## Get Message

**get** `/messages/{message_id}`

Get Message

### Path Parameters

- `message_id: string`

### Returns

- `TaskMessage object { content, task_id, id, 3 more }`

  Represents a message in the agent system.

  This entity is used to store messages in MongoDB, with each message
  associated with a specific task.

  - `content: TaskMessageContent`

    The content of the message. This content is not OpenAI compatible. These are messages that are meant to be displayed to the user.

    - `TextContent object { author, content, attachments, 3 more }`

      - `author: MessageAuthor`

        The role of the messages author, in this case `system`, `user`, `assistant`, or `tool`.

        - `"user"`

        - `"agent"`

      - `content: string`

        The contents of the text message.

      - `attachments: optional array of object { file_id, name, size, type }`

        Optional list of file attachments with structured metadata.

        - `file_id: string`

          The unique ID of the attached file

        - `name: string`

          The name of the file

        - `size: number`

          The size of the file in bytes

        - `type: string`

          The MIME type or content type of the file

      - `format: optional TextFormat`

        The format of the message. This is used by the client to determine how to display the message.

        - `"markdown"`

        - `"plain"`

        - `"code"`

      - `style: optional MessageStyle`

        The style of the message. This is used by the client to determine how to display the message.

        - `"static"`

        - `"active"`

      - `type: optional "text"`

        The type of the message, in this case `text`.

        - `"text"`

    - `ReasoningContent object { author, summary, content, 2 more }`

      - `author: MessageAuthor`

        The role of the messages author, in this case `system`, `user`, `assistant`, or `tool`.

      - `summary: array of string`

        A list of short reasoning summaries

      - `content: optional array of string`

        The reasoning content or chain-of-thought text

      - `style: optional MessageStyle`

        The style of the message. This is used by the client to determine how to display the message.

      - `type: optional "reasoning"`

        The type of the message, in this case `reasoning`.

        - `"reasoning"`

    - `DataContent object { author, data, style, type }`

      - `author: MessageAuthor`

        The role of the messages author, in this case `system`, `user`, `assistant`, or `tool`.

      - `data: map[unknown]`

        The contents of the data message.

      - `style: optional MessageStyle`

        The style of the message. This is used by the client to determine how to display the message.

      - `type: optional "data"`

        The type of the message, in this case `data`.

        - `"data"`

    - `ToolRequestContent object { arguments, author, name, 3 more }`

      - `arguments: map[unknown]`

        The arguments to the tool.

      - `author: MessageAuthor`

        The role of the messages author, in this case `system`, `user`, `assistant`, or `tool`.

      - `name: string`

        The name of the tool that is being requested.

      - `tool_call_id: string`

        The ID of the tool call that is being requested.

      - `style: optional MessageStyle`

        The style of the message. This is used by the client to determine how to display the message.

      - `type: optional "tool_request"`

        The type of the message, in this case `tool_request`.

        - `"tool_request"`

    - `ToolResponseContent object { author, content, name, 4 more }`

      - `author: MessageAuthor`

        The role of the messages author, in this case `system`, `user`, `assistant`, or `tool`.

      - `content: unknown`

        The result of the tool.

      - `name: string`

        The name of the tool that is being responded to.

      - `tool_call_id: string`

        The ID of the tool call that is being responded to.

      - `is_error: optional boolean`

        Whether the tool call resulted in an error. `None` when the harness does not report a status.

      - `style: optional MessageStyle`

        The style of the message. This is used by the client to determine how to display the message.

      - `type: optional "tool_response"`

        The type of the message, in this case `tool_response`.

        - `"tool_response"`

  - `task_id: string`

    ID of the task this message belongs to

  - `id: optional string`

    The task message's unique id

  - `created_at: optional string`

    The timestamp when the message was created

  - `streaming_status: optional "IN_PROGRESS" or "DONE"`

    - `"IN_PROGRESS"`

    - `"DONE"`

  - `updated_at: optional string`

    The timestamp when the message was last updated

### Example

```http
curl http://localhost:5003/messages/$MESSAGE_ID \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTEX_SDK_API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "content": {
    "author": "user",
    "content": "content",
    "attachments": [
      {
        "file_id": "file_id",
        "name": "name",
        "size": 0,
        "type": "type"
      }
    ],
    "format": "markdown",
    "style": "static",
    "type": "text"
  },
  "task_id": "task_id",
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "streaming_status": "IN_PROGRESS",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
```