# SpanMessage
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A message in the conversation history with participant role and content values

## Contents
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 ** messageId **   <a name="connect-Type-amazon-q-connect_SpanMessage-messageId"></a>
Unique message identifier  
Type: String  
Pattern: `[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}`   
Required: Yes

 ** participant **   <a name="connect-Type-amazon-q-connect_SpanMessage-participant"></a>
Message source role  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `CUSTOMER | AGENT | BOT`   
Required: Yes

 ** timestamp **   <a name="connect-Type-amazon-q-connect_SpanMessage-timestamp"></a>
Message timestamp  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: Yes

 ** values **   <a name="connect-Type-amazon-q-connect_SpanMessage-values"></a>
Message content values (text, tool use, tool result)  
Type: Array of [SpanMessageValue](API_amazon-q-connect_SpanMessageValue.md) objects  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 10 items.  
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/qconnect-2020-10-19/SpanMessage) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/qconnect-2020-10-19/SpanMessage) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/qconnect-2020-10-19/SpanMessage)