Get Email Attachment Content

Purpose

The API is used to retrieve the content of the attachments in an email. In case, there are multiple attachments, the user needs to use the api for each attachment with the respective details.

OAuth Scope

Use the scope

ZohoMail.messages.ALL (or) ZohoMail.messages.READ

to generate the Authtoken.

ALL - Grants full access to messages.

READ - Grants access to read messages.

Request URL

Method: GET

https://mail.zoho.com/api/accounts/{accountId}/folders/{folderId}/messages/{messageId}/attachments/{attachmentId}

Path Parameters

accountId* long
- This parameter is used to identify the specific account to fetch details.
- This parameter can be retrieved from the Get User Account Details API.
folderId* long
- This parameter is used to identify the specific folder for which the emails need to be retrieved.
- This parameter can be retrieved from the Get All Folders API.
messageId* long
- This parameter is the unique ID associated with the particular email.
- This parameter can be retrieved from List Emails API.
attachmentId* long
- This parameter is the unique ID associated with the particular attachment.
- This parameter can be retrieved from Get Email Attachment Info API.

* - Mandatory parameter

Response Codes

Refer here for the response codes and their meaning.

Sample Request

Copiedcurl "https://mail.zoho.com/api/accounts/12345678/folders/9000000002014/messages/1710915488416100001/attachmentinfo" \
-X GET \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization:Zoho-oauthtoken *****"

Response

CopiedThe attachment file whose parameter is passed in the Request Parameter is extracted and the entire content stream is received as a response. The stream can be directly used to write it as a file or use it for other purpose, like uploading to any other servers or accounts.