Get server time

Use this read-only endpoint to get the current OpenIM message server time. It is useful for send-time calibration, historical message migration, and cross-system log correlation.

HTTP request

POST {API_ADDRESS}/msg/get_server_time

Request example

curl --request POST "${API_ADDRESS}/msg/get_server_time" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
  --header "operationID: ${OPERATION_ID}" \
  --header "token: ${ADMIN_TOKEN}" \
  --data-raw '{}'

Request body

Send an empty JSON object: {}.

Response

{
  "errCode": 0,
  "errMsg": "",
  "errDlt": "",
  "data": {"serverTime": 1719800000000}
}

data.serverTime is the current server time as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds. See Error codes for failures.

Related pages

• Message overview
• Migrate to OpenIM
• Error codes