# Retrieve Message

Retrieves a single message and its delivery status.

{% hint style="danger" %}
We will be updating our response payload to include a `creatorId` field from **24 Feb 2025**. Please read the last section to find out where the amendment is and update your own systems if necessary, **before 24 Feb 2025.**
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
We currently do not support pushing delivery status to your server via webhooks when the status of a message changes.
{% endhint %}

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```sh
GET /campaigns/:campaignId/messages/:messageId
```

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**\[Now to 23 Feb 2025] Example response body**

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```json
{
  "createdAt": "2024-05-16T10:30:50.904+08:00",
  "updatedAt": "2024-05-16T10:30:50.965+08:00",
  "id": "<YOUR_MESSAGE_ID>",
  "recipient": "6599999999",
  "values": {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "fruit": "apple"
  },
  "fullMessage": "<YOUR_FULL_MESSAGE>",
  "latestStatus": "success",
  "templateBodyId": "<YOUR_TEMPLATE_BODY_ID>",
  "campaignId": "<YOUR_CAMPAIGN_ID>",
  "templateBody": {
    "createdAt": "2024-05-16T10:13:15.111+08:00",
    "updatedAt": "2024-05-16T10:13:15.111+08:00",
    "id": "<YOUR_TEMPLATE_BODY_ID>",
    "templateId": "<YOUR_TEMPLATE_ID>",
    "language": "english",
    "body": "{{body}}",
    "creatorId": "<YOUR_GENERATED_CREATOR_ID>"
  },
  "batches": [],
  "language": "english",
  "creatorEmail": "<YOUR_GENERATED_CREATOR_EMAIL>",
  "attempts": [
    {
      "status": "success",
      "createdAt": "2024-05-16T10:57:52.534+08:00"
    },
    {
      "status": "failure",
      "createdAt": "2024-05-16T10:30:50.906+08:00",
      "sentAt": "2024-05-16T10:31:50.187+08:00",
      "deliveredAt": null, 
      "error": {
        "type": "server_error",
        "code": "server_unknown_error"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

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**\[From 24 Feb 2025] The `creatorId` field will be inserted in the response payload from 24 Feb 2025. Please amend your own code accordingly for**&#x20;

`"creatorId": "<USER_ID_OF_MESSAGE_CREATOR>"`

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