Update Message

rocketchat.update_message
ActionChat & messagingconnection required

Calls the Rocket.Chat API with the connection's credentials.

Replace the text of an existing message. Rocket.Chat has no partial edit here: the text you give becomes the whole message.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
API key
Providers
Rocket.Chat
Secret shape
the personal access token, or {"token": "…", "user_id": "…"}
Config it needs
base_url, user_id
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

3 fields, 3 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
room_id
The room id (not its name) — use rocketchat.get_channel_info to resolve one.
stringYes———
msg_id
The message to edit.
stringYes———
text
The complete new message text.
stringYes———

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
message._id
The message id.
string7aDSXtjMA3KPLxLjt
message.rid
The id of the room the message is in.
string—
message.msg
The message text, as Rocket.Chat stored it.
string—
message.ts
When the message was posted, as an ISO-8601 timestamp.
string—
message.u._id
The id of the user the message was posted as.
string—
message.u.username
The username the message was posted as.
string—
message._updatedAt
When the message last changed, ISO-8601.
string—
success
True — Rocket.Chat's own envelope flag.
boolean—
{
  "message": {
    "_id": "7aDSXtjMA3KPLxLjt",
    "_updatedAt": "",
    "msg": "",
    "rid": "",
    "ts": "",
    "u": {
      "_id": "",
      "username": ""
    }
  },
  "success": false
}

See Update Message run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Rocket.Chat connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.