Retrieve chats & messages
Learn how to retrieve chats, groups and messages on WhatsApp using Unipile API.
Get individual and group chats
All chats are grouped into a single inbox. To fetch them, use the List all Chats method.
You can apply filters such as archive status, unread status, or chat type (individual or group).
const { data, error } = await messagingApi.getChatsList({
path: {
account_id: "acc_123456789",
},
query: {
limit: 20,
},
});chats = messaging_api.get_chats_list(
"acc_123456789",
limit=20,
)To get a single chat, use Get a Chat.
const { data, error } = await messagingApi.getChat({
path: {
account_id: "acc_123456789",
chat_id: "chat_id",
},
});chat = messaging_api.get_chat("chat_id", "acc_123456789")Get Messages
To list messages of a Chat, use List all Chat Messages method and provide the chat ID.
const { data, error } = await messagingApi.getMessagesList({
path: {
account_id: "acc_123456789",
chat_id: "chat_id",
},
query: {
limit: 20,
},
});messages = messaging_api.get_messages_list(
"chat_id",
"acc_123456789",
limit=20,
)curl --request GET \
--url https://api.unipile.com/v2/account_id/chats/chat_id/messages \
--header 'accept: application/json'To get a single Message, use Get a Message method and provide the chat ID with the message ID.
const { data, error } = await messagingApi.getMessage({
path: {
account_id: "acc_123456789",
chat_id: "chat_id",
message_id: "message_id",
},
});message = messaging_api.get_message(
"chat_id",
"message_id",
"acc_123456789",
)curl --request GET \
--url https://api.unipile.com/v2/account_id/chats/chat_id/messages/message_id \
--header 'accept: application/json'Be notified about new messages
To receive new upserted messages, setup a Webhook that listen for message.new events.
You'll be notified about any received message, but also any sent messages. This can be useful for your application to be aware of messages sent by the account owner from other devices. To ignore those messages, filter events on the is_sender value of the Message object.
Updated about 1 month ago