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Messages: send, edit, delete

This article will teach you how to send, edit, and delete messages in a Voximplant IM conversation.

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Send a message

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Use the sendMessage method to send a message to a conversation.

To receive messages, handle the message-sending events. Take a look at how we implement it in the code:

Send a message

Send a message

Edit a message

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Use the Message.update method to edit your message.

With default permissions, users can edit their own messages only. Users with the canEditAll permissions can also edit others' messages.

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To track changes in other messages, you have to subscribe to the didEditMessage/onEditMessage and didRemoveMessage/onRemoveMessage

Edit a message

Edit a message

Delete a message

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Use the Message.remove method to delete a message from the conversation.

With default permissions, users can delete their own messages only. Users with the canRemoveAll permissions can also delete others' messages.

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To track changes in other messages, you have to subscribe to the didEditMessage/onEditMessage and didRemoveMessage/onRemoveMessage

Delete a message

Delete a message

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