Updated on 2022-09-15 GMT+08:00

Querying Messages

Function

This API is used to query the offset and content of a message.This API queries the message offset based on the timestamp and then queries the message content based on the offset.

URI

GET /v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/messages

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Tenant's project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID.

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

topic

Yes

String

Topic name.

A topic name must start with a letter and can only contain letters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and digits.

asc

No

Boolean

Whether to sort messages by time.

start_time

No

String

Start time.

The value is a Unix timestamp, in millisecond.

This parameter is mandatory when you query the message offset.

end_time

No

String

End time.

The value is a Unix timestamp, in millisecond.

This parameter is mandatory when you query the message offset.

limit

No

String

Page size. The value ranges from 0 to 50.

offset

No

String

Offset, which is the position where the query starts. The value must be greater than or equal to 0.

download

No

Boolean

Whether download is required.

message_offset

No

String

Message offset.

This parameter is mandatory when you query the message content.

If start_time and end_time are not empty, this parameter is invalid.

partition

No

String

Partition.

This parameter is mandatory when you query the message content.

If start_time and end_time are not empty, this parameter is invalid.

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

messages

Array of MessagesEntity objects

Message list.

total

Long

Total number of messages.

size

Long

Number of messages.

Table 4 MessagesEntity

Parameter

Type

Description

topic

String

Topic name.

partition

Integer

Partition where the message is located.

key

String

Message key.

value

String

Message content.

size

Integer

Message size.

timestamp

Long

Topic name.

huge_message

Boolean

Big data flag.

message_offset

Integer

Message offset.

message_id

String

Message ID.

app_id

String

Application ID.

tag

String

Message label.

Status code: 400

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

Status code: 403

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

Example Requests

  • Querying the message offset.

    GET https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/messages?asc=false&end_time=1608609032042&limit=10&offset=0&start_time=1608608432042&topic=topic-test
  • Querying the message content.

    GET https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/messages?download=false&message_offset=0&partition=0&topic=topic-test

Example Responses

Status code: 200

The query is successful.

{
  "messages" : [ {
    "topic" : "topic-test",
    "partition" : 0,
    "value" : "hello world",
    "size" : 21,
    "timestamp" : 1607598463502,
    "huge_message" : false,
    "message_offset" : 4,
    "message_id" : "",
    "app_id" : "",
    "tag" : ""
  } ],
  "total" : 1,
  "size" : 1
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

The query is successful.

400

Invalid parameters.

403

Authentication failed.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.