Get Inbound Email

Retrieve details of a specific inbound (received) email by ID.

Endpoint: GET https://api.litestartup.com/client/v2/emails/receiving/{id}

Headers

Header	Required	Description
Authorization	Yes	Bearer token with your API key: `Bearer sk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxx`

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	The inbound email ID

Example

curl -X GET https://api.litestartup.com/client/v2/emails/receiving/12345 \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer sk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxx'

Response (Success)

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Success",
  "data": {
    "id": 12345,
    "from_email": "[email protected]",
    "from_name": "John Doe",
    "to_email": "[email protected]",
    "cc_email": "",
    "bcc_email": "",
    "subject": "Hello!",
    "content": "Plain text content...",
    "html_content": "<p>HTML content...</p>",
    "date": "Jan 23, 2026, 10:30 AM",
    "status": "read",
    "attachments": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "file_name": "document.pdf",
        "file_size": 102400,
        "mime_type": "application/pdf"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response (Error)

{
  "code": 500,
  "message": "error",
  "data": []
}

Notes

Reading an email automatically marks it as "read" if it was previously "unread".

Error Codes

Code	Description
200	Email retrieved successfully
500	Email not found or server error