> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List and search messages in an inbox

> Lists inbound messages newest first. All access is scoped to the authenticated
account. `filter[search]` performs PostgreSQL full-text search over the subject,
plain-text body, and HTML body. Filters compose with stable cursor pagination.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/generated/email/inboxes.yml get /email_inboxes/{inbox_id}/messages
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@telnyx.com
  description: API for managing email inboxes, drafts, messages, filters, and threads.
  title: Telnyx Email Inboxes API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /email_inboxes/{inbox_id}/messages:
    get:
      tags:
        - Email Inboxes
      summary: List and search messages in an inbox
      description: >
        Lists inbound messages newest first. All access is scoped to the
        authenticated

        account. `filter[search]` performs PostgreSQL full-text search over the
        subject,

        plain-text body, and HTML body. Filters compose with stable cursor
        pagination.
      operationId: ListEmailInboxMessages
      parameters:
        - name: inbox_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Email inbox UUID.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        - name: filter[from]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Case-insensitive literal substring of the sender address.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: filter[subject]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Case-insensitive literal substring of the subject.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: filter[received_after]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Inclusive ISO 8601 lower bound for the received timestamp.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
        - name: filter[received_before]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Inclusive ISO 8601 upper bound for the received timestamp.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
        - name: filter[read]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Whether the message has a read timestamp.
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: filter[unread]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: >-
            Whether the message has no read timestamp. Set to `true` to return
            only unread messages.
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: filter[label]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: >-
            Returns only messages carrying this label. Matching is exact and
            case-sensitive. Reserved `telnyx:` labels can be filtered on even
            though they cannot be written by customers.
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 255
        - name: filter[search]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Full-text query over subject and body, up to 500 characters.
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 500
        - name: page[size]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Number of results to return. Defaults to 25; maximum is 100.
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 100
            default: 25
        - name: page[after]
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Opaque cursor returned by the previous page.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated inbox messages.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InboundMessageListResponse'
              example:
                data:
                  - id: 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
                    record_type: email_message
                    direction: inbound
                    status: received
                    inbox_id: 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111
                    thread_id: 33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333
                    message_id: <message@example.com>
                    in_reply_to: <earlier@example.com>
                    references:
                      - <earlier@example.com>
                    from:
                      email: alice@example.com
                      name: Alice
                    to:
                      - email: agent@inbox.example.test
                    cc: []
                    bcc: []
                    reply_to: []
                    subject: Project update
                    text_body_url: null
                    html_body_url: null
                    reply_text: Thanks, I will send it today.
                    has_quoted_text: true
                    headers: {}
                    inline_files: []
                    attachments: []
                    labels: []
                    read_at: null
                    received_at: '2026-07-15T12:30:00Z'
                    sent_at: null
                    created_at: '2026-07-15T12:30:00Z'
                    updated_at: '2026-07-15T12:30:00Z'
                meta:
                  page_size: 25
                  page_cursor: >-
                    MjAyNi0wNy0xNVQxMjozMDowMFp8NTU1NTU1NTUtNTU1NS01NTU1LTU1NTUtNTU1NTU1NTU1NTU1
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_UnauthorizedResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_NotFoundResponse'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Inbound message storage is temporarily unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
              example:
                errors:
                  - code: '10016'
                    title: Service Unavailable
                    detail: >-
                      Inbox messages are temporarily unavailable. Please try
                      again later.
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import Telnyx from 'telnyx';

            const client = new Telnyx({
              apiKey: process.env['TELNYX_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            // Automatically fetches more pages as needed.
            for await (const response of client.emailInboxes.messages.list()) {
              console.log(response);
            }
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from telnyx import Telnyx

            client = Telnyx(
                api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            page = client.email_inboxes.messages.list(
                "inbox_id",
            )
            print(page.data)
        - lang: Go
          source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go\"\n\t\"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := telnyx.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithAPIKey(\"My API Key\"),\n\t)\n\tmessages, err := client.EmailInboxes.Messages.List(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"inbox_id\",\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n\tfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", messages.Data)\n}\n"
        - lang: Java
          source: |-
            package com.telnyx.sdk.example;

            import com.telnyx.sdk.client.TelnyxClient;
            import com.telnyx.sdk.client.okhttp.TelnyxOkHttpClient;

            public final class Main {
                private Main() {}

                public static void main(String[] args) {
                    TelnyxClient client = TelnyxOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

                    var page = client.emailInboxes().messages().list("inbox_id");
                }
            }
        - lang: Ruby
          source: |-
            require "telnyx"

            telnyx = Telnyx::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")

            page = telnyx.email_inboxes.messages.list("inbox_id")

            puts(page)
        - lang: PHP
          source: >-
            <?php


            require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';


            use Telnyx\Client;

            use Telnyx\Core\Exceptions\APIException;


            $client = new Client(apiKey: getenv('TELNYX_API_KEY') ?: 'My API
            Key');


            try {
              $page = $client->emailInboxes->messages->list(
                'inbox_id',
              );

              var_dump($page);
            } catch (APIException $e) {
              echo $e->getMessage();
            }
        - lang: CLI
          source: |-
            telnyx email-inboxes:messages list \
              --api-key 'My API Key' \
              --inbox-id inbox_id
components:
  schemas:
    InboundMessageListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InboundMessage'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_PaginationMeta'
      required:
        - data
        - meta
    email_ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorObject'
        suppressed:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Present when every recipient is suppressed, so the request is
            rejected and no message is created.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuppressedRecipient'
      required:
        - errors
    InboundMessage:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThreadMessage'
        - type: object
          properties:
            direction:
              type: string
              enum:
                - inbound
            status:
              type: string
              enum:
                - received
    email_PaginationMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        page_size:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
        page_cursor:
          type: string
          description: Cursor for the next page, when more results are available.
      required:
        - page_size
    ErrorObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Telnyx error code. Edge idempotency errors use 10027 or 10036.
            Fallback 404/500 responses from the framework may use string status
            codes ('404', '500') instead.
          enum:
            - '10001'
            - '10006'
            - '10007'
            - '10015'
            - '10016'
            - '10019'
            - recipient_suppressed
            - reputation_suspended
            - '404'
            - '500'
            - '10027'
            - '10036'
        title:
          type: string
        detail:
          description: >-
            Human-readable error detail. Changeset responses may return a
            structured object.
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
              additionalProperties: true
        source:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
        meta:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Additional metadata. Present on 401 errors with a documentation URL.
      required:
        - code
        - title
        - detail
    SuppressedRecipient:
      type: object
      properties:
        to:
          type: string
          format: email
          description: Suppressed recipient email address.
        reason:
          type: string
          description: Suppression reason returned by the recipient suppression service.
        scope:
          type: string
          description: Scope at which the suppression applies.
        override_allowed:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether an authorized send may override this suppression.
      required:
        - to
        - reason
        - scope
        - override_allowed
    ThreadMessage:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        record_type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - email_message
        direction:
          type: string
          enum:
            - inbound
            - outbound
        status:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Received for inbound messages; the current send status for outbound
            messages.
        inbox_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        thread_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        message_id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            RFC Message-ID header. Null is possible for legacy outbound
            messages.
        in_reply_to:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        references:
          type: array
          description: Ordered RFC Message-ID values from the References header.
          items:
            type: string
        from:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InboundEmailAddress'
        to:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InboundEmailAddress'
        cc:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InboundEmailAddress'
        bcc:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InboundEmailAddress'
        reply_to:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InboundEmailAddress'
        subject:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        text_body_url:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: >-
            URL for an offloaded plain-text body. Null means the body is not
            offloaded to a URL; an inline plain-text body may still exist but is
            not returned on list reads. `reply_text` and `has_quoted_text` are
            persisted during ingest before any body offload.
        html_body_url:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: >-
            URL for an offloaded HTML body. Null means the body is not offloaded
            to a URL; an inline HTML body may still exist but is not returned on
            list reads. Reply extraction uses only the plain-text body during
            ingest.
        reply_text:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Conservatively extracted new-reply content persisted from the
            plain-text body during ingest. Null means no plain-text extraction
            input was available or extraction was skipped or failed; HTML bodies
            are not parsed.
        has_quoted_text:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether conservative plain-text extraction detected a quoted tail.
            False does not prove that the source contains no quoted content.
        headers:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        inline_files:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        attachments:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        labels:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Mutable message labels used for agent workflow state (for example
            `spam`, `needs_review`, `processed`). Distinct from the immutable
            send-time `tags` on outbound messages: labels are never propagated
            to Email Detail Records or Mission Control reporting. Always empty
            for outbound messages. Labels on a message are independent of the
            labels on its thread.
          items:
            type: string
            maxLength: 255
          maxItems: 50
        read_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Time the inbound message was marked read. Null means unread.
        received_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Receipt time for inbound messages; null for outbound messages.
        sent_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            Creation/send-acceptance time for outbound messages; null for
            inbound messages.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - id
        - record_type
        - direction
        - status
        - inbox_id
        - thread_id
        - message_id
        - in_reply_to
        - references
        - from
        - to
        - cc
        - bcc
        - reply_to
        - subject
        - text_body_url
        - html_body_url
        - reply_text
        - has_quoted_text
        - headers
        - inline_files
        - attachments
        - labels
        - read_at
        - received_at
        - sent_at
        - created_at
        - updated_at
    InboundEmailAddress:
      type: object
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        name:
          type: string
      required:
        - email
  responses:
    email_UnauthorizedResponse:
      description: Not authorized (10006).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10006'
                title: Not authorized
                detail: Invalid API key
                meta:
                  url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10006
    email_NotFoundResponse:
      description: Resource not found (10001).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10001'
                title: Not Found
                detail: The requested resource was not found
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      description: Validation Failed (10015) or changeset validation error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10015'
                title: Validation Failed
                detail: subject can't be blank
                source:
                  pointer: /data/attributes/subject
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

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