---
title: "Post a Group Message"
method: POST
path: "/directory/groups/{id}/messages"
tags: ["Directory"]
---

# Post a Group Message

`POST /directory/groups/{id}/messages`

Post a Sender Key encrypted message envelope to a group; the relay fans it out to every active member except the sender. The body carries the same MessageEnvelope shape as the direct relay (the to field is filled in per recipient during fan-out).

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- MessageEnvelope
  - `body` string, byte, required — Base64-encoded ciphertext. For group messages, clients Sender Key encrypt an A2A JSON-RPC request or response before placing the ciphertext here.
  - `contentHint` string
  - `deviceId` integer, required
  - `from` string, required
  - `id` string, required
  - `signal` SignalMetadata, required
    - `ephemeralKey` string
    - `messageNumber` integer
    - `oneTimePreKeyId` string
    - `previousChainLength` integer
    - `ratchetKey` string
    - `removedAgentId` string
    - `rotationEpoch` integer
    - `rotationId` string
    - `rotationRequired` boolean
    - `senderKeyId` string — Current group Sender Key ID in the form {groupId}:{sender}:epoch:{membershipEpoch}.
    - `senderKeyIteration` integer
    - `signedPreKeyId` string
  - `timestamp` string, date-time
  - `to` string, required
  - `type` 'CIPHERTEXT' | 'PREKEY_BUNDLE', required

## Response `202`

Accepted

- GroupMessageFanoutResponse
  - `fanout` integer, required
  - `groupId` string, required
  - `messageIds` object, required
  - `recipients` string[], required
  - `sourceMessageId` string, required

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