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# normalizeMessageContent

> Normalizes ephemeral, view once messages to regular message content

> **normalizeMessageContent**(`content`): `undefined` | [`IMessage`](/proto-reference/interfaces/IMessage)

Defined in: [src/Utils/messages.ts:788](https://github.com/WhiskeySockets/Baileys/blob/master/src/Utils/messages.ts#L788)

Normalizes ephemeral, view once messages to regular message content
Eg. image messages in ephemeral messages, in view once messages etc.

## Parameters

### content

`undefined` | `null` | [`IMessage`](/proto-reference/interfaces/IMessage)

## Returns

`undefined` | [`IMessage`](/proto-reference/interfaces/IMessage)