---
title: "Search stored email messages owned by the signed-in user by case-insensitive substring match against subject, header ..."
method: GET
path: "/v1/email/messages/search"
tags: ["email"]
---

# Search stored email messages owned by the signed-in user by case-insensitive substring match against subject, header ...

`GET /v1/email/messages/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.kody.codes`
- URL: `https://api.kody.codes/v1/email/messages/search`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Search stored email messages owned by the signed-in user by case-insensitive substring match against subject, header From, and envelope sender.

Org permission: `email:read`.

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required: Substring to match (case-insensitive) against subject, from address, and envelope sender.
- `inbox_id` string
- `direction` 'inbound' | 'outbound'
- `processing_status` 'stored' | 'sent' | 'failed'
- `delivery_status` 'delivered' | 'deferred' | 'bounced' | 'failed' | 'rejected' | 'complained'
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Success.

- object
  - `messages` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `direction` 'inbound' | 'outbound', required
    - `inbox_id` string, nullable, required
    - `thread_id` string, nullable, required
    - `from_address` string, nullable, required
    - `envelope_from` string, nullable, required
    - `to_addresses` string[], required
    - `subject` string, nullable, required
    - `message_id_header` string, nullable, required
    - `processing_status` 'stored' | 'sent' | 'failed', required
    - `classification` 'accepted' | 'quarantined', required
    - `classification_reason` string, nullable, required
    - `provider_message_id` string, nullable, required
    - `delivery_status` 'delivered' | 'deferred' | 'bounced' | 'failed' | 'rejected' | 'complained', nullable, required
    - `delivery_status_at` string, nullable, required
    - `error` string, nullable, required
    - `received_at` string, nullable, required
    - `sent_at` string, nullable, required
    - `created_at` string, required
    - `updated_at` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `401`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `403`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `404`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `409`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `413`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `429`: Too many requests (edge IP/token limit) or an entitlement / plan-cap limit. Wait at least `Retry-After` seconds before retrying.
- `500`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `503`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.
- `default`: Error envelope `{ "error": { "code", "message", "details"? } }`.

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