Get Message List

Pre-requisites

  • In order to successfully use this endpoint to request message lists for any user, the logged in user must be a Mimecast administrator with at least the Archive | Search | Read permission.
  • To use this endpoint to request message lists for the logged in user or an address that the logged in user has delegate permission to, no administrator permissions are required.

URI

To use this endpoint you send a POST request to:

  • /api/archive/get-message-list

Request Headers

The following request headers must be included in your request:

Field Description
Authorization Please see the Authorization guide for more information on building the Authorization header.
x-mc-req-id

A randomly generated GUID, for example,

8578FCFC-A305-4D9A-99CB-F4D5ECEFE297
x-mc-app-id The Application ID provided with your Registered API Application.
x-mc-date

The current date and time in the following format, for example,

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:50:11 UTC

Request Body

{
"meta": {
"pagination": {
"pageToken": 'String'
}
},
"data":[
{
"view": "String",
"mailbox": "String",
"start": "Date String",
"end": "String",
"includeDelegates": Boolean,
"includeAliases": Boolean
}
]
}
meta
Field Type Required Description
pagination Object Optional An object defining paging options for the request.
Paginiation Object
Field Type Required Description
pageToken String Optional The value of the 'next' or 'previous' fields from an earlier request.
data
Field Type Required Description
view String Required The message list type, must be one of: INBOX or SENT
mailbox String Optional The email address to return the message list for. If excluded, then messages for the logged in user are returned.
start Date String Optional The start date of messages to return, in the following format, 2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000. Default is the last calendar month.
end Date String Optional The end date of messages to return, in the following format, 2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000. Default is the end of the current day.
includeDelegates Boolean Optional Include messages for addresses that the mailbox has delegate permissions to. Default false.
includeAliases Boolean Optional Include messages for alias addresses of the mailbox. Default true.

Response

{
"fail": [],
"meta": {
"status": 200,
"pagination": {
"pageSize": 25,
"recordStart": 0,
"next": "eNqrVipITE8tzqxKzUxRsjIy1VEqTk0uLQLzlJIMyioS00pj9P3dMhI9ivyLUrwdtcvK_WL0k2P0o1yCXAI8EmP0Iw3KI8OzSs1KU9OrTLx9vJICLVyzTRzNctKMy6P8lXSUylKLijPz85SsDHWUilKT84tSiksSi0pAVpga1AIAJXArVg"
}
},
"data": [
{
"status": "String",
"received": "Date String",
"from": {
"displayableName": "String",
"emailAddress": "String"
},
"smash": "String",
"read": Boolean,
"attachmentCount": Number,
"ccm": Boolean,
"to": {
"displayableName": "String",
"emailAddress": "String"
},
"recalled": Boolean,
"subject": "String",
"expired": Boolean,
"id": "String",
"size": 3210
},...
]
}
meta object
Field Type Description
status Number The function level status of the request.
pagination Object An object containing paging information.
Pagination object
Field Type Description
pageSize Number The number of results requested.
next String A pageToken value that can be used to request the next page of results. Only returned if there are more results to return.
previous String A pageToken value that can be used to request the previous page of results. Only returned if there is a previous page.
data array
Field Type Description
status String The status of the message.
received Date String The date the message was received.
from Object An object containing the emailAddress and displayableName of the sender of the email.
smash string A Mimecast proprietary calculated field identifying the message.
read Boolean Read / Unread flag, only applicable to Secure Messages
attachmentCount Number The number of attachments on the message.
ccm Boolean If the message was sent using Secure Messaging.
to Object An object containing the emailAddress and displayableName of the recipient of the email.
recalled Boolean If the message was recalled, only applicable to Secure Messages.
subject String The subject of the email.
expired Boolean If the message has expired in the archive.
id String The Mimecast ID of the message.
size Number The size of the message in bytes.
fail array

When a request is successful the fail array will be empty.

Field Type Description
errors Array of error objects An array of error objects describing the error returned from the API.

errors object

Field Type Description
message String The error message.
code String The Mimecast code associated with the error.
retryable Boolean If the error is retryable

Sample Code

Sample code is provided to demonstrate how to use the API and is not representative of a production application. To use the sample code; complete the required variables as described, populate the desired values in the request body, and execute in your favorite IDE.  Please see the Global Base URL's page to find the correct base URL to use for your account.

POST {base_url}/api/archive/get-message-list
Authorization: MC {accesskKey}:{Base64 encoded signed Data To Sign}
x-mc-date: {dateTime}
x-mc-req-id: {unique id}
x-mc-app-id: {applicationId}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{
"meta": {
"pagination": {
"pageToken": 'ENTER PAGE TOKEN HERE OR REMOVE THE FIELD'
}
},
"data":[
{
"view": "String",
"mailbox": "String",
"start": "Date String",
"end": "String",
"includeDelegates": Boolean,
"includeAliases": Boolean
}
]
}
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