---
title: "Get seen-status of a message for a user"
method: GET
path: "/v1/messages/{messageId}/user/{userId}/"
tags: ["/v1/messages"]
---

# Get seen-status of a message for a user

`GET /v1/messages/{messageId}/user/{userId}/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.counselhealth.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.counselhealth.com/v1/messages/{messageId}/user/{userId}/`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Useful for checking if a user has seen a message before sending them a notification in a webhook handler.

## Path parameters

- `messageId` string, uuid, required
- `userId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Default Response

- object
  - `message_id` string, uuid, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `thread_id` string, uuid, required
  - `seen` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: 400 error with a machine-readable `code` for client branching.
- `401`: Standard error body returned for non-2xx responses.
- `403`: Standard error body returned for non-2xx responses.
- `404`: Standard error body returned for non-2xx responses.
- `409`: Standard error body returned for non-2xx responses.
- `413`: Standard error body returned for non-2xx responses.
- `429`: Standard error body returned for non-2xx responses.
- `500`: Standard error body returned for non-2xx responses.
- `502`: Default Response
- `503`: Default Response
- `504`: Default Response

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