Feature Description

• When the admin sends a message to an account, the sender displayed to the recipient is the admin.
• When the admin specifies an account to send a message to another account, the sender displayed to the recipient is not the admin, but the account specified by the admin.
• This API does not check whether the sender and the recipient are friends or blocklisted by either party or whether the recipient is muted.

Note：

When calling this API to send a one-to-one message, you must specify whether to synchronize the message to the sender, which is the admin account or the account specified by the admin. Synchronization can be implemented via online terminals and roaming servers. This API provides the SyncOtherMachine parameter to determine whether to synchronize the message. For more information, see Sample request packet below.

API Calling Description

Sample request URL

https://console.tim.qq.com/v4/openim/sendmsg?sdkappid=88888888&identifier=admin&usersig=xxx&random=99999999&contenttype=json

Request parameters

The following table only describes the modified parameters when this API is called. For more information on other parameters, please see RESTful API Overview.

Parameter	Description
v4/openim/sendmsg	Request API
sdkappid	SDKAppID assigned by the IM console when an app is created
identifier	App admin account. For more information, please see the App Admin section in Login Authentication.
usersig	Signature generated in the app admin account. For details on how to generate the signature, please see Generating UserSig.
random	A random 32-bit unsigned integer ranging from 0 to 4294967295

Maximum calling frequency

200 calls per second

Sample request packets

Here, we use sending a text message as an example. To send messages of other types, set MsgBody to the corresponding message type. For more information, see Message Formats.

The admin sends a message to another account.

Note：

If you do not want to synchronize the message to From_Account, set SyncOtherMachine to 2. To synchronize the message to From_Account, set SyncOtherMachine to 1.

{
"SyncOtherMachine": 2, // Do not synchronize the message to the sender.
"To_Account": "lumotuwe2",
"MsgLifeTime":60, // Retain the message for 60 seconds.
"MsgRandom": 1287657,
"MsgTimeStamp": 1557387418,
"MsgBody": [
    {
        "MsgType": "TIMTextElem",
        "MsgContent": {
            "Text": "hi, beauty"
        }
    }
],
"CloudCustomData": "your cloud custom data"
}

The admin sends a message to another account and forbids callbacks for the message.

Note：

If you do not want to synchronize the message to From_Account, set SyncOtherMachine to 2. To synchronize the message to From_Account, set SyncOtherMachine to 1.

{
"SyncOtherMachine": 2, // Do not synchronize the message to the sender.
"To_Account": "lumotuwe2",
"MsgLifeTime":60, // Retain the message for 60 seconds.
"MsgRandom": 1287657,
"MsgTimeStamp": 1557387418,
"ForbidCallbackControl":[
    "ForbidBeforeSendMsgCallback",
    "ForbidAfterSendMsgCallback"], // Callback forbidding control option
"MsgBody": [
    {
        "MsgType": "TIMTextElem",
        "MsgContent": {
            "Text": "hi, beauty"
        }
    }
],
"CloudCustomData": "your cloud custom data"
}

The admin specifies an account to send a message to another account and set the information of offline push, without synchronizing the message to From_Account.

Note：

If you do not want to synchronize the message to From_Account, set SyncOtherMachine to 2.

{
"SyncOtherMachine": 2,
"From_Account": "lumotuwe1",
"To_Account": "lumotuwe2",
"MsgLifeTime":3600, // Retain the message for one hour.
"MsgRandom": 1287657,
"MsgTimeStamp": 1557387418,
"MsgBody": [
    {
        "MsgType": "TIMTextElem",
        "MsgContent": {
            "Text": "hi, beauty"
        }
    }
],
"CloudCustomData": "your cloud custom data",
"OfflinePushInfo": {
    "PushFlag": 0,
    "Desc": "Content to push offline",
    "Ext": "Passthrough content",
    "AndroidInfo": {
        "Sound": "android.mp3"
    },
    "ApnsInfo": {
        "Sound": "apns.mp3",
        "BadgeMode": 1, // If this field is not specified or is set to `0`, the message is counted. If this field is set to `1`, the message is not counted, that is, the icon number in the upper-right corner does not increase.
        "Title":"apns title", // APNs title
        "SubTitle":"apns subtitle", // APNs subtitle
        "Image":"www.image.com" // Image URL
    }
}
}

The admin specifies an account to send a message to another account and allows synchronization of the message to From_Account (the sender’s terminal).

Note：

To synchronize the message to From_Account, set SyncOtherMachine to 1.

{
"SyncOtherMachine": 1, // Synchronize the message to the sender.
"From_Account": "lumotuwe1",
"To_Account": "lumotuwe2",
"MsgRandom": 1287657,
"MsgTimeStamp": 1557387418,
"MsgBody": [
    {
        "MsgType": "TIMTextElem",
        "MsgContent": {
            "Text": "hi, beauty"
        }
    }
],
"CloudCustomData": "your cloud custom data"
}

Request packet fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
SyncOtherMachine	Integer	No	1: synchronize the message to the From_Account online terminal and roaming server. 2: do not synchronize the message to From_Account. If this field is not specified, the message will be synchronized to the From_Account roaming server by default.
From_Account	String	No	UserID of the sender (used to specify the message sender)
To_Account	String	Yes	UserID of the recipient
MsgLifeTime	Integer	No	Offline retention period (seconds) of the message; max. period: 7 days (604800 seconds). If this field is set to 0, the message will only be sent to the recipient online and not retained offline. If this field is set to a period longer than 7 days (604800 seconds), the message will still be retained for only 7 days. If this field is not set, the message will be retained for 7 days by default.
MsgRandom	Integer	Yes	Random number of the message. It is used by the backend for message deduplication within a second. Make sure the random number is entered.
MsgTimeStamp	Integer	No	Message timestamp in UNIX format (unit: second)
ForbidCallbackControl	Array	No	Message callback forbidding field, which is valid only for this message. ForbidBeforeSendMsgCallback forbids the callback before sending the message. ForbidAfterSendMsgCallback forbids the callback after sending the message.
SendMsgControl	Array	No	Message sending control option. It is a string array and takes effect on the current message only. NoUnread means not to include this message in the unread count. Example: "SendMsgControl": ["NoUnread"]
MsgBody	Object	Yes	Message body. For details on formats, please see Message Formats. (Note: a message can contain multiple message elements, in which case MsgBody is an array.)
MsgType	String	Yes	TIM message object type. Valid values: TIMTextElem (text message) TIMLocationElem (location message) TIMFaceElem (emoji message) TIMCustomElem (custom message) TIMSoundElem (voice message) TIMImageElem (image message) TIMFileElem (file message) TIMVideoFileElem (video message)
MsgContent	Object	Yes	Different message object types (MsgType) have different formats (MsgContent). For details, see Message Formats.
CloudCustomData	String	No	Custom message data. It is saved in the cloud and will be sent to the peer end. Such data can be pulled after the app is uninstalled and reinstalled.
OfflinePushInfo	Object	No	Information of offline push. For more information, see Message Formats.

Sample response packets

• Response to a successful request

  
  {
  "ActionStatus": "OK", 
  "ErrorInfo": "", 
  "ErrorCode": 0, 
  "MsgTime": 1572870301,
  "MsgKey": "89541_2574206_1572870301"
  }
  

• Response to a failed request

  
  {
  "ActionStatus": "FAIL", 
  "ErrorInfo": "Fail to Parse json data of body, Please check it", 
  "ErrorCode": 90001
  }
  

Response packet fields

Field	Type	Description
ActionStatus	String	Request result. OK: successful; FAIL: failed
ErrorCode	Integer	Error code. 0: successful; other values: failed
ErrorInfo	String	Error information
MsgTime	Integer	Message timestamp in the UNIX format
MsgKey	String	Unique identifier of the message. This field is required to recall a message. The value is a string of no more than 50 characters.

Error Codes

The returned HTTP status code for this API is always 200 unless a network error (such as error 502) occurs. The specific error code and details can be found in the response fields ErrorCode and ErrorInfo respectively.
For public error codes (60000 to 79999), please see Error Codes.
The following table describes the error codes specific to this API:

Error Code	Description
20001	Invalid request packet.
20002	UserSig or A2 has expired.
20003	The UserID of the sender or recipient is invalid or does not exist. Make sure that the UserID has been imported into IM.
20004	Network exception. Try again.
20005	Internal server error. Try again.
20006	The callback before sending a one-to-one message was triggered, and the app backend returned a response to forbid delivering the message.
90001	Failed to parse the JSON request packet. Make sure the format is valid.
90002	The MsgBody in the JSON request packet does not meet message format requirements or MsgBody is not an array. For more information, please see the Message Element TIMMsgElement section in Message Formats.
90003	The JSON request packet does not contain the To_Account field or the To_Account field is not a string.
90005	The JSON request packet does not contain the MsgRandom field or the MsgRandom field is not an integer.
90006	The MsgTimeStamp field in the JSON request packet is not an integer.
90007	The MsgBody field in the JSON request packet is not an array. Change it to an array.
90009	The request requires app admin permissions.
90010	The JSON request packet does not meet message format requirements. For more information, see the Message Element TIMMsgElement section in Message Formats.
90012	The account specified in To_Account does not exist or has not been registered. Make sure the account has been imported to IM and is correctly spelled.
90026	The offline retention time of the message is incorrect. Messages cannot be retained offline for more than 7 days.
90031	The SyncOtherMachine field in the JSON request packet is not an integer.
90044	The MsgLifeTime field in the JSON request packet is not an integer.
91000	Internal service error. Try again.
90992	Internal service error. Try again. If this error code is returned for all requests and third-party callback is enabled, make sure the app server returns the callback results to the IM backend normally.
93000	The JSON packet has exceeded the maximum size of 8 KB.
90048	The requested account does not exist.

API Debugging Tool

Use the RESTful API online debugging tool to debug this API.

References

Sending One-to-One Messages to Multiple Users (v4/openim/batchsendmsg)
Querying One-to-One Messages (v4/openim/admin_getroammsg)
Recalling One-to-One Messages (v4/openim/admin_msgwithdraw)

Possible Callbacks

• Callback Before Sending a One-to-One Message
• Callback After Sending a One-to-One Message