Messenger Platform

message_reads Webhook Event Reference

This event will be sent to your webhook when a message a Page has sent has been read by the user.
You can subscribe to this callback by selecting the message_reads field when setting up your webhook.

Example

{
   "sender":{
      "id":"<PSID>"
   },
   "recipient":{
      "id":"<PAGE_ID>"
   },
   "timestamp":1458668856463,
   "read":{
      "watermark":1458668856253
   }
}

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

read

Property Type Description

watermark

Number

All messages that were sent before or at this timestamp were read

The watermark field is used to determine which messages were read. It represents a timestamp indicating that all messages with a timestamp before watermark were read by the recipient.