CommMessages

API for accessing the messages (emails, sms, X.com, etc) that have been sent to a user.

A CommMessage object looks like:

{
  // The ID of the CommMessage.
  "id": 42,
  // The date and time this message was created
  "created_at": "2013-03-19T21:00:00Z",
  // The date and time this message was sent
  "sent_at": "2013-03-20T22:42:00Z",
  // The workflow state of the message. Possible values: 'created' : The message
  // has been created, but not yet processed. 'staged' : The message is queued for
  // sending. 'sending' : The message is being sent currently. 'sent' : The
  // message has been successfully sent. 'bounced' : An error occurred during the
  // sending of the message.'dashboard' : The message has been sent to the
  // dashboard. 'closed' :  The message has been sent and closed, typically for
  // dashboard messages or messages sent to deleted users. 'cancelled' : The
  // message was cancelled before it could be sent.
  "workflow_state": "sent",
  // The address that was put in the 'from' field of the message
  "from": "notifications@example.com",
  // The display name for the from address
  "from_name": "Instructure Canvas",
  // The address the message was sent to:
  "to": "someone@example.com",
  // The reply_to header of the message
  "reply_to": "notifications+specialdata@example.com",
  // The message subject
  "subject": "example subject line",
  // The plain text body of the message
  "body": "This is the body of the message",
  // The HTML body of the message.
  "html_body": "<html><body>This is the body of the message</body></html>"
}

CommMessagesApiController#index

GET /api/v1/comm_messages

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/comm_messages

Retrieve a paginated list of messages sent to a user.

Request Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription

user_id

Required string

The user id for whom you want to retrieve CommMessages

start_time

DateTime

The beginning of the time range you want to retrieve message from. Up to a year prior to the current date is available.

end_time

DateTime

The end of the time range you want to retrieve messages for. Up to a year prior to the current date is available.

Returns a list of CommMessage objects.


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