getChannelMessages(channelId, skip);

Call this method to fetch the messages in a channel/sub-room.

JavaScript

const messages = await sdk.getChannelMessages(channelId, skip);

Parameters

Parameter Name	Description	Type	Required
channelId	The id of the channel for which you want to fetch the messages	string	yes
skip	Latest 18 message are returned, by default. Set the skip to the number of messages you want to skip in the call.	Integer	No

Response

Properties	Description	Type
eventId	The Id of the event	String
messages	Array of Objects with Messages	Array

Messages

Properties	Description	Type
_id	id of the messages	String
Likes	Array of likes of the message	Array
created	date when the message was created	String
user	_id and username of the user	Object
channel	channel id	String
message	the message itself	String

User

Properties	Description	Type
_id	id of the user	String
username	username of the user	String

Example

In the example below we are fetching messages from channel 6325e6cdf0357f1c648791a5.

const messages = await sdk.getChannelMessages('6325e6cdf0357f1c648791a5');
console.log("messages:", messages);

Sample Response

This returns a Array of Objects containing the Active Channels.

JSON Sample response getChannelMessages

{
    "eventId": "fae72723-c875-4122-822c-9d1b0a0f23f1",
    "messages": [
        {
            "_id": "6325f6c8f0357f1c648791aa",
            "likes": [],
            "created": "2022-09-17T16:33:12.294Z",
            "user": {
                "_id": "63233015c3aa3508a4c8fc34",
                "username": "support"
            },
            "channel": "6325e6cdf0357f1c648791a5",
            "message": "What is happening here",
            "__v": 0
        },
        {
            "_id": "6325f6c0f0357f1c648791a9",
            "likes": [],
            "created": "2022-09-17T16:33:04.687Z",
            "user": {
                "_id": "63233015c3aa3508a4c8fc34",
                "username": "support"
            },
            "channel": "6325e6cdf0357f1c648791a5",
            "message": "I am good ",
            "__v": 0
        },
        {
            "_id": "6325f6bdf0357f1c648791a8",
            "likes": [],
            "created": "2022-09-17T16:33:01.339Z",
            "user": {
                "_id": "63233015c3aa3508a4c8fc34",
                "username": "support"
            },
            "channel": "6325e6cdf0357f1c648791a5",
            "message": "how are you",
            "__v": 0
        },
        {
            "_id": "6325e6dff0357f1c648791a7",
            "likes": [],
            "created": "2022-09-17T15:25:19.210Z",
            "user": {
                "_id": "63233015c3aa3508a4c8fc34",
                "username": "support"
            },
            "channel": "6325e6cdf0357f1c648791a5",
            "message": "hi",
            "__v": 0
        }
    ]
}