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Ask Inkeep•3/21/24, 3:41 PM

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Ask Inkeep•3/21/24, 3:42 PM

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Currently, Novu notifications have a default expiration time of 12 months, and there isn't a built-in feature to customize this expiration time to a shorter period like 2 days. This limitation means that automatically expiring notifications after a specific short duration, such as 2 days, isn't directly supported within Novu's existing features as of the latest information available 💬│supportIs there a way to set an expiry on triggered notifications? .

For use cases requiring notification expiration sooner than the default, you might need to implement a custom solution outside of Novu to manage and delete notifications based on your specific requirements.

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[1] Is there a way to set an expiry on triggered notifications?

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Ask InkeepAPP•3/21/24, 6:07 PM

Got it. Tagging @Support for additional help.

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ManwinderSinghOP•3/22/24, 1:09 PM

@Pawan Jain @Emil Please help here

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 1:53 PM

@ManwinderSingh

Sorry for delayed response.

Are you looking to permanently delete the in-app message for user after 2 days?

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ManwinderSinghOP•3/22/24, 1:54 PM

Yes

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 1:54 PM

It can be done using delete message api

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 1:54 PM

https://docs.novu.co/api-reference/messages/delete-message

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ManwinderSinghOP•3/22/24, 1:57 PM

Sorry for some silly questions, but where can I find the message id ?

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ManwinderSinghOP•3/22/24, 1:58 PM

For this I will have to create a daily-worker and store the IDs which I need to expire explicitly right?

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 2:04 PM

Yes, you will need to store messageId for that

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ManwinderSinghOP•3/22/24, 2:09 PM

Where will I get the Message ID?

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ManwinderSinghOP•3/22/24, 2:09 PM

while triggering it ?

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 2:22 PM

It will require another api call

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 2:22 PM

You can use this api instead

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 2:22 PM

https://docs.novu.co/api-reference/messages/delete-message-by-transactionid

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 2:22 PM

It will delete all meessages related to transactionId

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Pawan Jain•3/22/24, 2:23 PM

transactionId will be returned when you trigger the workflow

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ManwinderSinghOP•3/22/24, 3:45 PM

Alright okay thanks. It would be helpful

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ManwinderSinghOP•4/5/24, 6:23 AM

@Pawan Jain Just to confirm

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ManwinderSinghOP•4/5/24, 6:24 AM

In case I trigger a workflow for topic, I will get single transactionId for that right?

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ManwinderSinghOP•4/5/24, 6:25 AM

and when I trigger this delete api call, that should ideally delete the notifications ?

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Pawan Jain•4/5/24, 6:29 AM

using above api all messages generated due to trigger to of that topic will be deleted

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ManwinderSinghOP•4/5/24, 6:29 AM

Wow! that sounds good