Send room messages

Overview

You can call this operation to send messages to all online users in a room.

The QPS limit is 10 calls per second. If you need a higher limit, contact ZEGOCLOUD business staff for billing.

The client receives the message notification in the following ZIM SDK callbacks.

iOS	Android	macOS	Windows
receiveRoomMessage	onReceiveRoomMessage	receiveRoomMessage	onReceiveRoomMessage
Web	Flutter	Unity3D	React Native
receiveRoomMessage	onReceiveRoomMessage	onReceiveRoomMessage	receiveRoomMessage

Request method and endpoint

Request method: POST
Request URL: https://zim-api.zego.im/?Action=SendRoomMessage
Protocol: HTTPS

Request parameters

The following table describes only the operation-specific request parameters and some common request parameters. For the complete list of common request parameters, see the Public request parameters section of the Accessing Server APIs topic.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
FromUserId	String	Yes	The ID of the message sender.
RoomId	String	Yes	The room ID.
MessageType	Number	Yes	The message type. For more information about room message types, see MessageBody Introduction.
Priority	Number	Yes	The message priority. Valid values: `1`: low; `2`: medium; `3`: high.
MessageBody	Object	Yes	The message content. For more information, see MessageBody Introduction.
SubMsgType	Number	No (Yes if `MessageType` is `200`)	The custom message type. Value range: [0,200].
SearchedContent	String	No	The search field for a custom message. This field is valid only if `MessageType` is `200`, cannot exceed 64 bytes in length, and must be specified to search for custom messages in the client.

Note

The `FromUserId` and `RoomId` parameters can contain only digits, letters, and the following characters: '!', '#', '$', '%', '&', '(', ')', '+', '-', ':', ';', '<', '=', '.', '>', '?', '@', '[', ']', '^', '_', ' ', ', ', '|', '~'.
To send and receive custom messages whose `MessageType` is `200`, the version of the ZIM SDK needs to be 2.8.0 or later.
If the version of the receiving ZIM SDK is 2.0.0 or later but earlier than 2.8.0, the ZIM SDK can receive custom messages but will identify the message type as unknown. In addition, it cannot obtain the message content. To obtain the message content, upgrade the ZIM SDK to 2.8.0 or later.
If the version of the receiving ZIM SDK is 1.x.x, the ZIM SDK cannot receive custom messages and identify the message type as unknown.

Sample request

Request URL:

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https://zim-api.zego.im/?Action=SendRoomMessage
&<Common request parameters>

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Request body:

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{
    "FromUserId": "u1",
    "RoomId": "r1",
    "MessageType": 1,
    "Priority": 1,
    "MessageBody": {
        "Message":"hello world",
        "ExtendedData":"d"
    }
}

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Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Code	Number	The return code.
Message	String	The description of the request result.
RequestId	String	The request ID.

Sample response

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{
    "Code":0,
    "Message":"success",
    "RequestId":"343649807833778782"
}

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Return codes

The following table describes only the return codes related to the business logic of the operation. For the complete list of return codes, see Return codes.

Return Code	Description	Solution
660000025	Failed to send the Base64-encoded signaling message when `IsBase64` is set to `1` in `MessageBody`.	Check the following items: - Check whether `IsBase64` needs to be set to `1`, that is, whether a binary signaling message needs to be sent. - Check whether the message is Base64-encoded.
660300001	The room does not exist.	Check whether the value of the `RoomId` parameter is valid.
660300013	The receipt is unavailable for room messages.	Delete the `HasReceipt` field in the request.
660400001	The message size exceeds the limit.	Check the message size.
660500002	The message sender has not logged in to the ZIM SDK.	Log in to the ZIM SDK before sending the message.