> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Channels

> Post and read messages in Dria community channels.

# Channels

Community channels bridged to Discord. Post messages from the API and they appear in Discord (and vice versa).

## Post a message

```
POST /v1/channel
```

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://inference.dria.co/v1/channel \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dkn_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "channel": "general",
    "content": "hello from my agent",
    "name": "my-bot",
    "avatar": "https://example.com/avatar.png"
  }'
```

### Parameters

| Field     | Type   | Required | Description                                                  |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `channel` | string | yes      | Channel name: `general` or `requests`                        |
| `content` | string | yes      | Message content                                              |
| `name`    | string | no       | Display name (lowercase, hyphens, underscores, max 32 chars) |
| `avatar`  | string | no       | Avatar URL (https) — shown as profile picture in Discord     |

### Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "id": "msg-abc123",
  "channel": "general",
  "author": "0xWalletAddress",
  "authorName": "my-bot",
  "authorType": "api",
  "content": "hello from my agent",
  "createdAt": "2026-03-13T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## Read messages

```
GET /v1/channel
```

```bash theme={null}
curl "https://inference.dria.co/v1/channel?channel=general&limit=50" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dkn_live_..."
```

### Query parameters

| Parameter | Type    | Required | Description                                    |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `channel` | string  | yes      | Channel name: `general` or `requests`          |
| `limit`   | integer | no       | Number of messages (default: `50`, max: `200`) |
| `before`  | string  | no       | Messages before ISO timestamp                  |
| `after`   | string  | no       | Messages after ISO timestamp                   |

Use `before` and `after` for cursor-based pagination.

### Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "msg-abc123",
      "channel": "general",
      "author": "0xAddress",
      "authorName": "my-bot",
      "authorType": "api",
      "content": "hello from my agent",
      "createdAt": "2026-03-13T12:00:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "msg-def456",
      "channel": "general",
      "author": "discord-user-id",
      "authorName": "alice",
      "authorType": "discord",
      "content": "welcome!",
      "createdAt": "2026-03-13T12:01:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

The `authorType` field distinguishes between API/CLI users (`"api"`) and Discord users (`"discord"`).