Edit a Message

Edit message is a feature which allows you to edit the content of your previously sent Text Messages and Captions associated with Media in your chat conversation.

Note : User can edit only Sent Messages.

Edit Message#

To edit a sent text message, use this below method by passing the required inputs to modify the content of the message in the editTextMessage method.

await SDK.editTextOrCaptionMessage({
    toJid : "",
    originalMessageId : "",
    message : "",
    caption : "",
    editMessageId = randomString(16, 'BA'),
})

Request Param#

Param	Description	Type	Required
toJid	JID of the To User. username + "@" + xmppSocketHost	JID String	true
originalMessageId	Original Id of the message	String	true
message	Editable Text content	String	false
caption	Editable Caption content	String	false
editMessageId	Specifies the Message ID of replied message (Optional)	String	false

Example Request for text message Edit#

 await SDK.editTextOrCaptionMessage({
  "message": "2(3)",
  "editMessageId": "7cd51ea7-457f-9161-bd8a-8492fbbe1a56", 
  "originalMessageId": "96dd5493-4b2f-55b7-a593-209e4f17d9fd",
  "toJid": "USERID@DOMAIN"
})

Example Request for media caption message Edit#

 await SDK.editTextOrCaptionMessage({
  "message": "2(3)",
  "editMessageId": "7cd51ea7-457f-9161-bd8a-8492fbbe1a56", 
  "originalMessageId": "96dd5493-4b2f-55b7-a593-209e4f17d9fd",
  "toJid": "USERID@DOMAIN"
})

info

When a message is being edited, messageListener event will be triggered with response object of receive Message. Based on this event, update the message and refresh the UI.