Search messages

Search messages by various criteria.

Method

GET

URL

https://typetalk.com/api/v2/search/posts

Scope

topic.read

Query parameters

Name	Type	Description
q	String	Keyword to search
spaceKey	String	Space key
topicIds (Optional)	Number	Topic ID
hasAttachments (Optional)	Boolean	Search only posts with attachments. default value: false
accountIds (Optional)	Number	Account ID
start (Optional)	Number	Start position for searching posts.
from (Optional)	DateTime	Start date for searching posts.
to (Optional)	DateTime	End date for searching posts.
botExclusion (Optional)	Boolean	Exclude bot posts from search results. default value: false

Response Example

{
    "count": 32,
    "posts": [
        {
            "id": 11842896,
            "topicId": 53692,
            "topic": {
                "id": 53692,
                "name": "Awesome project",
                "suggestion": "Awesome project",
                "isDirectMessage": false,
                "lastPostedAt": "2017-10-12T06:20:40Z",
                "createdAt": "2017-09-27T09:43:29Z",
                "updatedAt": "2017-10-12T06:22:28Z"
            },
            "replyTo": null,
            "message": "It is sunny today.",
            "account": {
                "id": 50117,
                "name": "Michael",
                "fullName": "Michael Buck",
                "suggestion": "Michael Buck",
                "imageUrl": "https://typetalk.com/accounts/50117/profile_image.png?t=1504408579564",
                "isBot": false,
                "createdAt": "2017-09-01T01:55:05Z",
                "updatedAt": "2017-10-12T07:15:40Z"
            },
            "attachments": [],
            "links": [],
            "directMessage": null,
            "createdAt": "2017-10-12T06:20:20Z",
            "updatedAt": "2017-10-12T06:20:20Z"
        }
    ],
    "isLimited": false
}

All responses are formatted in JSON and include an ETag. If you call an API with an If-None-Match header, the server will return a 304 status code if the data is unchanged. The date and time format is ISO 8601, and the timezone is UTC (eg. 2014-01-09T06:20:08Z).