# CommMessages
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## CommMessages API
API for accessing the messages (emails, sms, etc) that have been sent to a user.
**A CommMessage object looks like:**
```js
{
// 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": "This is the body of the message"
}
```
### [List of CommMessages for a user](#method.comm_messages_api.index)
[CommMessagesApiController#index](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/comm_messages_api_controller.rb)
**`GET /api/v1/comm_messages`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/comm_messages`
Retrieve a paginated list of messages sent to a user.
**Request Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| ------------ | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `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](#commmessage) objects.
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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).
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