ChatMessage

Sent by the server when a client sends a message. It contains multiple message components, such as text, emoticon, link, and tag. The meta property of a message contains various attributes which define additional details about where the message comes from.

Examples

Regular Message

A regular channel message seen by all users

{
  "type": "event",
  "event": "ChatMessage",
  "data": {
    "channel": 12345,
    "id": "cfa8a5b0-2ec5-11e6-1234-f3d652ffec28",
    "user_name": "Username",
    "user_id": 12345,
    "user_roles": [
      "User"
    ],
    "user_level": 5,
    "user_avatar": "https://uploads.mixer.com/avatar/ed47s4h5-696.jpg",
    "message": {
      "message": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "data": "Hello! ",
          "text": "Hello! "
        },
        {
          "type": "emoticon",
          "source": "builtin",
          "pack": "default",
          "coords": {
            "x": 96,
            "y": 0,
            "width": 24,
            "height": 24
          },
          "text": ":)"
        },
        {
          "type": "text",
          "data": " ",
          "text": " "
        },
        {
          "type": "link",
          "url": "http://mixer.com/mixer",
          "text": "mixer.com/mixer"
        },
        {
          "type": "emoticon",
          "source": "external",
          "pack": "https://uploads.mixer.com/emoticons/x.png",
          "coords": {
            "x": 24,
            "y": 48,
            "width": 24,
            "height": 24
          },
          "text": ":coolpartneremote"
        }
      ],
      "meta": {}
    }
  }
}

Whisper

A private whisper from one user to another which is only sent to the recipient. The meta object contains a whisper attribute which is true.

{
  "type": "event",
  "event": "ChatMessage",
  "data": {
    "channel": 12345,
    "id": "eaf6e9b0-3a25-11e6-b410-e9a72fcede64",
    "user_name": "username",
    "user_id": 12345,
    "user_roles": [
      "User"
    ],
    "user_level": 5,
    "user_avatar": "https://uploads.mixer.com/avatar/ed47s4h5-696.jpg",
    "message": {
      "message": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "data": "hi",
          "text": "hi"
        }
      ],
      "meta": {
        "whisper": true
      }
    },
    "target": "recipient username"
  }
}

Action

When a user uses /me in chat. The meta object contains a me attribute which is true.

{
  "type": "event",
  "event": "ChatMessage",
  "data": {
    "channel": 12345,
    "id": "c46148d0-3a30-11e6-b368-2953589298fa",
    "user_name": "username",
    "user_id": 12345,
    "user_roles": [
      "User"
    ],
    "user_level": 5,
    "user_avatar": "https://uploads.mixer.com/avatar/ed47s4h5-696.jpg",
    "message": {
      "message": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "data": "waves",
          "text": "waves"
        }
      ],
      "meta": {
        "me": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Tag

When a user tags another user with @ e.g. @username

{
  "channel": 12345,
  "id": "c46148d0-3a30-11e6-b368-2953589298fa",
  "user_name": "username",
  "user_id": 12345,
  "user_roles": [
    "User"
  ],
  "user_level": 5,
  "user_avatar": "https://uploads.mixer.com/avatar/ed47s4h5-696.jpg",
  "message": {
    "message": [
      {
        "text": "@username",
        "type": "tag",
        "username": "username",
        "id": 12345
      }
    ],
    "meta": {}
  }
}

Censored Message

A channel owner can configure their channel's Catbot auto moderation settings so that unwanted chat messages are automatically dropped. If a message is sent and that message violates this filter, only channel moderators and the channel owner will receive that message, with the censored meta property set as shown below. Other users shall not receive the chat message.

{
  "channel": 12345,
  "id": "c46148d0-3a30-11e6-b368-2953589298fa",
  "user_name": "username",
  "user_id": 12345,
  "user_roles": [
    "User"
  ],
  "user_level": 5,
  "user_avatar": "https://uploads.mixer.com/avatar/ed47s4h5-696.jpg",
  "message": {
    "message": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "data": "A bad message.",
        "text": "A bad message."
      },
      {
        "type": "text",
        "data": "( Removed by CatBot )",
        "text": "( Removed by CatBot )"
      }
    ],
    "meta": {
      "censored": true
    }
  }
}