swagger: '2.0' info: title: "Matrix Client-Server v1 Rooms API" version: "1.0.0" host: localhost:8008 schemes: - https - http basePath: /_matrix/client/api/v1 consumes: - application/json produces: - application/json securityDefinitions: accessToken: type: apiKey description: The user_id or application service access_token name: access_token in: query paths: "/rooms/{roomId}/messages": get: summary: Get a list of events for this room description: |- This API returns a list of message and state events for a room. It uses pagination query parameters to paginate history in the room. security: - accessToken: [] parameters: - in: path type: string name: roomId description: The room to get events from. required: true x-example: "!636q39766251:example.com" - in: query type: string name: from description: |- The token to start returning events from. This token can be obtained from the initial sync API. required: true x-example: "s345_678_333" - in: query type: string enum: ["b", "f"] name: dir description: |- The direction to return events from. required: true x-example: "b" - in: query type: integer name: limit description: |- The maximum number of events to return. Default: 10. x-example: "3" responses: 200: description: A list of messages with a new token to request more. schema: type: object description: A list of messages with a new token to request more. properties: start: type: string description: |- The token to start paginating from. If ``dir=b`` this will be the token supplied in ``from``. end: type: string description: |- The token the pagination ends at. If ``dir=b`` this token should be used again to request even earlier events. chunk: type: array description: |- A list of room events. items: type: object title: RoomEvent examples: application/json: |- { "start": "t47429-4392820_219380_26003_2265", "end": "t47409-4357353_219380_26003_2265", "chunk": [ { "origin_server_ts": 1444812213737, "user_id": "@alice:example.com", "event_id": "$1444812213350496Caaaa:example.com", "content": { "body": "hello world", "msgtype":"m.text" }, "room_id":"!Xq3620DUiqCaoxq:example.com", "type":"m.room.message", "age": 1042 }, { "origin_server_ts": 1444812194656 , "user_id": "@bob:example.com", "event_id": "$1444812213350496Cbbbb:example.com", "content": { "body": "the world is big", "msgtype":"m.text" }, "room_id":"!Xq3620DUiqCaoxq:example.com", "type":"m.room.message", "age": 20123 }, { "origin_server_ts": 1444812163990, "user_id": "@bob:example.com", "event_id": "$1444812213350496Ccccc:example.com", "content": { "name": "New room name" }, "prev_content": { "name": "Old room name" }, "state_key": "", "room_id":"!Xq3620DUiqCaoxq:example.com", "type":"m.room.name", "age": 50789 } ] } 403: description: > You aren't a member of the room.