Message

The Message module is the core of the message stack. It enables logging and displaying system events in several different use cases. Events that are recorded over time are sometimes called activity streams. Exportable message subtypes can be created for various use cases with custom fields and display (view) modes.

The other modules in the message stack are:

• Message Notify – forward messages when they are generated
• Message Subscribe – register to be notified when messages are generated for specific content.
• Message Digest – Aggregates and sends digests of messages as configured by the recipient
• Message UI - Provides a default UI for CRUD operations against Message entities.

Features

• Exportable message types
• Fieldable message types
• Support for display (view) modes
• Multilingual support
• Token support
• Entity cache support
• Template support
• API hooks
• Example module included

Documentation

See the message stack handbook.

Distributions Using Module

• Commerce Kickstart 2.x
• Drupal Commons 3.x
• Open Atrium 2.x
• Open Scholar 3.x
• Open Social

Related Modules

• Message Notify
• Message Subscribe
• Message Digest

Drupal 7 version

Drupal 7 support of the Message project has been taken by the D7Security group and is hosted on Gitlab. Follow the D7Security user guide to continue receiving security update notifications for the Message module.

Develop Message using DDEV ⚙

If you haven't already, install DDEV.

git clone git@git.drupal.org:project/message.git
cd message
ddev config --project-type=drupal --docroot=web --php-version=8.4 --corepack-enable --project-name=message
ddev add-on get ddev/ddev-drupal-contrib
ddev add-on get ddev/ddev-selenium-standalone-chrome
ddev add-on get s-ayers/ddev-drupal-contrib-mkdocs
ddev add-on get s-ayers/ddev-drupal-paratest
ddev start
ddev poser
ddev symlink-project
ddev drush site:install -y
ddev drush pm:install message -y
ddev drush config:export -y
ddev drush user:login

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