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PUT
/
messages
/
{id}
Update Message
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/messages/{id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "data": {
    "text": "<string>",
    "metadata": {}
  },
  "tags": [
    "tag1"
  ]
}
'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "402",
    "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-1_user_cometchat-uid-2",
    "sender": "cometchat-uid-1",
    "receiverType": "user",
    "receiver": "cometchat-uid-2",
    "category": "action",
    "type": "message",
    "data": {
      "action": "edited",
      "entities": {
        "by": {
          "entity": {
            "uid": "cometchat-uid-1",
            "name": "Updated Name",
            "status": "offline",
            "role": "default",
            "createdAt": 1639448370,
            "updatedAt": 1640599553
          },
          "entityType": "user"
        },
        "for": {
          "entity": {
            "uid": "cometchat-uid-2",
            "name": "George Alan",
            "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/users/cometchat-uid-2.webp",
            "status": "offline",
            "role": "default",
            "createdAt": 1639448370
          },
          "entityType": "user"
        },
        "on": {
          "entity": {
            "id": "69",
            "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-1_user_cometchat-uid-2",
            "sender": "cometchat-uid-1",
            "receiverType": "user",
            "receiver": "cometchat-uid-2",
            "category": "message",
            "type": "text",
            "data": {
              "text": "hello spider",
              "entities": {
                "sender": {
                  "entity": {
                    "uid": "cometchat-uid-1",
                    "name": "Andrew Joseph",
                    "role": "default",
                    "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/users/cometchat-uid-1.webp",
                    "status": "offline",
                    "createdAt": 1639448370
                  },
                  "entityType": "user"
                },
                "receiver": {
                  "entity": {
                    "uid": "cometchat-uid-2",
                    "name": "George Alan",
                    "role": "default",
                    "avatar": "https://assets.cometchat.io/sampleapp/v2/users/cometchat-uid-2.webp",
                    "status": "offline",
                    "createdAt": 1639448370,
                    "conversationId": "cometchat-uid-1_user_cometchat-uid-2"
                  },
                  "entityType": "user"
                }
              }
            },
            "sentAt": 1640171302,
            "editedAt": 1641477338,
            "editedBy": "app_system",
            "updatedAt": 1641477338,
            "tags": [
              "t6"
            ]
          },
          "entityType": "message"
        }
      }
    },
    "sentAt": 1641477338,
    "updatedAt": 1641477338
  }
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.cometchat.com/docs/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

For the complete error reference, see Error Guide.

Authorizations

​
apikey
string
header
required

API Key with fullAccess scope(i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Headers

​
onBehalfOf
string

UID of the user on whose behalf the action is performed.

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

Id of the message whose details are to be fetched.

Body

application/json
​
data
object

The data that needs to be modified.

​
tags
string[]

A list of tags to identify specific messages.

Response

200 - application/json

Updated Message

​
data
object