---
title: "Fetches metadata for references of a chat message."
method: GET
path: "/messages/{message_id}/references"
tags: ["Chat"]
---

# Fetches metadata for references of a chat message.

`GET /messages/{message_id}/references`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/messages/{message_id}/references`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/messages/:message_id/references/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Fetches metadata for references of a chat message. References are only available for messages sent from an LLM, an empty list will be returned for messages sent by the user.

## Path parameters

- `message_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Successful operation

- ChatMessageReference[]
  - `collection_id` string
  - `document_id` string, required
  - `document_name` string, required
  - `chunk_id` integer, required
  - `score` number, required
  - `pages` string, required
  - `content` string
  - `were_references_deleted` boolean, required
  - `uri` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/revisions/a82a117320f4?raw)