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Get message history


Function overview

This document describes how to query the message history and specific messages of one-to-one, group, and in-room chats with the ZIM SDK.

Note

This feature allows you to get historical messages of types other than command messages and pop-up messages.

Get the full message history

After logging in to ZIM SDK, users can use the queryHistoryMessageByConversationID method to retrieve the message history of one-to-one chats, group chats, and rooms chats by providing the parameters conversationID and config.

Taking the example of client A retrieving the conversation history with client B in a one-on-one chat:

  1. Client A and B log in to the ZIM SDK and send/receive one-on-one chat messages to each other.
  2. When client A needs to retrieve the conversation records with B:
    1. Client A first logs in to the ZIM SDK.
    2. Client A calls the queryHistoryMessageByConversationID interface and passes the conversationID and config parameters to start retrieving.
    3. The retrieved results will be notified to client A through the ZIMMessageQueriedCallback callback interface.
Sample code
// 1. Create a ZIM object and pass in the appID and appSign
ZIMAppConfig *appConfig = [[ZIMAppConfig alloc] init];
appConfig.appID = (unsigned int)appID;     // Replace with your AppID
appConfig.appSign = @"appSign";     // Replace with your AppSign
self.zim = [ZIM createWithAppConfig: appConfig];

// 2. Log in
ZIMUserInfo *userInfo = [[ZIMUserInfo alloc] init];
userInfo.userID = @"xxxx";
userInfo.userName = @"xxxx";
[self.zim loginWithUserInfo:userInfo callback:^(ZIMError * _Nonnull errorInfo){
    // Developers can determine whether the login is successful based on ZIMError.
}];

// 3. Retrieve chat history for one-on-one chats
NSString *conversationID = @"xxxx";

// Retrieve messages from the back to the front, 20 messages at a time

ZIMMessageQueryConfig *config = [[ZIMMessageQueryConfig alloc] init];
config.count = 20;
config.reverse = true;
// nextMessage is null for the first retrieval
config.nextMessage = nil

[zim queryHistoryMessageByConversationID:conversationID conversationType:conversationType config:config callback:^(NSArray<ZIMMessage *> * _Nonnull messageList, ZIMError * _Nonnull errorInfo) {
    // Developers can listen to this callback to get the message list.
    // When scrolling down to the topmost message on the screen, retrieve earlier messages
    // Save the frontmost message as the anchor for the messages
    if (fetchMore) {
        // nextMessage is the first message in the current retrieved message list for subsequent pagination retrieval
        config.nextMessage = messageList[0];
        // Recursively call the retrieval function
    }
}];
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Get specific messages

ZIM supports querying specific messages in a one-to-one or group conversation based on messageSeq (the sequence number of the message in the conversation) list (up to a maximum of 10) by calling queryMessagesByMessageSeqs.

This interface is used when you only know the messageSeq of a message and do not know the complete structure of the message. For example, if a message in a conversation replies to a historical message, members of the conversation can use the repliedInfo.messageSeq of the reply to obtain the messageSeq of the historical message. At this time, you can call this interface to obtain the complete structure of the historical message.

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NSArray<NSNumber *> messageSeqs = @[]; // The maximum length is 10

NSString *conversationID = @"YOUR_CONVERSATION_ID";
ZIMConversationType conversationType = ZIMConversationTypePeer; // Conversation type: one-to-one: ZIMConversationTypePeer, group: ZIMConversationTypeGroup

[[ZIM getInstance] queryMessagesByMessageSeqs:messageSeqs conversationID:conversationID conversationType:conversationType callback:^(NSString * _Nonnull conversationID, ZIMConversationType conversationType, NSArray<ZIMMessage *> * _Nonnull messageList, ZIMError * _Nonnull errorInfo) {
    if(errorInfo.code == ZIMErrorCodeSuccess) {
        // Query successful
    } else {
        // Query failed
    }
}];
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