, part_index }

Indicates this message is a threaded reply to another message

message_id: string

The ID of the message to reply to

formatuuid
part_index: optional number

The specific message part to reply to (0-based index). Defaults to 0 (first part) if not provided. Use this when replying to a specific part of a multipart message.

formatint32
minimum0
sent_at: optional string

When the message was sent

formatdate-time
service: optional ServiceType

Messaging service type

One of the following:
"iMessage"
"SMS"
"RCS"
MessageEffect object { name, type }

iMessage effect applied to a message (screen or bubble effect)

name: optional string

Name of the effect. Common values:

  • Screen effects: confetti, fireworks, lasers, sparkles, celebration, hearts, love, balloons, happy_birthday, echo, spotlight
  • Bubble effects: slam, loud, gentle, invisible
type: optional "screen" or "bubble"

Type of effect

One of the following:
"screen"
"bubble"
ReplyTo object { message_id, part_index }

Indicates this message is a threaded reply to another message

message_id: string

The ID of the message to reply to

formatuuid
part_index: optional number

The specific message part to reply to (0-based index). Defaults to 0 (first part) if not provided. Use this when replying to a specific part of a multipart message.

formatint32
minimum0
MessageAddReactionResponse object { message, status, trace_id }
message: optional string
status: optional string
trace_id: optional string
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