GET /messages/{message_id}

Given a message ID, return the message object.

Additionally, a raw_content field is included. This field is useful for clients that primarily work with HTML-rendered messages but might need to occasionally fetch the message's raw Zulip-flavored Markdown (e.g. for view source or prefilling a message edit textarea).

Changes: Before Zulip 5.0 (feature level 120), this endpoint only returned the raw_content field.

Servers

https://{subdomain}.zulipchat.com/api/v1
{server}/api/v1
https://chat.zulip.org/api/v1

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`message_id`	Integer	Yes	The target message's ID.

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description

Name	Type	Required	Description
`allow_empty_topic_name`	Boolean	No	Whether the client supports processing the empty string as a topic in the topic name fields in the returned data, including in returned edit_history data. If `false`, the server will use the value of `realm_empty_topic_display_name` found in the `POST /register` response instead of empty string to represent the empty string topic in its response. Changes: New in Zulip 10.0 (feature level 334). Previously, the empty string was not a valid topic. Default value: false
`apply_markdown`	Boolean	No	If `true`, message content is returned in the rendered HTML format. If `false`, message content is returned in the raw Zulip-flavored Markdown format text that user entered. Changes: New in Zulip 5.0 (feature level 120). Default value: true

allow_empty_topic_name

Boolean

Whether the client supports processing the empty string as a topic in the topic name fields in the returned data, including in returned edit_history data.

If false, the server will use the value of realm_empty_topic_display_name found in the POST /register response instead of empty string to represent the empty string topic in its response.

Changes: New in Zulip 10.0 (feature level 334). Previously, the empty string was not a valid topic.

Default value: false

apply_markdown

Boolean

If true, message content is returned in the rendered HTML format. If false, message content is returned in the raw Zulip-flavored Markdown format text that user entered.

Changes: New in Zulip 5.0 (feature level 120).

Default value: true

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