> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.photon.codes/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Use Stable documentation by default. Honor an explicit Beta request or a URL under /docs/beta/. If the requested version conflicts with the installed CLI package or API origin, clarify the target before writing integration code.
> Pages under /docs/beta/ document Beta; other product pages document Stable. Keep the CLI package, commands, API origin, and credentials within the selected version. State the documentation version in your answer.
> For MCP search, always pass version: Stable or version: Beta. Unfiltered search mixes both versions. For filesystem reads, keep Beta queries under /beta/ and exclude /beta/ from Stable queries; discover paths before reading them.
> The public docs base is https://photon.codes/docs. Convert MCP page paths to public URLs under that base, preserving /beta/ when present. Read https://photon.codes/docs/skill.md for version selection and https://photon.codes/docs/llms.txt for the version indexes.

# Get a Message

> Get a Message: getMessage in the TypeScript, Python, Rust and Go clients.

`GET /v1/projects/{id}/messages/{messageId}`

Returns one stored Message by canonical Photon Message ID on any supported contract platform. The globally unique Message ID is resolved within the authorized Project. Unsupported platform Messages are outside this collection and return MESSAGE\_NOT\_FOUND.

**TypeScript**

```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
photon.projects.getMessage(input: GetMessageInput, options?: RequestOptions): Promise<GetMessageOutput>
```

**Python**

```python Python theme={null}
photon.projects.get_message(input: GetMessageInput) -> models.PlatformMessage | None
```

**Rust**

```rust Rust theme={null}
client.get_message(id: String, message_id: String, params: Option<GetMessageParams>).await -> Result<ResponseValue<GetMessageResponse>, Error<GetMessageError>>
```

**Go**

```go Go theme={null}
client.Projects.GetMessage(ctx context.Context, params *GetMessageParams, opts ...RequestOption) (*PlatformMessage, error)
```

```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
import { Photon } from "@photon-ai/api";

const photon = new Photon({
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.PHOTON_API_TOKEN}` },
});
const result = await photon.projects.getMessage({
  path: {
    id: "id",
    messageId: "messageId",
  },
});
```

```python Python theme={null}
import os

from photon_api import Photon
from photon_api.rpc_generated import GetMessageInput

photon = Photon(headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PHOTON_API_TOKEN']}"})
result = photon.projects.get_message(
    GetMessageInput.model_validate({
        "path": {
            "id": "id",
            "messageId": "messageId",
        },
    })
)
```

```rust Rust theme={null}
use photon_ai_api::{Credential, PhotonClientBuilder, SecretString};

let token = std::env::var("PHOTON_API_TOKEN")?;
let client = PhotonClientBuilder::new()
    .credential("accountServiceKey", Credential::Bearer(SecretString::from(token)))
    .build()?;
let result = client
    .get_message("id".to_owned(), "messageId".to_owned(), None)
    .await
    .map_err(|error| format!("{error:?}"))?
    .into_inner();
```

```go Go theme={null}
import (
	"context"
	"os"

	photonapi "github.com/photon-hq/api/packages/go"
)

ctx := context.Background()
client := photonapi.NewClient(photonapi.WithAPIKey(os.Getenv("PHOTON_API_TOKEN")))
result, err := client.Projects.GetMessage(ctx, &photonapi.GetMessageParams{
	ID: "id",
	MessageID: "messageId",
})
if err != nil {
	return err
}
_ = result
```

```json 200 theme={null}
{
  "content": {
    "format": "plain",
    "text": "Hello from Photon.",
    "type": "text"
  },
  "createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "id": "pho_msg_00000000000000000000000001",
  "metadata": {},
  "platform": "whatsapp",
  "projectId": "pho_prj_00000000000000000000000001",
  "sentBy": {
    "details": {
      "resourceId": "pho_res_00000000000000000000000001",
      "type": "dedicated"
    },
    "handle": "+14155550123",
    "id": "pho_usr_00000000000000000000000001",
    "kind": "agent",
    "metadata": {},
    "platform": "whatsapp",
    "projectId": "pho_prj_00000000000000000000000001"
  },
  "space": {
    "details": {},
    "id": "pho_spc_00000000000000000000000001",
    "kind": "direct",
    "metadata": {},
    "participantIds": [
      "pho_usr_00000000000000000000000001",
      "pho_usr_00000000000000000000000002"
    ],
    "platform": "whatsapp",
    "projectId": "pho_prj_00000000000000000000000001"
  },
  "status": "dispatched",
  "timestamps": {
    "dispatchedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## Parameters

**id** `string` *required*

**messageId** `string` *required*

**if-none-match** `string`

## Returns

**`200`** The requested Message. PlatformMessage

Headers: `Cache-Control`, `ETag`. The raw response carries these headers; see [Raw responses](https://docs.photon.codes/docs/beta/api-client/raw-responses.md).

**acceptance** `object` *required*

**addressedTo** `UserSnapshot`

**content** `TelegramMessageContent` *required*

**createdAt** `string (date-time)` *required*

When Photon first persisted this resource.

**failure** `MessageFailure` *required*

**id** `string` *required*

**metadata** `ResourceMetadata` *required*

**parentMessageId** `string`

**platform** `Platform` *required*

**projectId** `string` *required*

**receivedBy** `UserSnapshot`

**sentBy** `UserSnapshot` *required*

**space** `SpaceSnapshot` *required*

**status** `"failed"` *required*

**timestamp** `object`

**timestamps** `FailedMessageTimestamps` *required*

**updatedAt** `string (date-time)` *required*

When Photon last persisted a change to this resource's public state.

**`304`** The request's If-None-Match validator matches the current representation. No body.

Headers: `Cache-Control`, `ETag`. The raw response carries these headers; see [Raw responses](https://docs.photon.codes/docs/beta/api-client/raw-responses.md).


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