---
title: "Get an email message"
method: GET
path: "/email_messages/{id}"
tags: ["Email Messages"]
---

# Get an email message

`GET /email_messages/{id}`

The legacy `/v2/emails/{id}` GET route is a backward-compatible alias for this operation.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Email message details, including plain-text and HTML bodies.

- EmailMessageDetailResponse
  - `data` EmailMessageDetail, required
    - `record_type` 'email_message', required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `status` 'queued' | 'scheduled' | 'cancelled' | 'sandbox' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'failed' | 'deferred' | 'delivered' | 'bounced' | 'complained' | 'rejected' | 'opened' | 'clicked' | 'unsubscribed', required — Current status of an email message. Lifecycle statuses (queued, scheduled, etc.) are set on creation. Delivery statuses (delivered, bounced, etc.) are updated by delivery event consumers.
    - `from` EmailAddress, required
      - `email` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `to` EmailAddress[], required
      - `email` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `cc` EmailAddress[], required
      - `email` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `bcc` EmailAddress[], required
      - `email` string, required
      - `name` string
    - `reply_to` string, nullable, required
    - `subject` string, required
    - `template_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
    - `template_variables` object, required
    - `attachments` AttachmentResponse[], required
      - `url` string, uri, nullable, required — Telnyx-hosted public URL for the attachment content.
      - `sha256` string, nullable, required — SHA-256 hex digest of the attachment content.
      - `size_bytes` integer, nullable, required — Attachment size in bytes.
      - `filename` string, required
      - `content_type` string, required
      - `disposition` string, required — MIME disposition (e.g. `attachment` or `inline`). Runtime passes through the stored value without enforcing an enum.
      - `content_id` string, nullable, required — MIME Content-ID for inline references.
    - `events` MessageEvent[], required
      - `type` 'queued' | 'deferred' | 'scheduled' | 'cancelled' | 'sandbox' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'failed' | 'delivered' | 'bounced' | 'complained' | 'rejected' | 'opened' | 'clicked' | 'unsubscribed' | 'daily_limit_exceeded', required
      - `occurred_at` string, date-time, required
      - `payload` object
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `scheduled_at` string, date-time — Present when a scheduled_at value was stored. Persists even after the scheduled send has been processed or cancelled.
    - `inline_css` boolean — Present when true in the immediate create response. Not persisted; absent on subsequent GET requests.
    - `sandbox` boolean — Present when sandbox mode was used.
    - `recipient_statuses` object — Per-status recipient counts for the message. Present only for outbound messages with recipient rows. Keys are recipient statuses, values are counts. Example: `{"delivered": 998, "bounced": 2}`.
    - `text_body` string, nullable, required — Plain-text body submitted for the message.
    - `html_body` string, nullable, required — HTML body submitted for the message.

## Other responses

- `401` — Not authorized (10006).
- `404` — Resource not found (10001).

---

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