# Read a channel's messages

> Newest first. When `next_cursor` is not null, pass it as `cursor` to read the next, older page.

**GET** `/api/public/apps/v1/channels/{channelId}/messages`

Needs the `channels:history` permission.

Newest first. When `next_cursor` is not null, pass it as `cursor` to read the next, older page.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Required | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `channelId` | path | yes | A channel the app belongs to. |
| `limit` | query | no | integer |
| `cursor` | query | no | The `next_cursor` of the previous page. |

## Example

**curl**

```sh
curl "https://amedeus.app/api/public/apps/v1/channels/<channel id>/messages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const response = await fetch("https://amedeus.app/api/public/apps/v1/channels/<channel id>/messages", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TOKEN}` },
});
const result = await response.json(); // { ok: true, … } or { ok: false, error, message }
```

**Python**

```python

request = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://amedeus.app/api/public/apps/v1/channels/<channel id>/messages",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TOKEN']}",
        "User-Agent": "my-app/1.0",
    },
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response:
    result = json.load(response)  # a 4xx or 5xx raises urllib.error.HTTPError
```

## Response

| Field | Type | Required | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ok` | `true` | yes |  |
| `messages` | array of [message](/api-reference/#the-message-object) | yes |  |
| `next_cursor` | uuid or null | yes |  |

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "52f4c823-8e7f-4349-bb98-1ac8683aad13",
      "channel": "52f4c823-8e7f-4349-bb98-1ac8683aad13",
      "user": "52f4c823-8e7f-4349-bb98-1ac8683aad13",
      "text": "…",
      "parent_id": null,
      "mentions": [
        "52f4c823-8e7f-4349-bb98-1ac8683aad13"
      ],
      "reply_count": 0,
      "created_at": "2026-11-12T19:18:43.527829+00:00",
      "edited_at": null
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": null
}
```

## Errors

Failures answer `{ "ok": false, "error": "<code>", "message": "…" }`; see [Errors](/reference/errors/).

- `400`: The request isn't valid.
- `401`: The token is missing, wrong or revoked.
- `403`: A missing scope (the message names it), or a channel the app isn't in.
- `429`: Slow down; `Retry-After` says for how many seconds.