---
title: "Send Message"
method: POST
path: "/insight/{insight_id}/conversations/{conv_id}/messages"
tags: ["conversations"]
---

# Send Message

`POST /insight/{insight_id}/conversations/{conv_id}/messages`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.overfit.de` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.overfit.de/insight/{insight_id}/conversations/{conv_id}/messages`
- Auth: one of:
  - OpenID Connect (`https://auth.okns.de/realms/overfit-products/.well-known/openid-configuration`)
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Send a message in a conversation and get the assistant's reply.

## Path parameters

- `insight_id` string, required
- `conv_id` string, required

## Request body

- ConversationMessageCreate
  - `message` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ConversationMessageResponse
  - `message` ConversationMessage, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `conversation_id` string, required
    - `role` string, required
    - `content` string, required
    - `retrieval_used` boolean
    - `source_snippets` SourceSnippet[], nullable
      - `source_id` string, required
      - `snippet_id` string, required
      - `snippet` string, required
      - `score` number
    - `embedding_tokens` integer, nullable
    - `generative_tokens` integer, nullable
    - `cost` number, nullable
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `order_index` integer, required
  - `conversation_id` string, required
  - `retrieval_used` boolean, required
  - `source_snippets` SourceSnippet[], nullable
    - `source_id` string, required
    - `snippet_id` string, required
    - `snippet` string, required
    - `score` number

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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