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Update a message

Use this endpoint for the Media method to update a message body after it has been sent. Useful for removing sensitive information from the body after the message has been received.

Parameters​

ParameterDescription
Body RequiredThe new text with which to replace the body.

Examples​

Request: Update a Message's Body​

curl https://example.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json \
-X POST \
--data-urlencode "Body=Overridden" \
-u "YourProjectID:YourAuthToken"

Responses​

200 OK

{
"account_sid": "ea108133-d6b3-407c-9536-9fad8a929a6a",
"api_version": "2010-04-01",
"body": "Overridden",
"num_segments": 1,
"num_media": 0,
"date_created": "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:08:35 +0000",
"date_sent": "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:08:40 +0000",
"date_updated": "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:08:45 +0000",
"direction": "outbound-api",
"error_code": null,
"error_message": null,
"from": "+15551234567",
"price": 0.005,
"price_unit": "USD",
"sid": "b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472af",
"status": "delivered",
"to": "+15557654321",
"messaging_service_sid": null,
"uri": "/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/ea108133-d6b3-407c-9536-9fad8a929a6a/Messages/b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472af",
"subresource_uris": {
"media": "/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/ea108133-d6b3-407c-9536-9fad8a929a6a/Messages/b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472af/Media"
}
}

Request: Redact a Message​

Redact a message body by posting an empty string as the body to a sent message.

curl https://example.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json \
-X POST \
--data-urlencode "Body=" \
-u "YourProjectID:YourAuthToken"