> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.recoupable.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Copy Chat Messages

> Copy all messages from the source chat (`id` path param) to a target chat (`targetChatId` in request body). By default, existing target messages are cleared before copy.



## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi/research.json POST /api/chats/{id}/messages/copy
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Recoup API - Research
  description: >-
    API documentation for the Recoup platform - an AI agent platform for the
    music industry
  license:
    name: MIT
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.recoupable.dev
security: []
paths:
  /api/chats/{id}/messages/copy:
    post:
      description: >-
        Copy all messages from the source chat (`id` path param) to a target
        chat (`targetChatId` in request body). By default, existing target
        messages are cleared before copy.
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          description: The source chat room UUID.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      requestBody:
        description: Copy target options
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CopyChatMessagesRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Messages copied successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CopyChatMessagesResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid payload or chat identifiers
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CopyChatMessagesErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing credentials
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - caller lacks access to source or target chat
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CopyChatMessagesErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found - source or target chat does not exist
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CopyChatMessagesErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Server error - failed to copy messages
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CopyChatMessagesErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CopyChatMessagesRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - targetChatId
      properties:
        targetChatId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Target chat room UUID to receive the copied messages.
        clearExisting:
          type: boolean
          default: true
          description: >-
            When true, existing messages in the target chat are deleted before
            copy.
    CopyChatMessagesResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - source_chat_id
        - target_chat_id
        - copied_count
        - cleared_existing
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - success
          description: Status of the request
          example: success
        source_chat_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Source chat room UUID.
        target_chat_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Target chat room UUID.
        copied_count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of messages copied from source to target.
        cleared_existing:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether existing target messages were deleted before copy.
    CopyChatMessagesErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - error
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - error
          description: Status of the request
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message describing what went wrong.
    Error:
      required:
        - error
        - message
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string

````