REST Resource: users.messages.attachments
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Resource: MessagePartBody
The body of a single MIME message part.
| JSON representation |
{
"attachmentId": string,
"size": integer,
"data": string
} |
| Fields |
attachmentId |
string
When present, contains the ID of an external attachment that can be retrieved in a separate messages.attachments.get request. When not present, the entire content of the message part body is contained in the data field.
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size |
integer
Number of bytes for the message part data (encoding notwithstanding).
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data |
string (bytes format)
The body data of a MIME message part as a base64url encoded string. May be empty for MIME container types that have no message body or when the body data is sent as a separate attachment. An attachment ID is present if the body data is contained in a separate attachment. A base64-encoded string.
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Methods |
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Gets the specified message attachment. |
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Last updated 2025-03-24 UTC.
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