Retrieve an email
GET/v1/emails/{id}
Returns the message, its overall status and the status of each recipient. Delivery means the recipient’s mail server accepted the message, not that it reached the inbox.
Required scope: emails:read
Parameters
| Name | In | Description |
|---|---|---|
idrequired | path | The email id. |
Example
curl -X GET 'https://api.sendsend.email/v1/emails/ID' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SENDSEND_API_KEY"Response 200
{
"id": "msg_8Xk2pQwLr0aVn3Zt",
"object": "email",
"environment": "live",
"status": "accepted",
"status_reason": null,
"simulated": false,
"from": "Acme <hello@mail.acme.com>",
"to": [
"maria@example.com"
],
"cc": [],
"bcc": [],
"reply_to": null,
"subject": "Welcome to Acme",
"template_id": null,
"template_version": null,
"tags": {
"application_reference": "signup_123"
},
"provider_message_id": "0100019…",
"request_id": "req_Kd83…",
"attempts": 1,
"recipients": [
{
"address": "maria@example.com",
"kind": "to",
"status": "delivered"
}
],
"created_at": "2026-10-06T15:04:05.000Z",
"updated_at": "2026-10-06T15:04:07.000Z"
}Errors
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 404 | not_found | No such resource in this project. |
| 401 | unauthorized | The API key is missing, invalid or revoked. |
| 403 | forbidden | The key does not have the scope this endpoint needs. |
| 429 | rate_limited | Too many requests. Wait for the number of seconds in the Retry-After header. |
Every error has the same shape. See Errors.