get-group-history.md

Get Group History

Retrieves the messages from a group/channel, only if you're part of the group.

HTTP Method	URL	Requires Auth
GET	/api/v1/groups.history	yes

Query Parameters

Key	Example Value	Description
roomId*	ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX	The groups's ID.
latest	2016-09-30T13:42:25.304Z	The end of time range of messages to retrieve. The default value is the current date and time.
oldest	2016-05-30T13:42:25.304Z	The start of the time range of messages to retrieve
inclusive	true	Whether messages which land on latest and oldest should be included. The default value is false.
offset	10	The offset of the list messages to retrieve. The default value is 0.
count	100	The amount of messages to retrieve. The default value is 20.
unreads	false	Whether the amount of unreads should be included. The default value is false.

Example Call

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/groups.history?roomId=ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX

Example Response

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "_id": "AkzpHAvZpdnuchw2a",
      "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
      "msg": "hi",
      "ts": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.555Z",
      "u": {
        "_id": "y65tAmHs93aDChMWu",
        "username": "testing"
      },
      "_updatedAt": "2016-12-09T12:50:51.562Z"
    },
    {
      "_id": "vkLMxcctR4MuTxreF",
      "t": "uj",
      "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
      "ts": "2016-12-08T15:41:37.730Z",
      "msg": "testing2",
      "u": {
        "_id": "bRtgdhzM6PD9F8pSx",
        "username": "testing2"
      },
      "groupable": false,
      "_updatedAt": "2016-12-08T16:03:25.235Z"
    },
    {
      "_id": "bfRW658nEyEBg75rc",
      "t": "uj",
      "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
      "ts": "2016-12-07T15:47:49.099Z",
      "msg": "testing",
      "u": {
        "_id": "nSYqWzZ4GsKTX4dyK",
        "username": "testing1"
      },
      "groupable": false,
      "_updatedAt": "2016-12-07T15:47:49.099Z"
    },
    {
      "_id": "pbuFiGadhRZTKouhB",
      "t": "uj",
      "rid": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
      "ts": "2016-12-06T17:57:38.635Z",
      "msg": "testing",
      "u": {
        "_id": "y65tAmHs93aDChMWu",
        "username": "testing"
      },
      "groupable": false,
      "_updatedAt": "2016-12-06T17:57:38.635Z"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}

Change Log

Version	Description
0.75.0	Added offset property
0.48.0	Added