diff --git a/server-api/db/src/messages.rs b/server-api/db/src/messages.rs
index 4b6a7da..efd6ca5 100644
--- a/server-api/db/src/messages.rs
+++ b/server-api/db/src/messages.rs
@@ -4,39 +4,42 @@ use mysql_async::error::Error as SqlError;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 
+use serde::Serialize;
+
 use crate::{Response, no_conn, sql_err};
 use crate::{UBigInt, BigInt, VarChar};
 
-use crate::common::{FromDB};
+use crate::common::FromDB;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
+#[derive(Serialize)]
 pub struct Message {
     pub id: UBigInt,
     pub time: BigInt,
     pub content: VarChar,
     pub author_id: UBigInt,
-    pub channel_name: VarChar
+    pub channel_id: UBigInt
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl FromDB<Message, (BigInt, UBigInt)> for Message {
-    type Row = Option<(UBigInt, BigInt, VarChar, UBigInt, VarChar)>;
+    type Row = Option<(UBigInt, BigInt, VarChar, UBigInt, UBigInt)>;
 
     async fn get(p: &Pool, id: UBigInt) -> Response<Self> {
         //! Typically used as the backend to the .update(...) method to 
         //! pick out a message to later edit
         if let Ok(conn) = p.get_conn().await {
-            let q = "SELECT id, time, content, author_id, channel_name WHERE id = :id";
+            let q = "SELECT id, time, content, author_id, channel_id WHERE id = :id";
             let result: Result<(Conn, Self::Row), SqlError> =
                 conn.first_exec(q, params!{"id" => id}).await;
             if let Ok((_, row)) = result {
                 return match row {
                     Some(row) => Response::Row(Self {
-                        id: id,
+                         id,
                         time: row.1,
                         content: row.2,
                         author_id: row.3,
-                        channel_name: row.4
+                        channel_id: row.4
                     }),
                     None => Response::Empty
                 }
@@ -85,15 +88,15 @@ impl FromDB<Message, (BigInt, UBigInt)> for Message {
             let q = "SELECT id, time, content, author_id";
             if let Ok(query)= conn.prep_exec(q, params!{"time" => time, "cid" => channel_id}).await {
                 let mapping_r = query.map_and_drop(|row| {
-                    let (id, time, content, uid): (UBigInt, BigInt, VarChar, UBigInt) =
+                    let (id, time, content, author_id): (UBigInt, BigInt, VarChar, UBigInt) =
                         mysql_async::from_row(row);
 
                     Message {
-                        id: id,
-                        time: time,
-                        content: content,
-                        author_id: uid,
-                        channel_name: "".into() // no  point at this point tbh
+                         id,
+                        time,
+                        content,
+                        author_id,
+                        channel_id
                     }
                 }).await;
 
@@ -151,5 +154,32 @@ impl Message {
         }
 
     }
+    
+    pub async fn get_time_range(p: &Pool, channel_id: UBigInt, start: BigInt, end: BigInt) -> Result<Response<Self>, SqlError> {
+        let conn = p.get_conn().await?;
+        let q = "SELECT id, time, content, author_id WHERE channel_id = :channel AND time >= :start AND time < :end";
+
+        let select_result = conn.prep_exec(
+            q, params!{
+                "start" => start,
+                "end" => end,
+                "channel" => channel_id
+            }).await?;
+
+        let(_conn, messages) = select_result.map_and_drop(|row| {
+            type Tuple = (UBigInt, BigInt, String, UBigInt);
+            let (id, time, content, author_id): Tuple = mysql_async::from_row(row);
+            Self {
+                id,
+                time,
+                content,
+                author_id,
+                channel_id
+            }
+        }).await?;
+
+        Ok(Response::Set(messages))
+    }
+
 }