Retrieve a message

You can retrieve a specific message in an open or group channel by creating and passing the MessageRetrievalParams object as an argument into the getMessage() method.

Note: Starting from Flutter Chat SDK 3.1.0, MessageRetrievalParams requires the channelType, channelUrl, and messageId parameters.

try {
  // Create a MessageRetrievalParams object.
  final params = MessageRetrievalParams(
    channelType: ChannelType.open,
    channelUrl: 'CHANNEL_URL',
    messageId: MESSAGE_ID,
  );

  // Pass the params to the parameter of the getMessage() method.
  final message = await BaseMessage.getMessage(params);
  // The specified message is successfully retrieved.
} catch (e) {
  // Handle error.
}

This table only contains properties shown in the code above. To see the comprehensive list of all available methods and properties, see MessageRetrievalParams.

You can retrieve and view the last message of a group channel.

final lastMessage = groupChannel.lastMessage;