> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a single recipient's delivery state

> Returns the current delivery state of a single recipient, including status,
billable flag, SMTP detail, and lifecycle timestamps.
BCC recipient addresses are redacted (returned as null).




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/generated/email/messages.yml get /email_messages/{email_id}/recipients/{recipient_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@telnyx.com
  description: API for sending and retrieving email messages.
  title: Telnyx Email Messages API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /email_messages/{email_id}/recipients/{recipient_id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Email Messages
      summary: Get a single recipient's delivery state
      description: >
        Returns the current delivery state of a single recipient, including
        status,

        billable flag, SMTP detail, and lifecycle timestamps.

        BCC recipient addresses are redacted (returned as null).
      operationId: GetEmailMessageRecipient
      parameters:
        - name: email_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Email message UUID.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        - name: recipient_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Recipient UUID.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recipient delivery state.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailRecipientResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_UnauthorizedResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_NotFoundResponse'
      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
            });


            const EmailRecipient = await
            client.emailMessages.recipients.retrieve('email_id',
            'recipient_id');


            console.log(EmailRecipient.data);
        - 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
            )
            email_recipient = client.email_messages.recipients.retrieve(
                "email_id",
                "recipient_id",
            )
            print(email_recipient.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\trecipient, err := client.EmailMessages.Recipients.Get(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"email_id\",\n\t\t\"recipient_id\",\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n\tfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", recipient.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 response = client.emailMessages().recipients().retrieve("email_id", "recipient_id");
                }
            }
        - lang: Ruby
          source: >-
            require "telnyx"


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


            email_recipient =
            telnyx.email_messages.recipients.retrieve("email_id",
            "recipient_id")


            puts(email_recipient)
        - 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 {
              $email_recipient = $client->emailMessages->recipients->retrieve(
                'email_id',
                'recipient_id',
              );

              var_dump($email_recipient);
            } catch (APIException $e) {
              echo $e->getMessage();
            }
        - lang: CLI
          source: |-
            telnyx email-messages:recipients retrieve \
              --api-key 'My API Key' \
              --email-id email_id \
              --recipient-id recipient_id
components:
  schemas:
    EmailRecipientResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailRecipient'
      required:
        - data
    EmailRecipient:
      type: object
      properties:
        record_type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - email_recipient
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Recipient UUID.
        message_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Parent email message UUID.
        address:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: email
          description: >-
            Recipient email address. Null for BCC recipients (redacted for
            privacy).
        kind:
          type: string
          enum:
            - to
            - cc
            - bcc
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - queued
            - sending
            - sent
            - deferred
            - delivered
            - bounced
            - failed
            - gw_reject
            - cancelled
          description: Current per-recipient delivery status.
        billable:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether this recipient's delivery is billable (set on queue
            acceptance).
        sent_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        delivered_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        failed_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        smtp_code:
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
          description: SMTP response code when available (e.g. 550 for bounces).
        smtp_response:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: SMTP response message when available.
      required:
        - record_type
        - id
        - message_id
        - address
        - kind
        - status
        - billable
    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
    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
  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
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````