MAmatrix
Room participation

Get a single event by event ID.

Get a single event based on event_id. You must have permission to retrieve this event e.g. by being a member in the room for this event.

This endpoint was deprecated in r0 of this specification. Clients should instead call the /rooms/{roomId}/event/{eventId} API or the /rooms/{roomId}/context/{eventId} API.

get/_matrix/client/v3/events/{eventId}

Request

Path parameters

eventIdstring mx-event-id required

The event ID to get.

Response

The full event.

contentobject required

The body of this event, as created by the client which sent it.

event_idstring mx-event-id required

The globally unique identifier for this event.

origin_server_tsinteger required

Timestamp (in milliseconds since the unix epoch) on originating homeserver when this event was sent.

senderstring mx-user-id required

Contains the fully-qualified ID of the user who sent this event.

state_keystring

Present if, and only if, this event is a state event. The key making this piece of state unique in the room. Note that it is often an empty string.

State keys starting with an @ are reserved for referencing user IDs, such as room members. With the exception of a few events, state events set with a given user's ID as the state key MUST only be set by that user.

typestring required

The type of the event.

room_idstring mx-room-id required

The ID of the room associated with this event.

Example response

{
  "content": {
    "membership": "join"
  },
  "event_id": "$26RqwJMLw-yds1GAH_QxjHRC1Da9oasK0e5VLnck_45",
  "origin_server_ts": 1632489532305,
  "sender": "@example:example.org",
  "state_key": "@user:example.org",
  "type": "m.room.member",
  "unsigned": {
    "age": 1567437,
    "membership": "join",
    "redacted_because": {
      "content": {
        "reason": "spam"
      },
      "event_id": "$Nhl3rsgHMjk-DjMJANawr9HHAhLg4GcoTYrSiYYGqEE",
      "origin_server_ts": 1632491098485,
      "redacts": "$26RqwJMLw-yds1GAH_QxjHRC1Da9oasK0e5VLnck_45",
      "room_id": "!jEsUZKDJdhlrceRyVU:example.org",
      "sender": "@moderator:example.org",
      "type": "m.room.redaction",
      "unsigned": {
        "age": 1257
      }
    }
  },
  "room_id": "!jEsUZKDJdhlrceRyVU:example.org"
}

Changes

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