From 37320e247b65164bdcf764336175d63f38096536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rafaelcalassara <rafaelcalassara@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 21:55:27 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat: add get_messages method to retrieve chat messages
 by remote JID

---
 evolutionapi/services/chat.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/evolutionapi/services/chat.py b/evolutionapi/services/chat.py
index b2af456..b5d4350 100644
--- a/evolutionapi/services/chat.py
+++ b/evolutionapi/services/chat.py
@@ -66,4 +66,13 @@ class ChatService:
             f'chat/sendPresence/{instance_id}',
             data=data.__dict__,
             instance_token=instance_token
-        )
\ No newline at end of file
+        )
+    
+    def get_messages(self, instance_id: str, remote_jid: str, instance_token: str):
+        '''Get messages from a chat'''        
+        payload = {"where": {"key": {"remoteJid": remote_jid}}}
+        return self.client.post(
+            f'chat/findMessages/{instance_id}', 
+            data=payload,
+            instance_token=instance_token,
+        )

From 40ab492eace12534e6944c85a85a37875a10007d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rafaelcalassara <rafaelcalassara@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 22:02:12 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore: add .gitignore to exclude Python-generated files

---
 .gitignore | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd9a7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Python-generated files
+__pycache__/
+*.cpython*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file

From 5d5135ffec50928b098440f28c7e968f2340545a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rafaelcalassara <rafaelcalassara@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 23:07:14 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] feat: enhance get_messages method to support pagination
 with page and offset parameters

---
 evolutionapi/services/chat.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/evolutionapi/services/chat.py b/evolutionapi/services/chat.py
index b5d4350..d4d3291 100644
--- a/evolutionapi/services/chat.py
+++ b/evolutionapi/services/chat.py
@@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ class ChatService:
             instance_token=instance_token
         )
     
-    def get_messages(self, instance_id: str, remote_jid: str, instance_token: str):
+    def get_messages(self, instance_id: str, remote_jid: str, instance_token: str, page: int = 1, offset: int = 50):
         '''Get messages from a chat'''        
-        payload = {"where": {"key": {"remoteJid": remote_jid}}}
+        payload = {
+            "where": {"key": {"remoteJid": remote_jid}},
+            "page": page,
+            "offset": offset,
+        }
         return self.client.post(
             f'chat/findMessages/{instance_id}', 
             data=payload,