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# Insert Messages

Insert new messages into the database.

<Expandable title="Request Body">
  <ParamField body="messages" type="array" required>
    List of messages to insert

    <Expandable title="messages">
      <ParamField body="dispatched_block_number" type="number" required>
        The block number the message was dispatched at
      </ParamField>

      <ParamField body="message" type="HyperlaneMessage" required>
        The message
      </ParamField>
    </Expandable>
  </ParamField>
</Expandable>

<Expandable title="Response Body">
  <ResponseField name="count" type="number">
    Number of messages inserted successfully
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="skipped" type="HyperlaneMessage[]">
    List of messages that were skipped
  </ResponseField>
</Expandable>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash curl theme={null}
  curl -X POST "http://localhost:9090/messages" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d \
  '{
    "messages": [
      {
        "dispatched_block_number": 10000,
        "message": {
          "version": 3,
          "nonce": 1234,
          "origin": 1,
          "destination": 2,
          "sender": "0xabc...",
          "recipient": "0xdef...",
          "body": [0, 3, 0, 23, 43, 65]
        }
      },
      {
        "dispatched_block_number": 10010,
        "message": {
          "version": 3,
          "nonce": 1235,
          "origin": 1,
          "destination": 2,
          "sender": "0xabc...",
          "recipient": "0xdef...",
          "body": [0, 3, 0, 23, 43, 65]
        }
      }
    ]
  }'
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const response = await fetch('http://localhost:9090/messages', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      messages: [
        {
          dispatched_block_number: 10000,
          message: {
            version: 3,
            nonce: 1234,
            origin: 1,
            destination: 2,
            sender: "0xabc...",
            recipient: "0xdef...",
            body: [0, 3, 0, 23, 43, 65]
          }
        },
        {
          dispatched_block_number: 10010,
          message: {
            version: 3,
            nonce: 1235,
            origin: 1,
            destination: 2,
            sender: "0xabc...",
            recipient: "0xdef...",
            body: [0, 3, 0, 23, 43, 65]
          }
        }
      ]
    })
  });
  ```

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

  response = requests.post('http://localhost:9090/messages', json={
    "messages": [
      {
        "dispatched_block_number": 10000,
        "message": {
          "version": 3,
          "nonce": 1234,
          "origin": 1,
          "destination": 2,
          "sender": "0xabc...",
          "recipient": "0xdef...",
          "body": [0, 3, 0, 23, 43, 65]
        }
      },
      {
        "dispatched_block_number": 10010,
        "message": {
          "version": 3,
          "nonce": 1235,
          "origin": 1,
          "destination": 2,
          "sender": "0xabc...",
          "recipient": "0xdef...",
          "body": [0, 3, 0, 23, 43, 65]
        }
      }
    ]
  })
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "count": 4,
    "skipped": []
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>