Rooms messages reactions remove

Use the ably rooms messages reactions remove command to remove a reaction from a message in a chat room.

Synopsis

ably rooms messages reactions remove <room-name> <message-serial> <reaction> [options]

Arguments

room-name

Required

The name of the chat room containing the message.

message-serial

Required

The serial identifier of the message to remove the reaction from.

reaction

Required

The emoji reaction to remove.

Options

--type

The type of reaction to remove. Options are unique, distinct, or multiple.

--client-id

A client ID to use when removing the reaction.

--json

Output results as compact JSON. Mutually exclusive with --pretty-json.

--pretty-json

Output results in formatted JSON. Mutually exclusive with --json.

--verbose | -v

Enable verbose logging. Can be combined with --json or --pretty-json.

Examples

Remove a reaction from a message:

ably rooms messages reactions remove my-room "msg-serial" "thumbsup"

Remove a reaction with a specific type:

ably rooms messages reactions remove my-room "msg-serial" "heart" --type unique

Remove a reaction using an API key environment variable:

ABLY_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY" ably rooms messages reactions remove my-room "msg-serial" heart

Remove a reaction and output the result in JSON format:

ably rooms messages reactions remove my-room "msg-serial" thumbsup --json

See also

• Rooms — Explore all ably rooms commands.
• CLI reference — Full list of available commands.