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Retrieve a message

Fetch one message by its Sendport id or WhatsApp wamid.

Accepts either the Sendport id (msg_…) or the WhatsApp id (wamid.…).

GET/v1/messages/{id}

Path parameters

idstringrequired

msg_… or wamid.….

curl -X GET https://api.sendport.tech/v1/messages/{id} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SENDPORT_KEY"

Responses

200OK
{
  "object": "message",
  "id": "msg_01JZQ3F8X2K7N4B6Y0R9M5TCWA",
  "wamid": "wamid.SEJnTTIwMTAwNTU1MDEyM0ZRSUFFUmdT",
  "conversation_id": "conv_01JZQ3F8X0QG7T2S4N8V1PZAKD",
  "from": "+15550100200",
  "to": "+201005550123",
  "direction": "outbound",
  "type": "template",
  "template": { "name": "order_shipped", "language": "en", "category": "UTILITY" },
  "status": "delivered",
  "pricing": { "category": "utility", "billable": true, "amount": "0.0286", "currency": "USD" },
  "created_at": "2026-09-06T09:14:22.114Z"
}
404Not found
{
  "error": {
    "type": "not_found_error",
    "code": "resource_not_found",
    "message": "No message with id 'msg_00000000000000000000000000'.",
    "doc_url": "https://sendport.tech/docs/errors#resource_not_found",
    "request_id": "req_71ad3e0c9b2f4816ac53"
  }
}
401Unauthorized
{
  "error": {
    "type": "authentication_error",
    "code": "missing_api_key",
    "message": "No API key provided.",
    "doc_url": "https://sendport.tech/docs/errors#missing_api_key",
    "request_id": "req_9f3c2a7b41de08c5b2e6"
  }
}
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