---
title: "Retrieve a single message"
method: GET
path: "/messages/{guid}"
tags: ["Messages"]
---

# Retrieve a single message

`GET /messages/{guid}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.automessage.app/v1`
- URL: `https://api.automessage.app/v1/messages/{guid}`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-KEY`

## Path parameters

- `guid` string, required

## Response `200`

The message.

- Message
  - `guid` string, required: Apple chat.db message GUID.
  - `conversation` string, required
  - `body` string, required
  - `outbound` boolean, required: True if we sent it.
  - `contact` string: E.164 phone or email of the counterparty.
  - `reference` string, nullable: Message this replies to, if any.
  - `deliveredAt` string, date-time, nullable
  - `delivered` boolean, nullable: Outbound only: chat.db is_delivered — a recipient device acknowledged it (connector 0.2.22).
  - `deliveryError` integer, nullable: Outbound only: Apple's non-zero message.error when Messages could not deliver it; the matching draft then has sendError "not_delivered…".
  - `readAt` string, date-time, nullable
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `404`: The requested resource does not exist.

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