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Respond.io Messages API

Send messages to contacts and read message history.

Respond.io Messages API is one of 6 APIs that Respond.io publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Messages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.respond.io/v2.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.respond.io/v2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Respond.io Messages API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — API Access Token from Settings Integrations Developer API, sent in the Authorization header as Bearer {token}.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Messages 2

Send messages to contacts and read message history.

POST
/contact/{identifier}/message
Send a message
sendMessage 1 param body → 200429
GET
/contact/{identifier}/message/{messageId}
Get a message
getMessage 2 params → 200404429

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Message (7 properties), MessageContent (5 properties), Error (2 properties), MessageSend (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MessageResult
object
2 properties
MessageContent
object
5 properties 1 required
MessageSend
object
2 properties 1 required
Message
object
7 properties
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

respond-messages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Respond.io publishes across the network.

Respond.io Comments API
Respond.io Contacts API
Respond.io Conversations API
Respond.io Custom Fields API
Respond.io Tags API