# Receiving messages

## Inbound messages

In this section, you can find sample messages of every inbound message type supported by the Channels API from Google RCS. The code snippets in every subsection demonstrate how a Google RCS message is converted into a Channels API message.

See the following pages to understand more about [retrieving messages](/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging.md) or [message statuses](/api/channels-api/message-status-and-interactions.md)

### Text

#### Text message

```json
{
  "id": "3c6d204d-09d4-44b0-81a2-6e33dfdf409c",
  "channelId": "cc79a83e-ae28-4d20-9576-cd6ef76641a2",
  "sender": {
    "contact": {
      "id": "46623801-a627-4a3f-9523-363c501d459d",
      "identifierKey": "phonenumber",
      "identifierValue": "+447123456789"
    }
  },
  "receiver": {
    "connector": {
      "id": "004fe352-2e89-4b8a-a841-f401d8367a64",
      "identifierValue": "agent_name@rbm.goog"
    }
  },
  "body": {
    "type": "text",
    "text": {
      "text": "Incoming message"
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "reference": "",
  "parts": [
    {
      "platformReference": "Mx9qo66enZS0mxgbBE7XiQDg"
    }
  ],
  "status": "delivered",
  "reason": "",
  "direction": "incoming",
  "chargeableUnits": 1,
  "lastStatusAt": "2024-08-09T11:08:40.243Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-08-09T11:08:40.068Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-08-09T11:08:40.243Z"
}
```

#### Text message from quick reply button

```json
{
  "id": "ed0098c8-4e8f-4b2b-a335-faec7a9b2d3f",
  "channelId": "cc79a83e-ae28-4d20-9576-cd6ef76641a2",
  "sender": {
    "contact": {
      "id": "46623801-a627-4a3f-9523-363c501d459d",
      "identifierKey": "phonenumber",
      "identifierValue": "+447123456789"
    }
  },
  "receiver": {
    "connector": {
      "id": "004fe352-2e89-4b8a-a841-f401d8367a64",
      "identifierValue": "agent_name@rbm.goog"
    }
  },
  "body": {
    "type": "text",
    "text": {
      "text": "Reply action 1",
      "actions": [
        {
          "type": "postback",
          "postback": {
            "text": "Reply action 1",
            "payload": "item_1"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "reference": "",
  "parts": [
    {
      "platformReference": "MxTnFlioslRN-W-lVPEgg09w"
    }
  ],
  "status": "delivered",
  "reason": "",
  "direction": "incoming",
  "chargeableUnits": 1,
  "lastStatusAt": "2024-08-09T09:57:07.11Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-08-09T09:57:06.911Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-08-09T09:57:07.11Z"
}
```

#### Text message from postback button

```json
{
  "id": "f0142250-56bc-4d0c-a93d-632d684c8a88",
  "channelId": "cc79a83e-ae28-4d20-9576-cd6ef76641a2",
  "sender": {
    "contact": {
      "id": "46623801-a627-4a3f-9523-363c501d459d",
      "identifierKey": "phonenumber",
      "identifierValue": "+447123456789"
    }
  },
  "receiver": {
    "connector": {
      "id": "004fe352-2e89-4b8a-a841-f401d8367a64",
      "identifierValue": "agent_name@rbm.goog"
    }
  },
  "body": {
    "type": "text",
    "text": {
      "text": "Postback action 1",
      "actions": [
        {
          "type": "postback",
          "postback": {
            "text": "Postback action 1",
            "payload": "postback-payload-1"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "reference": "",
  "parts": [
    {
      "platformReference": "Mxg7WMFjFuQIO8Q7WhozzRWQ"
    }
  ],
  "status": "delivered",
  "reason": "",
  "direction": "incoming",
  "chargeableUnits": 1,
  "lastStatusAt": "2024-08-09T09:58:23.637Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-08-09T09:58:23.481Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-08-09T09:58:23.637Z"
}
```

### Image

```json
{
  "id": "f9543b05-1807-4086-abb3-f19939378f48",
  "channelId": "cc79a83e-ae28-4d20-9576-cd6ef76641a2",
  "sender": {
    "contact": {
      "id": "46623801-a627-4a3f-9523-363c501d459d",
      "identifierKey": "phonenumber",
      "identifierValue": "+447123456789"
    }
  },
  "receiver": {
    "connector": {
      "id": "004fe352-2e89-4b8a-a841-f401d8367a64",
      "identifierValue": "agent_name@rbm.goog"
    }
  },
  "body": {
    "type": "image",
    "image": {
      "text": "1000000216.jpg",
      "images": [
        {
          "mediaUrl": "https://media.api.sandbox.bird.one/workspaces/ed06c631-ca43-47cc-b4a7-a7e2b141b22e/messages/f9543b05-1807-4086-abb3-f19939378f48/media/81654b61-281d-41cc-85c3-1f64c4d1fe0f",
          "mediaPreviewUrl": "https://media.api.sandbox.bird.one/workspaces/ed06c631-ca43-47cc-b4a7-a7e2b141b22e/messages/f9543b05-1807-4086-abb3-f19939378f48/media/80e8810c-2c88-459a-85c2-0bc89a119888"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "reference": "",
  "parts": [
    {
      "platformReference": "Mxsgab7Ro4TwimtIVr1u2NkA"
    }
  ],
  "status": "delivered",
  "reason": "",
  "direction": "incoming",
  "chargeableUnits": 1,
  "lastStatusAt": "2024-08-09T11:25:30.651Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-08-09T11:25:30.547Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-08-09T11:25:30.651Z"
}
```

### File

```json
{
  "id": "7f45ec8b-e6f5-44d1-9eee-73ebc1469304",
  "channelId": "cc79a83e-ae28-4d20-9576-cd6ef76641a2",
  "sender": {
    "contact": {
      "id": "46623801-a627-4a3f-9523-363c501d459d",
      "identifierKey": "phonenumber",
      "identifierValue": "+447123456789"
    }
  },
  "receiver": {
    "connector": {
      "id": "004fe352-2e89-4b8a-a841-f401d8367a64",
      "identifierValue": "agent_name@rbm.goog"
    }
  },
  "body": {
    "type": "file",
    "file": {
      "text": "video:1000000219.mp4",
      "files": [
        {
          "contentType": "video/mp4",
          "mediaUrl": "https://media.api.sandbox.bird.one/workspaces/ed06c631-ca43-47cc-b4a7-a7e2b141b22e/messages/7f45ec8b-e6f5-44d1-9eee-73ebc1469304/media/b2960aab-ea20-4e29-9f90-eb653835afe0",
          "filename": "video:1000000219.mp4"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "reference": "",
  "parts": [
    {
      "platformReference": "MxUukEgnBnQw6ewuM0=o0rCw"
    }
  ],
  "status": "delivered",
  "reason": "",
  "direction": "incoming",
  "chargeableUnits": 1,
  "lastStatusAt": "2024-08-09T11:30:02.223Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-08-09T11:30:02.096Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-08-09T11:30:02.223Z"
}
```

### Location

```json
{
  "id": "e83c4ebe-9855-4e9f-9860-40d858bd0e84",
  "channelId": "cc79a83e-ae28-4d20-9576-cd6ef76641a2",
  "sender": {
    "contact": {
      "id": "46623801-a627-4a3f-9523-363c501d459d",
      "identifierKey": "phonenumber",
      "identifierValue": "+447123456789"
    }
  },
  "receiver": {
    "connector": {
      "id": "004fe352-2e89-4b8a-a841-f401d8367a64",
      "identifierValue": "agent_name@rbm.goog"
    }
  },
  "body": {
    "type": "location",
    "location": {
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 52.365879,
        "longitude": 4.917415
      },
      "location": {
        "address": "9W88+9X Amsterdam, Netherlands",
        "label": "9W88+9X Amsterdam, Netherlands"
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "reference": "",
  "parts": [
    {
      "platformReference": "MxqKsrf2g5Su6l21IG5RnLtg"
    }
  ],
  "status": "delivered",
  "reason": "",
  "direction": "incoming",
  "chargeableUnits": 1,
  "lastStatusAt": "2024-08-09T11:33:15.133Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-08-09T11:33:14.976Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-08-09T11:33:15.133Z"
}
```


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