---
title: "Get stored message content"
method: GET
path: "/v1/email/messages/{message_id}/content"
tags: ["email-messages"]
---

# Get stored message content

`GET /v1/email/messages/{message_id}/content`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com`
- URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/email/messages/{message_id}/content`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `bird_session`

Returns the stored HTML and text bodies for a sent message. Content storage must be enabled for the message. Content is available for up to 30 days after sending. A broadcast stores no body, so a copy the send has recorded always answers `404`, whatever the workspace has configured. A `404` indicates no content was stored for this message. A scheduled send of a workspace template, rather than a built-in one, stores its content when it sends, so it answers `404` until then. A `425` indicates the content is still being stored and the request can be retried shortly. A `410` indicates the content was stored but has since expired.

## Path parameters

- `message_id` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Workspace-Id` string
- `X-Organization-Id` string

## Response `200`

Stored message content.

- EmailMessageContent: The body content of a sent email message, as delivered. A send that used a template stores the template's body, so these report it with the send's `parameters` substituted in.
  - `html` string: The HTML body of the message as delivered, if it was stored.
  - `text` string: The plain-text body of the message as delivered, if it was stored.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Authentication required
- `403`: Insufficient permissions
- `404`: Resource not found
- `410`: The resource existed but is no longer available.
- `422`: The request has invalid field values, violates a business rule, or carries a query parameter the endpoint does not declare. Field validation errors use `type: validation_error` and include the affected fields in `details`. Business-rule errors identify the failed rule in `type`.
- `425`: The resource is not available yet. Retry shortly.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal server error
- `503`: The service is temporarily unavailable. If `Retry-After` is present, wait for that delay before retrying; otherwise, retry with exponential backoff. Reuse the same idempotency key and request when retrying a mutation.

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