FQL:message

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

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

• mailbox_folder (FQL)
• thread (FQL)