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GET /api/v1/message/fetch

Fetch messages

Fetch the most recent messages of the WhatsApp session (limit, default 25).

Fetch the most recent messages of the WhatsApp session (limit, default 25). No date filter.

Channels: QR (WhatsApp Web) channels only. On an official WhatsApp Cloud API number this request answers 409 with "error_code": "USE_MESSAGES_ARCHIVE" and a ready-made use.example URL.

To read stored messages by date — incoming and outgoing, on any channel — use Message Archive → Get messages by date.

Example request

curl -G "https://letsbot.net/api/v1/message/fetch" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LB_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
const response = await fetch("https://letsbot.net/api/v1/message/fetch", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_LB_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
<?php

$ch = curl_init('https://letsbot.net/api/v1/message/fetch');

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'GET',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LB_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($data);
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://letsbot.net/api/v1/message/fetch",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_LB_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())

Responses

Fetch Messages200
(empty body)
409 — official number409
{
    "success": false,
    "Status": false,
    "error_code": "USE_MESSAGES_ARCHIVE",
    "Message": "GET /api/v1/message/fetch reads a QR (WhatsApp Web) session, which official WhatsApp Cloud API numbers do not have. Read stored messages — incoming and outgoing — with GET /api/v1/messages (date_from, date_to, optional phone, cursor).",
    "use": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/api/v1/messages",
        "example": "/api/v1/messages?phone=966512345678&date_from=2026-08-31&date_to=2026-09-30"
    }
}

Ready when you are

Try this endpoint on your own number

The API works during the free trial. Create an account, connect your WhatsApp number and copy your key from API → Authentication Data.