matrix-spec/event-schemas/schema/m.room.message

---
allOf:
  - $ref: core-event-schema/room_event.yaml
description: 'This event is used when sending messages in a room. Messages are not limited to be text. The ``msgtype`` key outlines the type of message, e.g. text, audio, image, video, etc. The ``body`` key is text and MUST be used with every kind of ``msgtype`` as a fallback mechanism for when a client cannot render a message. This allows clients to display *something* even if it is just plain text.'
properties:
  content:
    properties:
      body:
        description: The textual representation of this message.
        type: string
      msgtype:
        description: 'The type of message, e.g. ``m.image``, ``m.text``'
        type: string
    required:
      - msgtype
      - body
    type: object
  type:
    enum:
      - m.room.message
    type: string
title: Message
type: object
Convert event schemas to yaml We've decided to make the event schemas YAML, so we might as well take advantage of it. (This conversion was done mostly automatically, except for: - s/null/"null"/ in m.room.member - reformat description in m.room.power_levels 2016-06-22 12:03:02 +02:00			`---`
			`allOf:`
			`- $ref: core-event-schema/room_event.yaml`
			description: 'This event is used when sending messages in a room. Messages are not limited to be text. The ``msgtype`` key outlines the type of message, e.g. text, audio, image, video, etc. The ``body`` key is text and MUST be used with every kind of ``msgtype`` as a fallback mechanism for when a client cannot render a message. This allows clients to display something even if it is just plain text.'
			`properties:`
			`content:`
			`properties:`
			`body:`
			`description: The textual representation of this message.`
			`type: string`
			`msgtype:`
			description: 'The type of message, e.g. ``m.image``, ``m.text``'
			`type: string`
			`required:`
			`- msgtype`
			`- body`
			`type: object`
			`type:`
			`enum:`
			`- m.room.message`
			`type: string`
			`title: Message`
			`type: object`