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# Retrieve Received Email

> Retrieve a single received email.

## Path Parameters

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  The ID for the received email.
</ParamField>

## Query Parameters

<ParamField query="html_format" type="'data_uri' | 'cid'">
  Controls how inline images are returned inside `html`. The response echoes
  the form actually served as `html_format` on the body.

  By default (or when set to `data_uri`), inline images appear in `html` as base64 `data:` URIs. Set `html_format=cid` to keep the original `<img src="cid:..." />` references instead. Each `cid:` matches the `content_id` of an attachment, so you can correlate inline images with entries in the `attachments` array and fetch them via the attachment download endpoint.

  Emails whose inlined HTML would exceed 100 MB, typically long reply chains that quote the same inline image hundreds of times, are always stored and returned with `cid:` references. For those emails the response reports `html_format: "cid"` regardless of the requested format, so check the `html_format` field on the body rather than assuming the format you asked for.
</ParamField>

## Response Fields

<ParamField body="html_format" type="'data_uri' | 'cid'">
  How inline images are referenced in `html`. Usually matches the requested
  format, but is `cid` when the email is too large to inline (see the query
  parameter above).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="received_for" type="array">
  The recipient addresses the email was forwarded for, taken from the `for`
  clause of the message's `Received` headers.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="raw" type="object | null">
  Raw email content download information. Contains a signed URL to download the original email file including all attachments.

  <Expandable defaultOpen="true" title="properties">
    <ParamField body="download_url" type="string">
      Signed CloudFront URL to download the raw email file.
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="expires_at" type="string">
      ISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the download URL expires.
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```js Node.js theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  import { Resend } from 'resend';

  const resend = new Resend('re_xxxxxxxxx');

  const { data, error } = await resend.emails.receiving.get(
    '37e4414c-5e25-4dbc-a071-43552a4bd53b',
  );
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  $resend = Resend::client('re_xxxxxxxxx');

  $resend->emails->receiving->get('37e4414c-5e25-4dbc-a071-43552a4bd53b');
  ```

  ```python Python theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  import resend

  resend.api_key = "re_xxxxxxxxx"

  resend.Emails.Receiving.get(email_id="37e4414c-5e25-4dbc-a071-43552a4bd53b")
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  require "resend"

  Resend.api_key = "re_xxxxxxxxx"

  Resend::Emails::Receiving.get("37e4414c-5e25-4dbc-a071-43552a4bd53b")
  ```

  ```go Go theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  import (
  	"context"

  	"github.com/resend/resend-go/v3"
  )

  func main() {
  	client := resend.NewClient("re_xxxxxxxxx")

  	client.Emails.Receiving.GetWithContext(
  		context.TODO(),
  		"37e4414c-5e25-4dbc-a071-43552a4bd53b",
  	)
  }
  ```

  ```rust Rust theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  use resend_rs::{Resend, Result};

  #[tokio::main]
  async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let resend = Resend::new("re_xxxxxxxxx");

    let _email = resend
      .receiving
      .get("37e4414c-5e25-4dbc-a071-43552a4bd53b")
      .await?;

    Ok(())
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  import com.resend.*;

  public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      Resend resend = new Resend("re_xxxxxxxxx");

      ReceivedEmail email = resend.receiving().get("37e4414c-5e25-4dbc-a071-43552a4bd53b");
    }
  }
  ```

  ```csharp .NET theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  using Resend;

  IResend resend = ResendClient.Create( "re_xxxxxxxxx" ); // Or from DI

  var resp = await resend.ReceivedEmailRetrieveAsync( new Guid( "4ef9a417-02e9-4d39-ad75-9611e0fcc33c" ) );
  Console.WriteLine( "Subject={0}", resp.Content.Subject );
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  curl -X GET 'https://api.resend.com/emails/receiving/4ef9a417-02e9-4d39-ad75-9611e0fcc33c' \
       -H 'Authorization: Bearer re_xxxxxxxxx'
  ```

  ```bash CLI theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  resend emails receiving get 4ef9a417-02e9-4d39-ad75-9611e0fcc33c
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
  {
    "object": "email",
    "id": "4ef9a417-02e9-4d39-ad75-9611e0fcc33c",
    "to": ["delivered@resend.dev"],
    "from": "onboarding@resend.dev",
    "created_at": "2026-04-03T22:13:42.674Z",
    "subject": "Hello World",
    "html": "Congrats on sending your <strong>first email</strong>!",
    "html_format": "data_uri",
    "text": null,
    "headers": {
      "from": "Acme <onboarding@resend.dev>",
      "return-path": "lucas.costa@resend.com",
      "mime-version": "1.0"
    },
    "bcc": [],
    "cc": [],
    "reply_to": [],
    "received_for": ["forwarded@example.com"],
    "message_id": "<111-222-333@email.example.com>",
    "raw": {
      "download_url": "https://example.resend.com/receiving/raw/054da427-439a-4e91-b785-e4fb1966285f?Signature=...",
      "expires_at": "2026-04-03T23:13:42.674Z"
    },
    "attachments": [
      {
        "id": "2a0c9ce0-3112-4728-976e-47ddcd16a318",
        "filename": "avatar.png",
        "content_type": "image/png",
        "content_disposition": "inline",
        "content_id": "img001",
        "size": 4096
      },
      {
        "id": "3b1d0df1-4223-5839-087f-54eedd27b419",
        "filename": "document.pdf",
        "content_type": "application/pdf",
        "content_disposition": null,
        "content_id": null,
        "size": 13264
      }
    ]
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>