# Mark a message as read (and show "typing…")

`POST /v1/messages/read`

POST /v1/messages/read with `{"messageId": "wamid…"}`: the id of a message you RECEIVED (`data.message.id` of `message.received`). It goes in the **body**, not the URL (a URL ends up in access logs, and the id carries the contact's number). The contact sees the blue ticks; Meta also marks the earlier messages of that chat as read. Add `"typing": true` to also show "typing…": it disappears when you reply or after **25 seconds**, whichever comes first.

**It is not a send:** no `msg_…`, no quota, it does not count as a message, and no `Idempotency-Key` (marking twice is harmless). It works the same on Cloud API and Coexistence numbers.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash
# messageId comes from a message.received event: data.message.id
curl -X POST https://api.waiaconnect.com/v1/messages/read \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer wc_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"messageId": "wamid.HBgN…AA==", "typing": true}'
# → { "messageId": "wamid.…", "status": "read", "typing": true, "typingSeconds": 25, "connectionId": "conn_…" }
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.waiaconnect.com/v1/messages/read", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer wc_live_YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    messageId: event.data.message.id, // from message.received
    typing: true                      // omit to only mark as read
  })
});
console.log(res.status); // 200 = read (and "typing…" shown up to 25 s)
```

### PHP

```php
<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://api.waiaconnect.com/v1/messages/read");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_POST => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer wc_live_YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type: application/json"],
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    "messageId" => $event["data"]["message"]["id"], // from message.received
    "typing" => true,                               // omit to only mark as read
  ]),
]);
$res = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
echo $res["status"]; // read
```

### Python

```python
import requests
res = requests.post("https://api.waiaconnect.com/v1/messages/read",
  headers={"Authorization": "Bearer wc_live_YOUR_API_KEY"},
  json={"messageId": event["data"]["message"]["id"],  # from message.received
        "typing": True})                              # omit to only mark as read
print(res.json()["status"])  # read
```

## Notes

- Meta only accepts messages received in the **last 30 days** → `MESSAGE_TOO_OLD`. A `msg_…` id → `INVALID_MESSAGE_ID`; an id of ANOTHER account → `INBOUND_MESSAGE_NOT_FOUND` (we never confirm it exists).
- Show "typing…" only when you are about to answer (Meta's guidance): a contact who sees it and gets nothing has a worse experience than one who sees nothing.