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id: silent_messages
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sidebar_position: 21
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title: Silent Messages
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---
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Sometimes you want to add system or transactional messages to channels such as: "your ride is waiting for you",
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"James updated the information for the trip", "You and Jane are now matched" and so on.
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You may not want these messages to mark a channel as unread or increase the unread messages for users.
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Silent messages are special messages that don't increase the unread messages count nor mark a channel as unread.
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Creating a silent message is very simple, you only need to include the silent field boolean field and set it to true.
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```dart
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final text = 'You completed your trip';
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const message = {
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text: text,
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user: systemUser,
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silent: true,
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attachments: tripAttachments,
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};
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await channel.sendMessage(message);
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```
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<b>Notes: </b>
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1. Existing messages cannot be turned into a silent message or vice versa.
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2. Silent messages do send push notifications by default. To skip our push notification service,
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mark the message with `skip_push: true`. |