email-messages

List recipients of a message

Returns the message's per-recipient delivery state as a cursor page: each entry is one to/cc/bcc recipient with its role, current status, rejection or bounce detail when delivery failed, and open/click counts. Use it to see which specific addresses failed when the aggregate message status is mixed (for example partial_failure).

This works for every email message, including one a broadcast sent. A broadcast records one message per recipient, so such a message has exactly one recipient here: the address its copy went to.

get/v1/email/messages/{message_id}/recipients

Request

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

Path parameters

message_idstring required
Example:em_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg

ID of the message whose recipients to list. A broadcast records one message per recipient, and List email messages returns those copies alongside ordinary sends. For a single send, this is the message's own ID, from the send response's id field.

Query parameters

limitinteger

Maximum number of items to return per page.

starting_afterstring

Cursor from the next_cursor field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately after the cursor position in the current sort order.

ending_beforestring

Cursor from the prev_cursor or refresh_cursor field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately before the cursor position in the current sort order. prev_cursor returns the preceding page. refresh_cursor anchors at the first row of that response, which on a newest-first sort is how to fetch the items that have appeared since.

Headers

X-Workspace-Idstring

Workspace context for the request. Required for dashboard authentication and master keys. Workspace keys and access tokens already identify their workspace; send that workspace or omit the header. A different one is rejected.

X-Organization-Idstring

Organization context for the request. Required for dashboard authentication. An API key or access token carries its own organization, so send either that organization or no header at all; a different one is rejected.

Response

Paginated list of recipients for this message.

next_cursorstring nullable required

Cursor for the next page. Pass back as starting_after to advance forward. null when no next page exists.

prev_cursorstring nullable required

Cursor for the previous page. Pass back as ending_before to step backward. null when no previous page exists.

refresh_cursorstring nullable required

Refresh anchor, the first row of this response. Pass back as ending_before to fetch what precedes it in the current sort order. On a newest-first sort those are the items that have appeared since; on any other sort they are the items that sort earlier, so refreshing such a list means re-fetching it instead. Non-null whenever data is non-empty; null only on an empty page. Distinct from prev_cursor.

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "er_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "parent_id": "em_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "role": "to",
      "recipient": "delivered@messagebird.dev",
      "bounce_code": "550",
      "bounce_description": "5.1.1 Unknown user"
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE0OjAzOjEwWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTRjN2UtN2EyYi05ZDYxLThmM2E1YzJlN2I0MCJ9",
  "refresh_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE2OjQyOjAxWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTllMDQtN2NkMy1iODE3LTJhNmY0ZDFjOGUwOSJ9"
}

Changes

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