Messenger Platform

message_edits Webhook Event Reference

This event will be sent to your webhook when a user edits a previously-sent message.
You can subscribe to this callback by selecting the message_edits field when setting up your webhook.

Example

{
  "sender": {
    "id": "<PSID>"
  },
  "recipient": {
    "id": "<PAGE_ID>"
  },
  "timestamp": 1458668856463,
  "message_edit": {
    "mid": "<MESSAGE_ID>",
    "text": "<TEXT>",
    "num_edit": "<INT>",
  }
}

Properties

sender

sender FieldDescription

id

string

The Page-scoped ID for the person who sent a message to your business

recipient

recipient FieldDescription

id

string

The ID for your Facebook Page

message_edit

Property Type Description

mid

string

The Message ID of the message that the user edited.

text

string

The new message content, after the user's edit.

num_edit

integer

The number of times the user has edited the message. (The user cannot edit a message more than five times. This constraint is on the Messenger client side.)