Message Count API

This function is created for showing how many messages are in the room by providing the roomId.

REST API

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Regional endpoints: Replace chatbackend.watchers.io with the endpoint matching your project region. See Supported Regions for details.

Region	Endpoint
Europe (default)	chatbackend.watchers.io
North America	chatbackend.us.watchers.io
South America	chatbackend.sa.watchers.io
Asia	chatbackend.hk.watchers.io
Africa	chatbackend.za.watchers.io

URLs https://chatbackend.watchers.io/message/external/count

Parameters:

Response Example:

[{"count":2,"roomId":"1234"},{"count":0,"roomId":"123"}]

usage Example:

curl --location --request POST 'https://chatbackend.watchers.io/message/external/count' --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --data-urlencode 'roomIds[]={ROOM ID}' --data-urlencode 'roomIds[]={ROOM ID}' --data-urlencode 'apiKey={API KEY}'

WS Version

You can connect by WebSockets to URLs below and emit event “listenMessageCount” with parameters

And you will receive the events for each room with name “messageCount” every 30 seconds

Urls https://chatbackend.watchers.io

Response (WS payload what you will receive)

Our server will send different events for each room every 30 seconds(If you provide 50 room ids you will receive 50 events)

//Event 1

{
    "roomId": "123",
    "count": 2982
}

//Event 2

{
    "roomId": "456",
    "count": 441
}

Usage example

const socket3 = io("https://chatbackend.watchers.io", {
  transports: ["websocket"],
  upgrade: false,
});

socket3.on("messageCount", (payload) => {
  console.log(payload);
});

socket3.on("connect", () => {
  socket3.emit("listenMessageCount", {
    roomIds: "<ROOM ID>",
    apiKey: "<API KEY>",
  });
});