Get Message by ID

Quick start

Connect Gmail

Choose an account that can read the message.

Provide the identifier

Connect a Gmail Message ID, or supply an RFC 822 message ID such as a value from an email’s Message-ID header.

Choose attachment behavior

Enable Download Attachments only when later actions need the files.

Use the content

Prefer Plain Text for text processing and HTML when preserving the message’s formatting.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
Third-party account	Google account	Yes	Account used to read the message.
Message ID	String	Yes	Gmail ID or RFC 822 message ID.
Download Attachments	Boolean	No	Whether to download attached files and expose Attachments.

RFC 822 IDs are looked up across the mailbox, including Spam and Trash. Gmail IDs are loaded directly.

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
Message ID	String	Canonical Gmail message ID.
Thread ID	String	Gmail conversation ID.
Sender Name	String	Parsed sender display name, when present.
Sender Address	String	Parsed sender email address, when present.
Subject	String	Message subject.
Plain Text	String	Plain-text MIME content, when present.
HTML	String	HTML MIME content, when present.
Attachments	List of files	Downloaded files when attachment downloading is on.

Attachments is conditional. Turning off Download Attachments removes that output from the node and avoids downloading file bodies.

Troubleshooting

Invalid Message ID

Use the Gmail ID returned by a Gmail action or trigger, or a complete RFC 822 Message-ID. The connected account must contain the message.

Plain Text or HTML is empty

A message can contain only one of those MIME formats. Use the format the sender supplied, or add fallback logic when processing varied mail.

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