zulip/templates/zerver/api/update-message.md

Update a message

Edit/update the content or topic of a message.

PATCH {{ api_url }}/v1/messages/<msg_id>

<msg_id> in the above URL should be replaced with the ID of the message you wish you update.

Usage examples

• Python
• JavaScript
• curl

curl -X "PATCH" {{ api_url }}/v1/messages/<msg_id> \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    -d "content=New content"

{generate_code_example(python)|update-message|example}

More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js). ```js const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Download zuliprc-dev from your dev server const config = { zuliprc: 'zuliprc-dev', };

zulip(config).then((client) => { // Update a message const params = { message_id: 131, content: 'New Content', }

client.messages.update(params).then(console.log);

});

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## Permissions

You only have permission to edit a message if:

1. You sent it, **OR**:
2. This is a topic-only edit for a (no topic) message, **OR**:
3. This is a topic-only edit and you are an admin.

## Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|arguments.json|update-message.md}

## Response

#### Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|update-message|fixture}

A typical JSON response for when one doesn't have the permission to
edit a particular message:

{ 'code':'BAD_REQUEST', 'result':'error', 'msg':"You don't have permission to edit this message" }