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# List Messages

> Retrieves inbound email messages received on the authenticated project's inbound-enabled domains. Supports filtering by domain, sender, recipient, thread, subject search, and date range, with pagination. Blocked/unrouted messages are excluded unless includeBlocked is set.

<Note>
  This endpoint uses a standard **project API key** (`AS_` prefix). Messages are scoped to the project the key belongs to. Blocked and unrouted messages are excluded unless `includeBlocked=true` is set.
</Note>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request GET \
    --url 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/inbound/messages?page=1&limit=50' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer as_your-api-key'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.autosend.com/v1/inbound/messages"

  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer as_your-api-key"
  }

  params = {
      "page": 1,
      "limit": 50
  }

  response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const params = new URLSearchParams({ page: '1', limit: '50' });

  fetch(`https://api.autosend.com/v1/inbound/messages?${params}`, {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer as_your-api-key'
    }
  })
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php

  $url = 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/inbound/messages?page=1&limit=50';

  $ch = curl_init($url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
      'Authorization: Bearer as_your-api-key'
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);

  echo $response;
  ?>
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

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

  func main() {
      url := "https://api.autosend.com/v1/inbound/messages?page=1&limit=50"

      req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
      req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer as_your-api-key")

      client := &http.Client{}
      resp, err := client.Do(req)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println("Error:", err)
          return
      }
      defer resp.Body.Close()

      body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
      fmt.Println(string(body))
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.URL;

  public class ListMessages {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
              URL url = new URL("https://api.autosend.com/v1/inbound/messages?page=1&limit=50");
              HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

              con.setRequestMethod("GET");
              con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer as_your-api-key");

              BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
              String inputLine;
              StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
              while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                  content.append(inputLine);
              }
              in.close();
              con.disconnect();

              System.out.println(content.toString());
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'net/http'
  require 'uri'

  uri = URI('https://api.autosend.com/v1/inbound/messages?page=1&limit=50')

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

  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
  request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer as_your-api-key'

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.body
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b1234",
          "messageId": "<CADxyz@mail.gmail.com>",
          "domainName": "support.example.com",
          "from": {
            "email": "customer@gmail.com",
            "name": "Jane Customer"
          },
          "to": [
            {
              "email": "help@support.example.com",
              "name": null
            }
          ],
          "cc": [],
          "subject": "Question about my order",
          "status": "PROCESSED",
          "attachmentCount": 0,
          "receivedAt": "2026-06-20T10:15:30.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "page": 1,
        "limit": 50,
        "total": 1,
        "pages": 1
      }
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

***

#### Authorizations

<ParamField path="Authorizations" type="string | header" required>
  Project API key header of the form Bearer `as_<key>`. You can also pass the key via the `x-api-key` header.
</ParamField>

### Query Parameters

<ParamField query="from" type="string">
  Filter by sender email address (exact match, case-insensitive).

  Example: `"customer@gmail.com"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="to" type="string">
  Filter by recipient email address (exact match, case-insensitive).

  Example: `"help@support.example.com"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="threadId" type="string">
  Filter to messages belonging to a specific conversation thread .

  Example: `"60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b1234"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="search" type="string">
  Case-insensitive substring search against the message subject.

  Maximum length: `200`
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="dateFrom" type="string">
  Return only messages created on or after this timestamp (ISO 8601).

  Example: `"2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="dateTo" type="string">
  Return only messages created on or before this timestamp (ISO 8601).

  Example: `"2026-06-30T23:59:59.000Z"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="page" type="integer">
  Page number (1-based). Defaults to `1`.

  Minimum: `1`
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="limit" type="integer">
  Number of messages per page. Defaults to `50`.

  Minimum: `1`

  Maximum: `200`
</ParamField>

#### Response

<span className="text-sm">Messages retrieved successfully</span>

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the request was successful

  Example: `true`
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="child attributes">
    <ResponseField name="data.items" type="object[]">
      Array of inbound message summaries, newest first

      <Expandable title="child attributes">
        <ResponseField name="id" type="string">
          Unique inbound message identifier
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="messageId" type="string">
          RFC 5322 `Message-ID` header from the original email
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="domainName" type="string">
          Domain the message was received on
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="from" type="object">
          Sender address (`email`, `name`)
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="to" type="object[]">
          Recipient addresses (`email`, `name`)
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="cc" type="object[]">
          CC addresses (`email`, `name`)
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="subject" type="string">
          Message subject
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="status" type="string">
          Message status: `PROCESSED`, `PROCESSING`, `FAILED`, `BLOCKED_UNVERIFIED`, or `BLOCKED_UNROUTED`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="attachmentCount" type="integer">
          Number of attachments on the message
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="receivedAt" type="string">
          Timestamp the message was received (ISO 8601)
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.pagination" type="object">
      Pagination metadata

      <Expandable title="child attributes">
        <ResponseField name="page" type="integer">
          Current page number
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="limit" type="integer">
          Page size used for this response
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="total" type="integer">
          Total number of matching messages
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="pages" type="integer">
          Total number of pages
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

#### Error Responses

<ResponseField name="400 - Invalid query parameter" type="object">
  Returned when a query parameter fails validation (e.g. a malformed `domainId`, invalid email, or out-of-range `limit`).

  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "error": {
        "message": "Invalid value",
        "path": "limit"
      }
    
  }
  ```
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="401 - Unauthorized" type="object">
  Returned when the API key is missing or invalid.

  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "error": {
      "message": "Invalid or missing API key"
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseField>


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /inbound/messages
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AutoSend API
  description: >-
    AutoSend REST API for reading and replying to inbound emails received on a
    project's inbound-enabled domains. These endpoints use a standard project
    API key (AS_ prefix).
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.autosend.com/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /inbound/messages:
    get:
      summary: List Messages
      description: >-
        Retrieves inbound email messages received on the authenticated project's
        inbound-enabled domains. Supports filtering by domain, sender,
        recipient, thread, subject search, and date range, with pagination.
        Blocked/unrouted messages are excluded unless includeBlocked is set.
components: {}

````

## Related topics

- [AutoSend Node.js SDK](/sdk/nodejs.md)
- [Inbound Email API](/inbound/introduction.md)
- [Lists](/marketing-emails/contacts/lists.md)
- [Get Message](/api-reference/inbound-emails/get-message.md)
- [Reply to Message](/api-reference/inbound-emails/reply-to-message.md)