Read a message, and how to get the id and other data

[AlkhabazHasan]

Grate gem and well documented and, it save times of works, but isn't messages_api.read_message(sender_id: 1234, message_id: "wamid.HBgLMTM0M12345678910=") needs more explanation?

It is so easy to get the id for sent message:

message_sent = messages_api.send_text(sender_id: sender, recipient_number: phone_numbers, message: "Hey there! it's Whatsapp Ruby SDK")
message_id = message_sent.data.messages.first.id
puts message_id

But for messages_api.read_message I have to do it like this:
params["entry"][0]["changes"][0]["value"]["messages"][0]["id"]

Is there something I didn't get?
I think I may need some help!

[ignacio-chiazzo]

Hi @AlkhabazHasan thanks for reporting.

Making that change is definitely doable. Note that the Whatsapp API doesn't return the ID of the message, it just returns { success: true } if the message is read.

What we can do, is use the message_id send as param in the request.

If you want to open a PR the changes required are:

• Add message_id as a param in the ReadMessageResponseData.
• Update the read_message method, to pass the message_id https://github.com/ignacio-chiazzo/ruby_whatsapp_sdk/blob/main/lib/whatsapp_sdk/api/messages.rb#L439.

[AlkhabazHasan]

You are right, it just returns { success: true } if the message was read; that if I have message_id.
My question, Is there another way to get the id rather than like this (for received message) params["entry"][0]["changes"][0]["value"]["messages"][0]["id"]?

[ignacio-chiazzo]

, Is there another way to get the id rather than like this (for received message)

What do you mean by (for received message)? Which API?

Side note: I still think it's a good idea to add message_id to the response of read_message API. I created an issue for that #93

[ignacio-chiazzo]

@AlkhabazHasan there were major updates to the gem that makes it much easier to interact with resposnes. https://github.com/ignacio-chiazzo/ruby_whatsapp_sdk/releases/tag/v1.0.0