# Link for new DM / personal chat message with pre-filled information

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-for-new-dm-personal-chat-message-with-pre-filled-information/256988>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-for-new-dm-personal-chat-message-with-pre-filled-information/256988 "2023-03-03T18:51:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![lindsey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lindsey/32/318210_2.png) [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-for-new-dm-personal-chat-message-with-pre-filled-information/256988/17 "2024-05-06T12:29:00Z")

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> [@Earnie\_Baird](#):
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> I’m running into an issue where each chat that is started this way is treated as unique even when it has the same people in it. For example if I start this chat:
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> [https://mysite.com/chat/new-message?recipients=USER1,USER2,USER3](https://mysite.com/chat/new-message?recipients=USER1,USER2,USER3)
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> and then have a conversation, the next time I hit the same URL it creates a new group chat without any of the prior messages.
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> I’m generating these links dynamically and when I write out the URL I don’t have any way of knowing if the conversation is net new or the same recipients have already chatted before.

Can you share a little more about your use case? I understand that you’d like to link to the existing group chat when it exists, but the _why_ will help me put that into context and learn how this would be helpful to your community.

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