Get a mailbox message

GET

api

mailboxes

{id}

messages

{messageId}

TypeScript

import Inbound from "inboundemail";

const inbound = new Inbound();
const result = await inbound.messages.retrieve("<mailboxId>", "<messageId>");

import requests

url = "https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "folder": "inbox",
  "folderPath": "<string>",
  "threadId": "<string>",
  "subject": "<string>",
  "from": "<string>",
  "to": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "date": "<string>",
  "preview": "<string>",
  "isRead": true,
  "isJunk": true,
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "messageId": "<string>",
  "inReplyTo": "<string>",
  "cc": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "replyTo": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "envelopeRecipients": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "text": "<string>",
  "html": "<string>",
  "attachments": [
    {
      "index": 123,
      "filename": "<string>",
      "contentType": "<string>",
      "size": 123
    }
  ],
  "status": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Your Inbound API key. Include it in the Authorization header as: Bearer

Path Parameters

string

required

messageId

string

required

Response

Response for status 200

string

required

folder

enum<string>

required

Available options:

inbox,

archive,

junk,

sent

folderPath

string · null · null

required

The exact mailbox folder path (for example Trash or Projects/2026), shared with IMAP and /mailboxes/{id}/folders; null when the message isn't in a folder of this mailbox

threadId

string · null · null

required

subject

string · null · null

required

from

string

required

string[]

required

date

string · null · null

required

preview

string · null · null

required

isRead

boolean

required

isJunk

boolean

required

hasAttachments

boolean

required

messageId

string · null · null

required

inReplyTo

string · null · null

required

string[]

required

replyTo

string[]

required

envelopeRecipients

string[]

required

text

string · null · null

required

html

string · null · null

required

attachments

object[]

required

Show child attributes

status

string

TypeScript

import Inbound from "inboundemail";

const inbound = new Inbound();
const result = await inbound.messages.retrieve("<mailboxId>", "<messageId>");

import requests

url = "https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://inbound.new/api/e2/mailboxes/{id}/messages/{messageId}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "folder": "inbox",
  "folderPath": "<string>",
  "threadId": "<string>",
  "subject": "<string>",
  "from": "<string>",
  "to": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "date": "<string>",
  "preview": "<string>",
  "isRead": true,
  "isJunk": true,
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "messageId": "<string>",
  "inReplyTo": "<string>",
  "cc": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "replyTo": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "envelopeRecipients": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "text": "<string>",
  "html": "<string>",
  "attachments": [
    {
      "index": 123,
      "filename": "<string>",
      "contentType": "<string>",
      "size": 123
    }
  ],
  "status": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

Overview

Domains

Endpoints

Email Addresses

Attachments

Authentication

Emails

Inbox

Mailboxes

Spam Filter

Guard

Webhooks

Get a mailbox message

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Response