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Default message format

The default format for messages is a JSON document containing zero or more messages, along with a token which can be used to mark messages as read.

The top level properties are:

version	Format version, currently 0
token	An opaque token representing the messages included in this response.
messages	An array of zero or more messages.

Within the messages array, each entry will include the properties:

id	The message ID.
datetime	The date and time in ISO8601 format when the message was generated.

The messages will include other properties, but these will all be specific to your application and the integration.

Message IDs may not be sequential, and you can’t use them to check that all messages have been received.

Example

An example of formatted messages for an application which includes type, project and date properties in the messages:

{
  "version": 0,
  "token": "MSwy8w099",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 10,
      "datetime": "2019-02-15T10:32:01Z",
      "type": "change",
      "project": "81q48",
      "date": "2019-01-26"
    },
    {
      "id": 43,
      "datetime": "2019-02-16T13:50:15Z",
      "type": "notify",
      "project": "81y49",
      "date": "2019-02-28"
    }
  ]
}