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Fetch a message

Retrieves a specific message by ID. User must have permission to view the channel and the message must exist. Returns full message details including content, author, reactions, and attachments.

get/channels/{channel_id}/messages/{message_id}

Path parameters

string snowflake required
OR
integer required

The ID of the channel

string snowflake required
OR
integer required

The ID of the message

Response

Success

idstring snowflake required
channel_idstring snowflake required
webhook_idstring snowflake
type0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 required

The type of message

flagsinteger required

The bitwise flags of the original message

contentstring required

The text content of the message

timestampstring date-time required

The ISO 8601 timestamp of when the message was created

edited_timestampstring date-time nullable

The ISO 8601 timestamp of when the message was last edited

pinnedboolean required

Whether the message is pinned

mention_everyoneboolean required

Whether the message mentions @everyone

ttsboolean required

Whether the message was sent as text-to-speech

mention_rolesstring[] required

The role IDs mentioned in the message

noncestring nullable

A client-provided value for message deduplication

Changes