# Checking for New Chat Messages via API

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** chat, rest-api\
**Created:** [May 28, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checking-for-new-chat-messages-via-api/309749 "2024-05-28T19:55:10Z")\
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Thanks… that wasn’t obvious to me.

In tracking is there any way to know which channels are DM and which are public?

If a user has _chat\_header\_indicator\_preference_ set to “Direct Messages and Mentions” I wouldnt want to show a badge for regular new messages in a channel.

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