# Message (Subscribe)
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Messages from other clients that are sent to the room.

## Format
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```
{
  "Attributes": { "string": "string" },
  "Content": "string",
  "Id": "string",
  "RequestId": "string",
  "Sender": {
    "Attributes": { "string": "string" },
    "UserId": "string"
  },
  "SendTime": "string::date-time",
  "Type": "MESSAGE"
}
```

## Fields
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| Field | Description | 
| --- | --- | 
| `Attributes` | Attributes included in the message. | 
| `Content` | Message received by another user. | 
|  `Id`  | An identifier generated by Amazon IVS Chat.  | 
| `RequestId` | The message identifier optionally specified by your application (in the corresponding [SendMessage (Publish)](actions-sendmessage-publish.md) operation) for tracking purposes | 
| `Sender` | Information about the sender. This includes two fields:+  `Sender.Attributes` is metadata about the sender established during authentication. This can be used to give the client more information about the sender; e.g., avatar URL, badges, font, and color. <br />+  `Sender.UserId` is an application-specified identifier of the viewer (end user) who sent this message. This can be used by the client application to refer to the user in either the messaging API or application domains.  | 
| `SendTime` | Timestamp of when the message was received by Amazon IVS Chat. | 
| `Type` | `MESSAGE` |