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tags: Client library
order: 4
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# Message Module of Bandchain.js

Messages specified by BandChain. All messages presented in this module are extended from Protobuf's messages, which are generated from these [proto files](https://github.com/bandprotocol/chain/tree/v2.0.3/proto/oracle/v1). For specification can be found [here](TODO: add link to protobuf docs).

Here are methods that are extended from original protobuf classes.

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## `toAny`

Returns an Google Protobuf's [`Any`] instance that are used to construct transactions.

### Return

- [`Any`] - a Google Protobuf's `Any` instance containing serialized messaged and type URL

### Example

import { Message, Coin } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js"
const { MsgRequestData } = Message

const sender = "band17n5rmujk78nkgss7tjecg4nfzn6geg4cvaqt5h"
const oracleScriptId = 37
const calldata = Buffer.from('0000000200000003425443000000034554480000000000000064', 'hex')
const askCount = 4
const minCount = 3
const clientId = "from_bandchain.js"
const msg = new MsgRequestData(
  oracleScriptId,
  calldata,
  askCount,
  minCount,
  clientId,
  sender
)

const any = msg.toAny()
console.log(any.getTypeUrl())
console.log(any.getValue_asB64())

### Result

/oracle.v1.MsgRequestData
CCUSGgAAAAIAAAADQlRDAAAAA0VUSAAAAAAAAABkGAQgAyoRZnJvbV9iYW5kY2hhaW4uanM40IYDQOCnEkorYmFuZDE3bjVybXVqazc4bmtnc3M3dGplY2c0bmZ6bjZnZWc0Y3ZhcXQ1aA==

## `validate`

Validates the message in a basic manner to ensure that there are no invarient values stored in the message instance

### Return

- `boolean` - a flag indicating whether the validation result is valid

### Example

import { Message, Coin } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js"
const { MsgSend } = Message

const sender = "band17n5rmujk78nkgss7tjecg4nfzn6geg4cvaqt5h"
const receiver = "band1p46uhvdk8vr829v747v85hst3mur2dzlmlac7f"
const sendAmount = new Coin()
sendAmount.setDenom("uband")
sendAmount.setAmount("10")
const msg = new MsgSend(
  sender,
  receiver,
  [sendAmount],
)

console.log(msg.validate())

### Result

true

[`Any`]: TODO:-add-link