Pre-requisites
In order to successfully use this endpoint the logged in user must be a Mimecast administrator with at least the Gateway | Tracking | Read permission.
URI
To use this endpoint you send a POST request to:
/api/message-finder/search
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
{
"data": [
{
"start": "Date String",
"end": "Date String",
"searchReason": "String",
"advancedTrackAndTraceOptions": {
"senderIP": "String",
"to": "String",
"from": "String",
"subject": "String",
"route": "String"
},
"messageId": "String"
}
]
}
data
Field
Type
Required
Description
searchReason
String
Optional
Reason for Tracking a email, used for activity tracking puposes.
start
Date String
Optional
The date and time of the earliest message to track, in the following format, 2011-12-03T10:15:30+0000
end
Date String
Optional
The date and time of the latest message to track, in the following format, 2011-12-03T10:15:30+0000
messageId
String
Optional
The internet message id of the message to track.
advancedTrackAndTraceOptions
Object
Optional
An object describing the advanced filters to use in the tracking query.
route
Array of Strings
Optional
An array of routes to filter by. Possible values are internal, outbound and inbound.
Advanced Track and trace Options Object
Field
Type
Required
Description
from
String
Optional
The sending email address or domain of the messages to track.
to
String
Optional
The recipient email address or domain of the messages to track.
subject
String
Optional
The subject of the messages to track.
senderIP
String
Optional
The source IP address of messages to track.
Response
{
"fail": [],
"meta": {
"status": 200
},
"data": [
{
"trackedEmails": [
{
"status": "String",
"received": "String",
"fromEnv": {
"displayableName": "String",
"emailAddress": "String"
},
"fromHdr": {
"displayableName": "String",
"emailAddress": "String"
},
"attachments": true,
"to": [
{
"displayableName": "String",
"emailAddress": "String"
}
],
"senderIP": "String",
"route": "String",
"id": "String",
"sent": "String",
"subject": "String"
}
]
}
]
}
meta object
Field
Type
Description
status
Number
The function level status of the request.
data
Field
Type
Description
trackedEmails
Array
An array of tracked email objects
Tracked Emails Object
fromHdrSender ObjectAn object describing the envelope from address of the message.
Field
Type
Description
status
String
The status of the message.
received
Date String
The date and time the message was received by Mimecast.
attachments
Boolean
If the message has attachments.
route
String
The route of the message.
to
Array
An array of recipient objects.
fromEnv
Sender Object
An object describing the envelope from address of the message.
senderIP
String
The source IP address of the message.
id
String
The Mimecast ID of the message. Used to load more information about the message.
sent
Date String
The date and time that the message was sent / processed by Mimecast.
subject
String
The subject of the message.
Recipient Object
Field
Type
Description
emailAddress
String
The email address of the recipient.
displayableName
String
The display name of the recipient.
Sender Object
Field
Type
Description
emailAddress
String
The email address of the sender.
displayableName
String
The display name of the sender.
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.
HTTP Python C# PowerShell Java
POST {base_url}/api/message-finder/search
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
{
"data":[
{
"searchReason": "String",
"start": "Date String",
"end": "Date String",
"messageId": "String",
"route": "String"
"advancedTrackAndTraceOptions": {
"from": "String",
"to": "String",
"subject": "String",
"senderIP": "String",
}
}
]
}
import base64
import hashlib
import hmac
import uuid
import datetime
import requests
# Setup required variables
base_url = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
uri = "/api/message-finder/search"
url = base_url + uri
access_key = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
secret_key = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
app_id = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
app_key = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"
# Generate request header values
request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
hdr_date = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") + " UTC"
# DataToSign is used in hmac_sha1
dataToSign = ':'.join([hdr_date, request_id, uri, app_key])
# Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
hmac_sha1 = hmac.new(base64.b64decode(secret_key), dataToSign.encode(), digestmod=hashlib.sha1).digest()
# Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
sig = base64.b64encode(hmac_sha1).rstrip()
# Create request headers
headers = {
'Authorization': 'MC ' + access_key + ':' + sig.decode(),
'x-mc-app-id': app_id,
'x-mc-date': hdr_date,
'x-mc-req-id': request_id,
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
payload = {
'data': [
{
'searchReason': 'String',
'start': 'Date String',
'end': 'Date String',
'messageId': 'String',
'route': 'String',
'advancedTrackAndTraceOptions': {
'from': 'String',
'to': 'String',
'subject': 'String',
'senderIP': 'String'
}
}
]
}
r = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=str(payload))
print(r.text)
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Setup required variables
string baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
string uri = "/api/message-finder/search";
string accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
string secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
string appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
string appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";
//Generate request header values
string hdrDate = System.DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().ToString("R");
string requestId = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
//Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
System.Security.Cryptography.HMAC h = new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1(System.Convert.FromBase64String(secretKey));
//Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
byte[] hash = h.ComputeHash(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(hdrDate + ":" + requestId + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey));
//Build the signature to be included in the Authorization header in your request
string signature = "MC " + accessKey + ":" + System.Convert.ToBase64String(hash);
//Build Request
System.Net.HttpWebRequest request = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(baseUrl + uri);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
//Add Headers
request.Headers[System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = signature;
request.Headers.Add("x-mc-date", hdrDate);
request.Headers.Add("x-mc-req-id", requestId);
request.Headers.Add("x-mc-app-id", appId);
//Add request body
//Create and write data to stream
string postData = @"{
""data"": [
{
""searchReason"": ""String"",
""start"": ""Date String"",
""end"": ""Date String"",
""messageId"": ""String"",
""route"": ""String"",
""advancedTrackAndTraceOptions"": {
""from"": ""String"",
""to"": ""String"",
""subject"": ""String"",
""senderIP"": ""String""
}
}
]
}";
byte[] payload = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
System.IO.Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream();
stream.Write(payload, 0, payload.Length);
stream.Close();
//Send Request
System.Net.HttpWebResponse response = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
//Output response to console
System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
string responseBody = "";
string temp = null;
while ((temp = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
{
responseBody += temp;
};
System.Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
System.Console.ReadLine();
}
#Setup required variables
$baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
$uri = "/api/message-finder/search"
$url = $baseUrl + $uri
$accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
$secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
$appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
$appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"
#Generate request header values
$hdrDate = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss UTC")
$requestId = [guid]::NewGuid().guid
#Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
$sha = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1
$sha.key = [Convert]::FromBase64String($secretKey)
$sig = $sha.ComputeHash([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($hdrDate + ":" + $requestId + ":" + $uri + ":" + $appKey))
$sig = [Convert]::ToBase64String($sig)
#Create Headers
$headers = @{"Authorization" = "MC " + $accessKey + ":" + $sig;
"x-mc-date" = $hdrDate;
"x-mc-app-id" = $appId;
"x-mc-req-id" = $requestId;
"Content-Type" = "application/json"}
#Create post body
$postBody = "{
""data"": [
{
""searchReason"": ""String"",
""start"": ""Date String"",
""end"": ""Date String"",
""messageId"": ""String"",
""route"": ""String"",
""advancedTrackAndTraceOptions"": {
""from"": ""String"",
""to"": ""String"",
""subject"": ""String"",
""senderIP"": ""String""
}
}
]
}"
#Send Request
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $postBody -Uri $url
#Print the response
$response
public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException, java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException, java.security.InvalidKeyException {
//set up variables for request
String baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
String uri = "/api/message-finder/search";
String url = "https://" + baseUrl + uri;
String accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
String secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
String appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
String appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";
//create URL object
java.net.URL obj = new java.net.URL(url);
// set guid for x-mc-req-id header
String guid = java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString();
// set date for x-mc-date header
java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
sdf.setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
String date = sdf.format(new java.util.Date());
//create signature for the Authorization header
String dataToSign = date + ":" + guid + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey;
String hmacSHA1 = "HmacSHA1";
javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec signingKey = new javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64(secretKey.getBytes()), hmacSHA1);
javax.crypto.Mac mac = javax.crypto.Mac.getInstance(hmacSHA1);
mac.init(signingKey);
String sig = new String(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64(mac.doFinal(dataToSign.getBytes())));
// create request object
javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection con = (javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
//set request type to POST
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setDoOutput(true);
//add reuqest headers
con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "MC " + accessKey + ":" + sig);
con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-req-id", guid);
con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-app-id", appId);
con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-date", date);
con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
//Add post body to the request
String postBody = "{\n" +
" \"data\": [\n" +
" {\n" +
" \"searchReason\": \"String\",\n" +
" \"start\": \"Date String\",\n" +
" \"end\": \"Date String\",\n" +
" \"messageId\": \"String\",\n" +
" \"route\": \"String\",\n" +
" \"advancedTrackAndTraceOptions\": {\n" +
" \"from\": \"String\",\n" +
" \"to\": \"String\",\n" +
" \"subject\": \"String\",\n" +
" \"senderIP\": \"String\"\n" +
" }\n" +
" }\n" +
" ]\n" +
"}";
java.io.OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream();
os.write(postBody.getBytes("UTF-8"));
os.close();
//process response
java.io.BufferedReader in = new java.io.BufferedReader(
new java.io.InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
//return result
java.lang.System.out.println(response.toString());
}