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# Read public room messages

> Public room, bounded to 60 lines. after is the last received sortable lowercase-hex line ID; messages are returned in chronological order. This is a live room window, not an unbounded history export.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/vibemarket_openapi.json get /chat/messages
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: vibe.market API
  version: '2026-09-10'
  description: >-
    Consumer HTTP API for the current vibe.market at
    https://vibechain.com/market. This is an experimental protocol; review
    https://vibechain.com/terms. Public reads do not require Classic API keys.
    Discover runtime graphs rather than hardcoding a revision. The
    /api/vibemarket2 namespace is intentional. Operational provider webhooks and
    operator-only controls are excluded.
  termsOfService: https://vibechain.com/terms
servers:
  - url: https://build.vibechain.com/api/vibemarket2
    description: Current-market backend
security: []
tags:
  - name: Discovery
  - name: Indexed market
  - name: Board
  - name: Live updates
  - name: Creators
  - name: Artwork
  - name: Accounts
  - name: Community
  - name: Private messages
  - name: Scoped sessions
paths:
  /chat/messages:
    get:
      tags:
        - Community
      summary: Read public room messages
      description: >-
        Public room, bounded to 60 lines. after is the last received sortable
        lowercase-hex line ID; messages are returned in chronological order.
        This is a live room window, not an unbounded history export.
      operationId: vm2043
      parameters:
        - name: after
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[a-f0-9]{0,40}$
          description: Last received line id.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  lines:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatLine'
                  now:
                    type: integer
                required:
                  - lines
                  - now
        '400':
          description: Invalid input, signature or action.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '503':
          description: Dependency or capacity unavailable. Retry with backoff.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
    ChatLine:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        address:
          type: string
          pattern: ^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$
        text:
          type: string
        at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      description: >-
        Room line. See returned payload for display/profile fields; timestamps
        are Unix milliseconds.
      required:
        - id
        - address
        - text
        - at
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      required:
        - error

````