Retrieve account
Retrieve your account information.
Authentication: This endpoint supports both API token authentication and alias credentials authentication.
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User Account (API Token): When authenticated with your API token, this endpoint returns your user account information including plan details, email, and API token.
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Alias Account (Alias Credentials): When authenticated with alias credentials (email and generated password), this endpoint returns alias/mailbox information including storage used/quota and a nested settings object (mail special folders, label settings, and alias defaults). This is useful for IMAP/POP3/CalDAV/CardDAV clients to check storage status and preferences.
Request
- Base URL: https://api.forwardemail.net
- URL: https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/account
- Auth: one of:
- HTTP basic
- HTTP basic
Response
Account retrieved successfully
Example response
{
"sessions": [],
"has_newsletter": true,
"plan": "free",
"email": "test1@test1.com",
"max_quota_per_alias": 10737418240,
"full_email": "test1@test1.com",
"display_name": "test1@test1.com",
"otp_enabled": false,
"last_locale": "en",
"address_country": "None",
"id": "683fb2e81cc5d449a0d4cd9d",
"object": "user",
"locale": "en",
"created_at": "2025-06-04T02:43:52.646Z",
"updated_at": "2025-06-04T02:43:55.350Z",
"address_html": "",
"api_token": "15ac16ae21784aa2cb4d5508"
}Changes
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