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# Get Messages

Query messages for a specific domain within a nonce range.

<Expandable title="Query Parameters">
  <ParamField query="domain_id" type="number" required>
    Chain domain ID (u32)
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField query="nonce_start" type="number" required>
    Starting nonce (inclusive) (u32)
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField query="nonce_end" type="number" required>
    Ending nonce (inclusive) (u32)
  </ParamField>

  <Note>
    Validation: Requires `nonce_end > nonce_start`, returns 400 if invalid
  </Note>
</Expandable>

<Expandable title="Response Body">
  <ResponseField type="HyperlaneMessage[]">
    Array of HyperlaneMessage objects
  </ResponseField>

  <Expandable title="HyperlaneMessage">
    <ResponseField name="version" type="u8">
      Hyperlane version number
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="nonce" type="u32">
      Message nonce
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="origin" type="u32">
      Message origin
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="destination" type="u32">
      Message destination
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="sender" type="string">
      Message sender
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="recipient" type="string">
      Message recipient
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="body" type="Vec<u8>">
      Message body
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</Expandable>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash curl theme={null}
  curl "http://localhost:9090/messages?domain_id=1&nonce_start=100&nonce_end=200"
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const response = await fetch('http://localhost:9090/messages?domain_id=1&nonce_start=100&nonce_end=200');
  const { messages } = await response.json();
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.get('http://localhost:9090/messages', params={
      'domain_id': 1,
      'nonce_start': 100,
      'nonce_end': 200
  })
  messages = response.json()
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "messages": [
      {
        "version": 3,
        "nonce": 1235,
        "origin": 1,
        "destination": 2,
        "sender": "0xabc...",
        "recipient": "0xdef...",
        "body": [0, 3, 0, 23, 43, 65]
      }
    ]
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>