keybase ephemeral message test

message.js

// rendition of a message "test" set to expire in 30 seconds, as retrieved by json api after "exploding":
// $ keybase chat api -p -m '{"method": "read", "params": {"options": {"channel": {"name": "keybasefriends", "members_type": "team", "topic_name": "general", "pagination": {"num": 1}}}}}'
{
    "msg": {
        "id": 52853,
        "conversation_id": "0000d5ba71470610a40b4d32af53a52775cc561589525d7b21bad9ec057b6aac",
        "channel": {
            "name": "keybasefriends",
            "public": false,
            "members_type": "team",
            "topic_type": "chat",
            "topic_name": "general"
        },
        "sender": {
            "uid": "6868f09b2dd3af1c94fa8deca500e919",
            "username": "xkr47",
            "device_id": "7bb4a4af5326338b62b625f41212f718",
            "device_name": "nitor-dell-2016"
        },
        "sent_at": 1566533288,
        "sent_at_ms": 1566533288566,
        "content": {
            "type": "none"
        },
        "prev": [
            {
                "id": 52852,
                "hash": "HBL8RypcHJsA/FG1EUzmG9+nvJchtGKmXyfW1pFdEIs="
            }
        ],
        "unread": false,
        "is_ephemeral": true,
        "is_ephemeral_expired": true,
        "etime": 1566533318936,
        "channel_mention": "none"
    }
}

To retrieve this message in the future, use this command and look for message with "id": 52853:

keybase chat api -p -m '{"method": "read", "params": {"options": {"channel": {"name": "keybasefriends", "members_type": "team", "topic_name": "general", "pagination": {"num": 1, "previous": "zcqN"}}}}}'