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GetMessage#

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The method returns the chat message.

To receive incoming messages you need to enable the Receive webhooks on incoming messages and files setting using the SetSettings method or through the console.

To receive the statuses of sent messages you need to enable the Receive notifications about the statuses of sent messages setting using the SetSettings method or through console

It may take up to 5 minutes for the settings to take effect.

To receive messages that were sent and received by your phone before connecting the instance, after saving the settings on the instance, you need to do logout and authorize again.

The GetMessage method only returns the history that WhatsApp provides to the system.

The appearance of messages in the journal may take up to 2 minutes. Journal methods should only be used for retrieving chat history. For quicker message retrieval, use the notification system.

Request#

To get chat message, you have to execute a request at:

POST 
{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/getMessage/{{apiTokenInstance}}

For apiUrl, idInstance and apiTokenInstance request parameters, please refer to Before you start section.

Request parameters#

Parameter Type Mandatory Description
chatId string Yes Personal or chat Id the message of which you need to get
idMessage string Yes Message ID

Request body example#

message request: 

{
  "chatId": "120363043968066561@g.us",
  "idMessage": "BAE5F4886F6F2D05"
}

Response#

The response contains a received or sent message in the chat.

Response parameters#

Object with parameters:

Parameter Type Description
type string Message type: outgoing - outgoing message; incoming - incoming message
idMessage string Incoming message Id
timestamp integer Message acceptance time in UNIX format
statusMessage string Outgoing message status. Present only for type = outgoing. Possible variants:
noAccount - no WhatsApp account on phone number
notInGroup - not in this group
pending - is sent
sent - sent
delivered - delivered
read - read/seen/heard
yellowCard - suspension of sending messages due to spam activity. Messages sent after receiving the status are stored in the queue to be sent for 24 hours. To continue running the instance, you need to do a reboot of the instance
sendByApi boolean Is the message sent through API. Present only for type = outgoing
typeMessage string Message type, possible variants:
textMessage - text message
imageMessage - image message
videoMessage - video message
documentMessage - document file message
audioMessage - audio message
stickerMessage - sticker message
reactionMessage - reaction message
locationMessage - location message
contactMessage - contact message
extendedTextMessage - link and preview message
pollMessage - poll message
pollUpdateMessage - poll message update. Present only for type = incoming
quotedMessage - quoted message
chatId string Chat Id, where the message has been received
senderId string Message sender Id. Present only for type = incoming
senderName string Message sender name. Present only for type = incoming
senderContactName string Message sender name according to the contact list of the current account. Present only for type = incoming
isForwarded boolean The flag indicates whether the message is forwarded
forwardingScore integer Number of message forwards
textMessage string Text message, if typeMessage=textMessage/extendedTextMessage
downloadUrl string Link to download a file, if if typeMessage = imageMessage/videoMessage /documentMessage/audioMessage/stickerMessage
caption string File caption, if typeMessage = imageMessage/videoMessage /documentMessage/audioMessage/stickerMessage
fileName string File name, if typeMessage = imageMessage/videoMessage /documentMessage/audioMessage/stickerMessage. The field is filled in correctly only for typeMessage = documentMessage, in other cases the file name is generated automatically
jpegThumbnail string base64-coded image preview, if typeMessage = imageMessage /videoMessage/documentMessage/audioMessage/stickerMessage
mimeType string File type according to the Media Types, if typeMessage = imageMessage /videoMessage/documentMessage/audioMessage/stickerMessage
isAnimated boolean The flag indicates whether the file is animated, if typeMessage = imageMessage/videoMessage/documentMessage/audioMessage/stickerMessage
location object Location structure object, if typeMessage = locationMessage
contact object Contact structure object, if typeMessage = contactMessage
extendedTextMessage object Text message object (advanced), if typeMessage = extendedTextMessage/quotedMessage
extendedTextMessageData object Reaction message data object, if typeMessage = reactionMessage
pollMessageData object Poll data structure object, if typeMessage = pollMessage/pollUpdateMessage
quotedMessage object Quoted message data object, if typeMessage = quotedMessage/reactionMessage

Parameters of location object:

Parameter Type Description
nameLocation string Location name
address string Location address
latitude double Location latitude
longitude double Location longitude
jpegThumbnail string base64-coded image preview
isForwarded boolean The flag indicates whether the message is forwarded
forwardingScore integer Number of message forwards

Parameters of contact object:

Parameter Type Description
displayName string Contact display name
vcard string VCard structure (contact visit card)
isForwarded boolean The flag indicates whether the message is forwarded
forwardingScore integer Number of message forwards

Parameters of extendedTextMessage object:

Parameter Type Description
text string Link text
description string Link description
title string Link title
previewType string Link preview type. previewType:None value is deprecated
jpegThumbnail string base64-coded image preview
stanzaId string Quoted message ID. Present only for typeMessage= quotedMessage
participant string Recipient/sender chat ID. Present only for typeMessage= quotedMessage
isForwarded boolean The flag indicates whether the message is forwarded
forwardingScore integer Number of message forwards

Parameters of extendedTextMessageData object:

Parameter Type Description
text string Reaction (emoji) to a message

Parameters of pollMessageData object:

Parameter Type Description
stanzaId string Outgoing poll message id. Present only for typeMessage=pollUpdateMessage
name string Poll text
options array Array of poll options. Present only for typeMessage= pollMessage
votes array Array of poll vote. Present only for typeMessage=pollUpdateMessage
multipleAnswers boolean Flag to allow multiple answers

Parameters of options array:

Parameter Type Description
optionName string Poll choice option text

Parameters of votes array:

Parameter Type Description
optionName string Poll choice option text
optionVoters array Array poll vote account id

Parameters of quotedMessage object:

Parameter Type Description
stanzaId string Quoted message ID
participant string Recipient chat ID
typeMessage string Quoted message type

The remaining fields of the quotedMessage object are filled in depending on the type of the quoted message and are identical to the fields described above

Response body example#

Examples of incoming message response bodies#

Text message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "9DB14F14A253D33F4A9CD84123456789",
        "timestamp": 1706522263,
        "typeMessage": "textMessage",
        "chatId": "120363153000000000@g.us",
        "textMessage": "Hi",
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Document or media message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "EAAE5A5CD000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706601620,
        "typeMessage": "imageMessage",  //"videoMessage"/`documentMessage`/`audioMessage`/`stickerMessage`
        "chatId": "120363153000000000@g.us",
        "downloadUrl": "https://api.green-api.com/waInstance1234/downloadFile/EA1BD1AE042DC4F3609867126309D67C.jpg",
        "caption": "What do you think?",
        "fileName": "03963bac-6020-423c-80df-1aa123456789.jpg",
        "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJ/aAAgBAwEBPwCVYw//xAApEAACAx/2kOVh/VKAoAH/leFhX//+AAMA/9k=",
        "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
        "isAnimated": false,
        "isForwarded": true,
        "forwardingScore": 1,
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Reaction message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3A1EBA0F23004BD415BB",
        "timestamp": 1706601621,
        "typeMessage": "reactionMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "extendedTextMessageData": {
            "text": "😄"
        },
        "quotedMessage": {
            "stanzaId": "B4D7D8A1A7D887D5580F000000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us",
        },
        "senderId": "70000000013@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Location message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3A8427EF85F000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706674611,
        "typeMessage": "locationMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "location": {
            "nameLocation": "Cafe",
            "address": "Astana",
            "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAASABIAAD/4QBYRX",
            "latitude": 51.1280000000000,
            "longitude": 71.4307620000000,
            "forwardingScore": 0,
            "isForwarded": false
        },
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Contact message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3AA2C1D83560000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706675513,
        "typeMessage": "contactMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "contact": {
            "displayName": "Anastasia",
            "vcard": "BEGIN:VCARD\nVERSION:3.0\nN:;Anastasia;;;\nFN:Anastasia\nTEL;type=CELL;type=VOICE;waid=70000000013:+7 000 000-00-13\nEND:VCARD",
            "forwardingScore": 0,
            "isForwarded": false
        },
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Extended text message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3A66D7F0B50000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706675928,
        "typeMessage": "extendedTextMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "textMessage": "Hqhqhhqh\nhttps://greenapi.com",
        "extendedTextMessage": {
            "text": "Hqhqhhqh\nhttps://greenapi.com",
            "description": "GREEN API: WhatsApp API on any language PHP, JavaScript, 1C, Python, Java, C#, VBA etc.",
            "title": "GREEN API: send and receive WhatsApp messages",
            "previewType": "None",
            "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABZ",
            "forwardingScore": 0,
            "isForwarded": false
        },
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Poll message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3A71511C3A0000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706676278,
        "typeMessage": "pollMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "pollMessageData": {
            "name": "Choose your favorite color",
            "options": [
                {
                    "optionName": "Red"
                },
                {
                    "optionName": "Green"
                }
            ],
            "multipleAnswers": true
        },
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Poll update message#
    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3A0493ED90000000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706676447,
        "typeMessage": "pollUpdateMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "pollMessageData": {
            "name": "Where will we go?",
            "stanzaId": "46618B98B3B9DF50F123456789123456",
            "votes": [
                {
                    "optionName": "Beach",
                    "optionVoters": [
                        "70000000012@c.us"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "optionName": "Mountains",
                    "optionVoters": []
                }
            ],
            "multipleAnswers": true
        },
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }
Quoted message#

    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3AB0EB938BA0000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706677013,
        "typeMessage": "quotedMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "extendedTextMessage": {
            "text": "For the beach",
            "stanzaId": "46618B98B3B9DF50F123456789123456",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us"
        },
        "quotedMessage": {
            "stanzaId": "46618B98B3B9DF50F123456789123456",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us",
            "typeMessage": "pollMessage",
            "pollMessageData": {
                "name": "Where will we go?",
                "options": [],
                "multipleAnswers": true
            }
        },
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }

    {
        "type": "incoming",
        "idMessage": "3A70B27A6020000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706677254,
        "typeMessage": "quotedMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "extendedTextMessage": {
            "text": "Great!",
            "stanzaId": "EAAE5A5CD000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us"
        },
        "quotedMessage": {
            "stanzaId": "EAAE5A5CD000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us",
            "typeMessage": "imageMessage", //"videoMessage"/`documentMessage`/`audioMessage`/`stickerMessage`
            "downloadUrl": "",
            "caption": "",
            "fileName": "",
            "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAA=",
            "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
            "isAnimated": false,
            "isForwarded": false,
            "forwardingScore": 0
        },
        "senderId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "senderName": "Rachel",
        "senderContactName": "Rachel 2"
    }

Examples of outgoing message response bodies#

Text message#
    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "BAE5143000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706761225,
        "typeMessage": "textMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "textMessage": "Hi",
        "statusMessage": "read",
        "sendByApi": true
    }
Document or media message#
    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "BAE5F94000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706765613,
        "typeMessage": "imageMessage", //"videoMessage"/`documentMessage`/`audioMessage`/`stickerMessage`
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "downloadUrl": "https://api.green-api.com/waInstance1234/downloadFile/3EB0BDDC94BFDFB3D4FA.jpg",
        "caption": "What do you think?",
        "fileName": "b89ded5e-1a3b-4168-895a-540123456789.jpg",
        "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/FFFCF//Z",
        "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
        "isAnimated": false,
        "isForwarded": true,
        "forwardingScore": 2,
        "statusMessage": "read",
        "sendByApi": false
    }
Reaction message#
    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "3A1EBA0F23004BD415BB",
        "timestamp": 1706601621,
        "typeMessage": "reactionMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "extendedTextMessageData": {
            "text": "😄"
        },
        "quotedMessage": {
            "stanzaId": "B4D7D8A1A7D887D5580F000000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us",
        },
        "statusMessage": "read",
        "sendByApi": false
    }
Location message#
    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "BAE5870000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706761414,
        "typeMessage": "locationMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "location": {
            "nameLocation": "Cafe",
            "address": "Astana",
            "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAASABIAAD/4QBYRX",
            "latitude": 51.1280000000000,
            "longitude": 71.4307620000000,
            "forwardingScore": 0,
            "isForwarded": false
        },
        "statusMessage": "read",
        "sendByApi": true
    }
Contact message#
    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "F39F2DCE000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706762400,
        "typeMessage": "contactMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "contact": {
            "displayName": "Anastasia",
            "vcard": "BEGIN:VCARD\nVERSION:3.0\nN:;Anastasia;;;\nFN:Anastasia\nTEL;type=CELL;type=VOICE;waid=70000000013:+7 000 000-00-13\nEND:VCARD",
            "forwardingScore": 0,
            "isForwarded": false
        },
        "statusMessage": "read",
        "sendByApi": false
    }
Extended text message#
    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "BAE56E0000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706849285,
        "typeMessage": "extendedTextMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "textMessage": "https://greenapi.com",
        "extendedTextMessage": {
            "text": "https://greenapi.com",
            "description": "GREEN API: WhatsApp API on any language PHP, JavaScript, 1C, Python, Java, C#, VBA etc.",
            "title": "GREEN API: send and receive WhatsApp messages",
            "previewType": "None",
            "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABZ",
            "forwardingScore": 0,
            "isForwarded": false
        },
        "statusMessage": "sent",
        "sendByApi": true
    }
Poll message#
    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "460D84E00000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706762412,
        "typeMessage": "pollMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "pollMessageData": {
            "name": "Choose your favorite color",
            "options": [
                {
                    "optionName": "Red"
                },
                {
                    "optionName": "Green"
                }
            ],
            "multipleAnswers": true
        },
        "statusMessage": "delivered",
        "sendByApi": true
    }
Quoted message#

    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "B1494991277FD000000000000000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706849516,
        "typeMessage": "quotedMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "extendedTextMessage": {
            "text": "Black",
            "stanzaId": "460D84E00000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us"
        },
        "quotedMessage": {
            "stanzaId": "460D84E00000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us",
            "typeMessage": "pollMessage",
            "pollMessageData": {
                "name": "Choose your favorite color",
                "options": [],
                "multipleAnswers": true
            }
        },
        "statusMessage": "delivered",
        "sendByApi": false
    }

    {
        "type": "outgoing",
        "idMessage": "21D6C50B400DBCEC30000000000000",
        "timestamp": 1706852882,
        "typeMessage": "quotedMessage",
        "chatId": "70000000012@c.us",
        "extendedTextMessage": {
            "text": "Cool",
            "stanzaId": "79DC2458992097F00000000000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us"
        },
        "quotedMessage": {
            "stanzaId": "79DC2458992097F00000000000000000",
            "participant": "70000000012@c.us",
            "typeMessage": "imageMessage", //"videoMessage"/`documentMessage`/`audioMessage`/`stickerMessage`
            "downloadUrl": "",
            "caption": "",
            "fileName": "",
            "jpegThumbnail": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAgq7O/wD/2Q==",
            "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
            "isAnimated": false,
            "isForwarded": false,
            "forwardingScore": 0
        },
        "statusMessage": "read",
        "sendByApi": true
    }

GetMessage errors#

For a list of errors common to all methods, refer to Common errors section

HTTP code Error identifier Description
400 Bad Request
Validation failed		 Validation error
400 Validation failed.
Details: 'idMessage' is not allowed to be empty		 Validation error. The idMessage field must not be empty
400 Validation failed.
Details: 'message id' must be at least 16 symbols		 Validation error. The idMessage field must contain at least 16 symbols
400 chatId not found chatID is not found. The message is still in the message queue and the system has not had time to process it. You can request the ShowMessagesQueue method to check messages.
400 Message not found by id '{{idMessage}}' IDMessage is not found. The message is still in the message queue and the system has not had time to process it. You can request the ShowMessagesQueue method to check messages. The chat, message number, or instance on which the message request occurs is probably incorrectly specified.

Request examples#

import requests

url = "{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/getMessage/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

payload = "{\r\n\"chatId\": \"120363043968066561@g.us\, \"idMessage\": \"BAE5F4886F6F2D05\" \"r\n}"
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

curl --location '{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/getMessage/{{apiTokenInstance}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "chatId": "11001234567@c.us",
    "idMessage": "BAE5F4886F6F2D05"
}'

var restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
var requestUrl = new StringBuilder();
requestUrl
    .append({{apiUrl}})
    .append("/waInstance").append({{idInstance}})
    .append("/getMessage/")
    .append({{apiTokenInstance}});

var headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);

var jsonBody = "{\"chatId\": \"11001234567@c.us\",\"idMessage\": \"BAE5F4886F6F2D05\"}";

var requestEntity = new HttpEntity<>(jsonBody, headers);

var response = restTemplate.exchange(requestUrl.toString(), HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity, String.class);
System.out.println(response);

var requestUrl = new StringBuilder();
requestUrl
    .append({{apiUrl}})
    .append("/waInstance").append({{idInstance}})
    .append("/getMessage/")
    .append({{apiTokenInstance}});

var response = Unirest.post(requestUrl.toString())
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .body("{\"chatId\": \"11001234567@c.us\",\"idMessage\": \"BAE5F4886F6F2D05\"}")
    .asString();

System.out.println(response);

Sub GetMessage()
    Dim url As String
    Dim RequestBody As String
    Dim http As Object
    Dim response As String

    ' The apiUrl, idInstance and apiTokenInstance values are available in console, double brackets must be removed
    url = "{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/getMessage/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

    ' chatId - identifier of the personal or group chat whose message you want to receive, idMessage - message ID
    RequestBody = "{""chatId"":""71234567890@c.us"",""idMessage"":""BAE123EEF6BD09C7""}"

    Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")

    With http
        .Open "POST", url, False
        .setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
        .send RequestBody
    End With

    response = http.responseText

    Debug.Print response

    ' Outputting the answer to the desired cell
    Range("A1").Value = response

    Set http = Nothing
End Sub