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Gets the specified message.
HTTP requestGET https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters ParametersuserId
string
The user's email address. The special value me
can be used to indicate the authenticated user.
id
string
The ID of the message to retrieve. This ID is usually retrieved using messages.list
. The ID is also contained in the result when a message is inserted (messages.insert
) or imported (messages.import
).
format
enum (
Format
)
The format to return the message in.
metadataHeaders[]
string
When given and format is METADATA
, only include headers specified.
The request body must be empty.
Response bodyIf successful, the response body contains an instance of Message
.
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://mail.google.com/
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.metadata
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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