# Get messages from a specific chat

**GET /chat/{chat_jid}/messages**

Retrieve messages from a specific chat conversation with filtering options


## Servers
- http://localhost:3000: http://localhost:3000 ()


## Authentication methods
- Basic auth


## Parameters

#### Path parameters
- **chat_jid** (string)
  Chat JID (e.g., phone@s.whatsapp.net for individual or groupid@g.us for group)

#### Query parameters
- **limit** (integer)
  Maximum number of messages to return
- **offset** (integer)
  Number of messages to skip (for pagination)
- **start_time** (string(date-time))
  Filter messages from this timestamp (ISO 8601 format)
- **end_time** (string(date-time))
  Filter messages until this timestamp (ISO 8601 format)
- **media_only** (boolean)
  Only return messages with media content
- **is_from_me** (boolean)
  Filter messages by sender (true for messages sent by you, false for received messages). When both media_only=true and isFromMe=false are provided, media_only takes precedence and will return all media messages regardless of sender.
- **search** (string)
  Search messages by content text


## Responses
### 200: OK

#### Body Parameters: application/json (object)
- **code** (string)
  
- **message** (string)
  
- **results** (object)
  

### 400: Bad Request

#### Body Parameters: application/json (object)
- **code** (string)
  HTTP Status Code
- **message** (string)
  Detail error message
- **results** (object)
  additional data

### 401: Unauthorized

#### Body Parameters: application/json (object)
- **code** (string)
  HTTP Status Code
- **message** (string)
  Detail error message
- **results** (object)
  additional data

### 404: Chat Not Found

#### Body Parameters: application/json (object)
- **code** (string)
  HTTP Status Code
- **message** (string)
  Detail error message
- **results** (object)
  additional data

### 500: Internal Server Error

#### Body Parameters: application/json (object)
- **code** (string)
  SYSTEM_CODE_ERROR
- **message** (string)
  Detail error message
- **results** (object)
  additional data


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