Message History Tutorial

Learn to implement persistent message storage and retrieval with advanced filtering

Demo Mode - Experience message history features

Channel

Date Range

Message Type

From User

Search Messages

Total Messages

Today

Active Users

Storage (MB)

Message History

Persistent message storage and retrieval with advanced filtering

This tutorial demonstrates persistent message storage and retrieval capabilities.

Experience message history features without an API key.

Demo Mode

Set up message history for your application.

const history = new OddSockets.MessageHistory({
  apiKey: 'your-api-key',
  channel: 'general'
});

Fetch messages with filtering and pagination.

const messages = await history.getMessages({
  limit: 50,
  offset: 0,
  dateFrom: '2023-01-01',
  dateTo: '2023-12-31'
});

Implement advanced search functionality.

const results = await history.search({
  query: 'hello world',
  user: 'alice',
  type: 'text',
  dateRange: 'last-week'
});

Export message history in various formats.

const exportData = await history.export({
  format: 'json',
  dateRange: 'last-month',
  includeMetadata: true
});