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# List Channel Messages

> Retrieve recent messages across all connected messaging channels

## Request

### Query Parameters

<ParamField query="channel" type="string">
  Filter to a single channel: `slack`, `teams`, `whatsapp`, `telegram`, or `email`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="contact_id" type="string">
  Filter to messages linked to the given contact.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="deal_id" type="string">
  Filter to messages linked to the given deal.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="direction" type="string">
  `inbound` or `outbound`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="after" type="string">
  ISO 8601 lower bound on `sent_at`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="page" type="integer" default="1">
  Page number.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="per_page" type="integer" default="25">
  Results per page. Maximum 100.
</ParamField>

### Headers

```
Authorization: Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here
```

## Response

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="messages" type="array">
      <Expandable title="Message object">
        <ResponseField name="id" type="string">Message identifier</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="channel" type="string">`slack`, `teams`, `whatsapp`, `telegram`, or `email`</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="direction" type="string">`inbound` or `outbound`</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="sender" type="string">Sender identifier (phone, handle, email, or user ID)</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="recipient" type="string">Recipient identifier</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="body" type="string">Message text</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="attachments" type="array">Attachment metadata</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="contact_id" type="string">Linked contact, if resolved</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="deal_id" type="string">Linked deal, if any</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="sent_at" type="string">ISO 8601 timestamp</ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="meta" type="object">
  Pagination metadata: `page`, `per_page`, `total`.
</ResponseField>

Responses include `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining`, `X-RateLimit-Reset`, and `X-Request-ID`.

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl "https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/channels/messages?channel=slack&per_page=50" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here"
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  API_KEY = "wbk_your_api_key_here"
  BASE_URL = "https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway"

  r = requests.get(
      f"{BASE_URL}/v1/channels/messages",
      headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
      params={"channel": "slack", "per_page": 50},
  )
  for m in r.json()["data"]["messages"]:
      print(m["sender"], m["body"][:60])
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const url = new URL('https://data.leadlex.com/functions/v1/api-gateway/v1/channels/messages');
  url.searchParams.set('channel', 'whatsapp');
  const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer wbk_your_api_key_here' } });
  const { data } = await res.json();
  console.log(data.messages.length);
  ```
</CodeGroup>

### Example Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": {
    "messages": [
      {
        "id": "1713351031.001200",
        "channel": "slack",
        "direction": "outbound",
        "sender": "U01234567",
        "recipient": "C01234567",
        "body": "New deal just closed - congrats team!",
        "attachments": [],
        "contact_id": null,
        "deal_id": "deal_01HY1",
        "sent_at": "2026-04-17T10:30:31Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": { "page": 1, "per_page": 50, "total": 214 }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Code                       | Description                        |
| ------ | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| 401    | `invalid_key`              | Invalid or expired API key         |
| 403    | `insufficient_permissions` | Missing `read:channels` permission |
| 429    | `rate_limited`             | Rate limit exceeded                |