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# List events for an email message

> Lists events for a single message sorted oldest first by `occurred_at asc, id asc`.
The legacy `/v2/emails/{id}/events` GET route is a backward-compatible alias.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/generated/email/messages.yml get /email_messages/{email_id}/events
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}/events:
    get:
      tags:
        - Email Messages
      summary: List events for an email message
      description: >
        Lists events for a single message sorted oldest first by `occurred_at
        asc, id asc`.

        The legacy `/v2/emails/{id}/events` GET route is a backward-compatible
        alias.
      operationId: ListEmailMessageEvents
      parameters:
        - name: email_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Email message UUID.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/email_PageSize'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageCursor'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of message events.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageEventListResponse'
        '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 response = await
            client.emailMessages.retrieveEvents('email_id');


            console.log(response.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
            )
            response = client.email_messages.retrieve_events(
                "email_id",
            )
            print(response.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\tresponse, err := client.EmailMessages.GetEvents(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"email_id\",\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n\tfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", response.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().retrieveEvents("email_id");
                }
            }
        - lang: Ruby
          source: |-
            require "telnyx"

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

            response = telnyx.email_messages.retrieve_events("email_id")

            puts(response)
        - 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 {
              $response = $client->emailMessages->retrieveEvents(
                'email_id',
              );

              var_dump($response);
            } catch (APIException $e) {
              echo $e->getMessage();
            }
        - lang: CLI
          source: |-
            telnyx email-messages retrieve-events \
              --api-key 'My API Key' \
              --email-id email_id
components:
  parameters:
    email_PageSize:
      name: page_size
      in: query
      description: >-
        Number of results to return. Defaults to 25; maximum is 100. Invalid
        values are clamped to the valid range.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 25
    PageCursor:
      name: page_cursor
      in: query
      description: Opaque URL-safe Base64 cursor returned by a previous list response.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
      example: eyJpbnNlcnRlZF9hdCI6IjIwMjQtMDEtMDEifQ
  schemas:
    MessageEventListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageEvent'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_PaginationMeta'
      required:
        - data
        - meta
    MessageEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailEventType'
        occurred_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        payload:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
      required:
        - type
        - occurred_at
    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
    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
    EmailEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
        - queued
        - deferred
        - scheduled
        - cancelled
        - sandbox
        - sending
        - sent
        - failed
        - delivered
        - bounced
        - complained
        - rejected
        - opened
        - clicked
        - unsubscribed
        - daily_limit_exceeded
    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

````