Method: users.messages.attachments.get
Gets the specified message attachment.
HTTP request
GET https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{messageId}/attachments/{id}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
userId |
string
The user's email address. The special value me can be used to indicate the authenticated user.
|
messageId |
string
The ID of the message containing the attachment.
|
id |
string
The ID of the attachment.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of MessagePartBody.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://mail.google.com/
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2024-09-04 UTC.
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