Send chat message

curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'api_key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "content": "Add a contact form to the home page"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message"

payload = { "content": "Add a contact form to the home page" }
headers = {
    "api_key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {api_key: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({content: 'Add a contact form to the home page'})
};

fetch('https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'content' => 'Add a contact form to the home page'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "api_key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"content\": \"Add a contact form to the home page\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("api_key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message")
  .header("api_key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"content\": \"Add a contact form to the home page\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api_key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"content\": \"Add a contact form to the home page\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "6820f3a4e7b91d003c45a1f2",
  "name": "My CRM",
  "status": {
    "state": "ready",
    "details": "Publishing app",
    "request_id": "a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef12",
    "last_updated_date": "2026-08-02T14:30:00Z",
    "error_source": "build",
    "paywall_context": {
      "billing_organization_id": "67e0b12c4d8a3f005b21c9e4",
      "user_id": "6706af53b9c1e2004a37d85f",
      "evaluated_at": "2026-08-02T14:30:00Z"
    }
  },
  "conversation": {
    "id": "1f0c2b7a-9d51-4c3e-8a62-7b4d5e6f8a90",
    "messages": [
      {
        "id": "7f3a1c88-52d4-4a0e-9b31-2c6f0d8e4a19",
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "I added a contact form to the home page.",
        "file_urls": [
          "https://example.com/mockup.png"
        ],
        "hidden": false,
        "checkpoint_id": "6886b8d390dc7e2f4a2c91b3",
        "tool_calls": [
          {
            "id": "toolu_01A9FJd3kP2mNqRs7VwXyZ4b",
            "name": "create_file",
            "status": "waiting_for_user_input",
            "requires_user_input": true,
            "arguments_string": "{\"file_path\": \"src/pages/Home.jsx\", \"content\": \"export default function Home() {}\"}"
          }
        ],
        "usage": {
          "prompt_tokens": 18432,
          "completion_tokens": 742,
          "credits_charged": 1.5
        },
        "metadata": {
          "created_date": "2026-08-02T14:30:00",
          "created_by_email": "developer@example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Chat

Send chat message

This API is in beta. Endpoints, fields, and behavior may still change, so avoid depending on it in production.

Sends a message to the app’s AI chat and runs the turn it starts. Each turn consumes credits. This is how you build an app after creating it.

Set an X-Request-ID header before you send. A network retry carrying the same value is ignored rather than run a second time and charged again.

The request stays open until the AI finishes the whole turn, so it can take several minutes on a large change. The response is the app once the turn settles, with the messages the turn produced under conversation.messages. That list is ordered oldest first, so the AI’s reply is the last entry whose role is assistant.

A 200 response does not mean the turn succeeded, and it does not always describe a turn. Three cases come back as a 200.

The turn ran and finished. status.state is ready and the app is idle again.
The turn ran and failed. status.state is error, and status.error_source says where it failed. A value of paywall means the app’s workspace has no credits left and no work was done.
The message was queued. The AI was already busy with an earlier message, so the response is {"queued": true} with the queue’s state and none of the fields below. Check for queued before you read anything else.

The response includes fields beyond the ones documented here. Don’t rely on undocumented response fields, as they can change at any time. Send only the fields documented here. Other request fields are not supported and their behavior can change.

POST

api

apps

{app_id}

chat

message

Send chat message

curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'api_key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "content": "Add a contact form to the home page"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message"

payload = { "content": "Add a contact form to the home page" }
headers = {
    "api_key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {api_key: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({content: 'Add a contact form to the home page'})
};

fetch('https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'content' => 'Add a contact form to the home page'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "api_key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"content\": \"Add a contact form to the home page\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("api_key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message")
  .header("api_key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"content\": \"Add a contact form to the home page\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.base44.com/api/apps/{app_id}/chat/message")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api_key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"content\": \"Add a contact form to the home page\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "6820f3a4e7b91d003c45a1f2",
  "name": "My CRM",
  "status": {
    "state": "ready",
    "details": "Publishing app",
    "request_id": "a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef12",
    "last_updated_date": "2026-08-02T14:30:00Z",
    "error_source": "build",
    "paywall_context": {
      "billing_organization_id": "67e0b12c4d8a3f005b21c9e4",
      "user_id": "6706af53b9c1e2004a37d85f",
      "evaluated_at": "2026-08-02T14:30:00Z"
    }
  },
  "conversation": {
    "id": "1f0c2b7a-9d51-4c3e-8a62-7b4d5e6f8a90",
    "messages": [
      {
        "id": "7f3a1c88-52d4-4a0e-9b31-2c6f0d8e4a19",
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "I added a contact form to the home page.",
        "file_urls": [
          "https://example.com/mockup.png"
        ],
        "hidden": false,
        "checkpoint_id": "6886b8d390dc7e2f4a2c91b3",
        "tool_calls": [
          {
            "id": "toolu_01A9FJd3kP2mNqRs7VwXyZ4b",
            "name": "create_file",
            "status": "waiting_for_user_input",
            "requires_user_input": true,
            "arguments_string": "{\"file_path\": \"src/pages/Home.jsx\", \"content\": \"export default function Home() {}\"}"
          }
        ],
        "usage": {
          "prompt_tokens": 18432,
          "completion_tokens": 742,
          "credits_charged": 1.5
        },
        "metadata": {
          "created_date": "2026-08-02T14:30:00",
          "created_by_email": "developer@example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authorizations

api_key

string

header

required

Personal API key.

Path Parameters

app_id

string

required

ID of the app whose AI chat this request acts on.

Body

application/json

content

string

required

What you want the AI to do. Up to 100,000 characters.

Example:

"Add a contact form to the home page"

file_urls

string[]

Publicly reachable URLs of files to attach to the message, such as a screenshot or a mockup for the AI to work from. Base44 downloads each file, so a URL has to resolve without credentials.

Example:

["https://example.com/mockup.png"]

Response

Successful Response

An app, with its conversation and build status.

string | null

ID of the app.

Example:

"6820f3a4e7b91d003c45a1f2"

name

string | null

Display name of the app.

Example:

"My CRM"

status

AppStatusResponse · object | null

The app's build status once the request returned. Read state to tell a finished turn from one that is still processing or that failed.

Show child attributes

conversation

ChatTurnConversation · object | null

The app's conversation, including the messages this request produced.

Show child attributes

Base44 APIs

Apps API (Beta)

Monitoring API

Audit Logs API

Send chat message

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response