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Image shows a highlighted box around the search bar.
You **don't** need to replace `{bot_token}`with your actual bot token, as this variable will grab it automatically.
### Test request
If you have completed all the steps above, head to the **Test Request** tab, and press "Test". You should now see the latest 100 messages in your channel.
You will also notice that is displays **0 - 99** responses, this is because the response is an **Array** and array indexes start at 0.
The test request will display an **Invalid Form Body** error if you have any variables in your URL, as the test request only accepts RAW input from all fields in the API request.
### Getting the latest message
To get the latest message that was sent in the channel you have chosen, head to your **URL Parameters** and add the following:
Head back to your test request and click on "Test" again, you will now see only 1 response (the **0 index** response).
### Displaying the latest message
To display the latest message that was sent in that channel, create a new message component. For this guide we will be using an embed component.
In our **Embed Description** we will add the variable `{api_get_msg[response.0.content]}`. This will display the latest message that was sent in the channel.
### Displaying the ID of the message
To display the ID of the latest message, add the variable `{api_get_msg[response.0.id]}` into your embed / message description.
You **don't** need to replace `{bot_token}`with your actual bot token as this variable will grab it automatically.
### Request Body
The request body allows us to add JSON data to send to the request, enabling us to specify the details of the action we want to perform. In the context of the Discord API the request body can be used to define various parameters such as the content of a message.
To be able to create a plain text message, all we need to add into the request body is the content, see the table below.
### Test Request
If you have completed all the steps above, head to the **Test Request** tab, and press "Test". You should know see a **Message Object**, and if you check your discord channel, you should see a message has been sent!
### Request body (Embed)
To send embed messages via Discord API it's slightly different than a plain text message. The key is changed to **embeds** and the value becomes an array of **embed objects.** That simply just means the embeds parameter can process multiple values, instead of just 1.
If you've created any embed webhook with JSON data, it's exactly the same as that.
To send an embed message that has a description of "My first API embed message" with a footer of "Sent with Botwiz.dev" follow the structure below:
**"color"** has to be a decimal number, it does not accept hexadecimal values (#fffff, #222). You can use a "**Hexadecimal to decimal**" converter to convert the hex value to decimal.
To get JSON data for an embed you want to create, you can build the embed through our free [embed builder ](https://botwiz.dev/free-tools/discord-embed-builder)tool and retrieve the JSON data by pressing **View JSON**.