FQL:message

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Query this table to return information about messages in a thread. The user needs to grant the calling application the read_mailbox extended permission.

Contents

Columns

Highlighted rows are indexable / searchable and one is usually required in the WHERE portion of the query.

Name Type Description
message_id string A unique ID for the message being queried.
thread_id int The ID of the thread the message belongs to.
author_id int The ID of the user who wrote this message.
body string The content of the message.
created_time int The time the message was sent.
attachment array An array of information about the attachment to the message. This is the attachment that Facebook returns.
viewer_id int The ID of the user whose Inbox you are querying. Defaults to session user.

Examples

Get all messages in a thread.

SELECT ... FROM message WHERE thread_id = ...

Notes

To get started, as a developer you can access the Inbox APIs via the read_mailbox permission in order to develop and test your application. To launch your application to all users, please apply to the Inbox API whitelist.

See Also

Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Graph API
FQL
Toolbox