---
title: "Preload messages for channels (alternative)"
method: POST
path: "/users/@me/channels/messages/preload"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Preload messages for channels (alternative)

`POST /users/@me/channels/messages/preload`

Alternative endpoint to preload and cache messages for multiple channels to improve performance when opening those channels. Returns preloaded message data for the specified channels.

## Request body

- PreloadMessagesRequest
  - `channels` SnowflakeType[], required — Array of channel IDs to preload messages from (max 100)
    - union
      - string, snowflake
      - integer

## Response `200`

Success

- PreloadMessagesResponse — A map of channel IDs to the latest message in each channel

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request - The request was malformed or contained invalid data
- `401` — Unauthorized - Authentication is required or the token is invalid
- `403` — Forbidden - You do not have permission to perform this action
- `429` — Too Many Requests - You are being rate limited
- `500` — Internal Server Error - An unexpected error occurred

## Changes

> 11 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-06** `a52a2cf49d9b` — 32 warning
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `500`
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[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/fluxer/apis/fluxer-api/changes/users/@me/channels/messages/preload/post.md)

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