---
title: "Send a message to another user, optionally sharing a recipe"
method: POST
path: "/compat/v2/messages/createMessage"
tags: ["messages"]
---

# Send a message to another user, optionally sharing a recipe

`POST /compat/v2/messages/createMessage`

## Request body

- object
  - `to` string, uuid, required
  - `body` string
  - `recipeId` string, uuid

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `body` string, required
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `updatedAt` string, required
  - `fromUserId` string, uuid, required
  - `toUserId` string, uuid, required
  - `recipeId` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `originalRecipeId` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `recipe` object, nullable, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `recipeImages` object[], required
      - `image` object, required
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `location` string, required
  - `originalRecipe` object, nullable, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `recipeImages` object[], required
      - `image` object, required
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `location` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid input data
- `401` — Authorization not provided
- `403` — Insufficient access
- `500` — Internal server error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/recipesage/apis/recipesage-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/recipesage/apis/recipesage-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/recipesage/recipesage-api/revisions/08ef517bf108/schema)