getMessage

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>' \
  --header 'x-bp-authenticated-principal: <x-bp-authenticated-principal>'

import requests

url = "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}"

headers = {
    "x-bp-authenticated-principal": "<x-bp-authenticated-principal>",
    "x-bot-id": "<x-bot-id>",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'x-bp-authenticated-principal': '<x-bp-authenticated-principal>',
    'x-bot-id': '<x-bot-id>',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'
  }
};

fetch('https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>",
    "x-bp-authenticated-principal: <x-bp-authenticated-principal>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-bp-authenticated-principal", "<x-bp-authenticated-principal>")
	req.Header.Add("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}")
  .header("x-bp-authenticated-principal", "<x-bp-authenticated-principal>")
  .header("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-bp-authenticated-principal"] = '<x-bp-authenticated-principal>'
request["x-bot-id"] = '<x-bot-id>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "message": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "type": "<string>",
    "payload": {},
    "direction": "incoming",
    "userId": "<string>",
    "conversationId": "<string>",
    "tags": {},
    "origin": "synthetic"
  }
}

{
  "message": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "type": "<string>",
    "payload": {},
    "direction": "incoming",
    "userId": "<string>",
    "conversationId": "<string>",
    "tags": {},
    "origin": "synthetic"
  }
}

GET

chat

messages

{id}

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>' \
  --header 'x-bp-authenticated-principal: <x-bp-authenticated-principal>'

import requests

url = "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}"

headers = {
    "x-bp-authenticated-principal": "<x-bp-authenticated-principal>",
    "x-bot-id": "<x-bot-id>",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'x-bp-authenticated-principal': '<x-bp-authenticated-principal>',
    'x-bot-id': '<x-bot-id>',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'
  }
};

fetch('https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>",
    "x-bp-authenticated-principal: <x-bp-authenticated-principal>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-bp-authenticated-principal", "<x-bp-authenticated-principal>")
	req.Header.Add("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}")
  .header("x-bp-authenticated-principal", "<x-bp-authenticated-principal>")
  .header("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/messages/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-bp-authenticated-principal"] = '<x-bp-authenticated-principal>'
request["x-bot-id"] = '<x-bot-id>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "message": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "type": "<string>",
    "payload": {},
    "direction": "incoming",
    "userId": "<string>",
    "conversationId": "<string>",
    "tags": {},
    "origin": "synthetic"
  }
}

{
  "message": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "type": "<string>",
    "payload": {},
    "direction": "incoming",
    "userId": "<string>",
    "conversationId": "<string>",
    "tags": {},
    "origin": "synthetic"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

x-bp-authenticated-principal

string

required

Authenticated principal. Injected by the authentication middleware.

x-bot-id

string

required

Bot id

x-integration-id

string

Integration id

x-integration-alias

string

Integration alias

x-real-ip

string

Caller's IP address. Injected by the edge proxy.

Path Parameters

string

required

Id of the Message

Response

Returns a Message object if a valid identifier was provided. Returns an Error otherwise

message

object

required

The Message object represents a message in a Conversation for a specific User.

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Last modified on July 3, 2026

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