48hr.email/api/routes/inbox.api.md

Inbox & Mail Retrieval API

Overview

Endpoints for listing emails, retrieving full/raw emails, and downloading attachments.

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Endpoints

GET /api/inbox/:address

List mail summaries for an inbox.

• Auth: Optional
• Response:
  • Array of mail summary objects

GET /api/inbox/:address/:uid

Get full email by UID.

• Auth: Optional
• Response:
  • uid, to, from, date, subject, text, html, attachments
• Errors:
  • VALIDATION_ERROR, NOT_FOUND

GET /api/inbox/:address/:uid/raw

Get raw email source.

• Auth: Optional
• Response:
  • Raw email string
• Errors:
  • VALIDATION_ERROR, NOT_FOUND

GET /api/inbox/:address/:uid/attachment/:checksum

Download attachment by checksum.

• Auth: Optional
• Response:
  • Attachment file
• Errors:
  • VALIDATION_ERROR, NOT_FOUND

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Response Format

{
  success: true|false,
  data: ...,
  error?: ...,
  code?: ...
}

Error Codes

• VALIDATION_ERROR: Invalid input
• NOT_FOUND: Resource not found

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Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "uid": 123,
    "to": "user@example.com",
    "from": "sender@example.com",
    "date": "2026-01-05T12:00:00Z",
    "subject": "Hello",
    "text": "Plain text body",
    "html": "<p>Hello</p>",
    "attachments": [
      {
        "filename": "file.txt",
        "contentType": "text/plain",
        "size": 1024,
        "checksum": "abc123"
      }
    ]
  }
}