mailpit/docs/apiv1/Messages.md

Messages

List & delete messages.

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List

List messages in the mailbox. Messages are returned in the order of latest received to oldest.

URL : api/v1/messages

Method : GET

Query parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
limit	integer	false	Limit results (default 50)
start	integer	false	Pagination offset

Response

Status : 200

{
  "total": 500,
  "unread": 500,
  "count": 50,
  "start": 0,
  "messages": [
    {
      "ID": "1c575821-70ba-466f-8cee-2e1cf0fcdd0f",
      "Read": false,
      "From": {
        "Name": "John Doe",
        "Address": "john@example.com"
      },
      "To": [
        {
          "Name": "Jane Smith",
          "Address": "jane@example.com"
        }
      ],
      "Cc": [
        {
          "Name": "Accounts",
          "Address": "accounts@example.com"
        }
      ],
      "Bcc": null,
      "Subject": "Message subject",
      "Created": "2022-10-03T21:35:32.228605299+13:00",
      "Size": 6144,
      "Attachments": 0
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Notes

• total - Total messages in mailbox
• unread - Total unread messages in mailbox
• count - Number of messages returned in request
• start - The offset (default 0) for pagination
• Read - The read/unread status of the message
• From - Name & Address, or null if none
• To, CC, BCC - Array of Names & Address, or null if none
• Created - Local date & time the message was received
• Size - Total size of raw email in bytes

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Delete individual messages

Delete one or more messages by ID.

URL : api/v1/messages

Method : DELETE

Request

{
  "ids": ["<ID>","<ID>"...]
}

Response

Status : 200

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Delete all messages

Delete all messages (same as deleting individual messages, but with the "ids" either empty or omitted entirely).

URL : api/v1/messages

Method : DELETE

Request

{
  "ids": []
}

Response

Status : 200

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Update individual read statuses

Set the read status of one or more messages. The read status can be true or false.

URL : api/v1/messages

Method : PUT

Request

{
  "ids": ["<ID>","<ID>"...],
  "read": false
}

Response

Status : 200

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Update all messages read status

Set the read status of all messages. The read status can be true or false.

URL : api/v1/messages

Method : PUT

Request

{
  "ids": [],
  "read": false
}

Response

Status : 200