Query e-mails within a specific folder using GetMessages SmarterMail API v1

Question asked by krystal - 1/13/2021 at 7:48 AM

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Hi Everyone,

I am trying to get the number of messages received within a certain timeframe. I am using the API below and was able to get messages however it seems to return all messages in the folder and doesn't seem to get the exact number of messages for the dates entered in "MessagesBefore" and "MessagesSince".

POST api/v1/mail/messages
https://mail.smartertools.com/Documentation/api#/reference/SmarterMail.Web.Controllers.Api.MailController/GetMessages

Can anyone help me understand how messages can be properly queried using this API? Below is my post input, I didn't provide a query on it because I'm not sure how to query it, I tried to enter it in Odata format (in the URI and in the post input/body) but it still returns everything.

URI with Odata filter format: https://mail.ourdomain/api/v1/mail/messages?$filter='InternalDate gt 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z AND InternalDate lt 2021-01-13T23:59:59Z

{  
"fieldsToSearch": "Date",  // tried to use InternalDate here
"messagesSince": "2021-01-12T00:00:00Z",  
"messagesBefore": "2021-01-13T23:59:00Z",  
"ownerEmailAddress": "user@domain.com",  

"folder": "Read Receipts",  

"sortType": "Date",  

"sortAscending": 0

}

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krystal Replied

1/20/2021 at 12:13 PM

I'm still unable to figure out how the messages within a folder can be filtered. Does anyone know? Is it even possible?

Ludovic de RENTY Replied

2/17/2022 at 8:36 AM

Hi Community,

I have exactly the same need as krystal, and the same misunderstanding about the usage of "messagesSince" and/or "messagesBefore".

Can anyone help us ?

Zach Sylvester Replied

2/21/2022 at 4:58 PM

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Hello Everyone,

I was able to get this working using the following JSON.

{"searchCriteriaMap":{"dateAfter:email:received:after":"2022-01-31T23:59:59-07:00","dateBefore:email:received:before":"2022-03-01T00:00:00-07:00"},"section":1,"or":false}

Please give it a try and let me know if you have any questions.

Kind Regards,

Zach Sylvester

Technical Support Specialist

SmarterTools Inc.

(877) 357-6278

www.smartertools.com

Ludovic de RENTY Replied

2/22/2022 at 9:19 AM

Thank you Zach for answering!

Unfortunatly, I'm not able to get your sample working for me, the API GetMessages still returns all the emails received in the folder.

Important information: I currently use the version 7242 of SmarterMail, which is not very up-to-date! Maybe it can explain this filtering is not working for me :-/

ilanmazuz Replied

2/23/2023 at 8:22 AM

Hi Zach,

How can i specify that i only want unread messages?

Thanks,

ilan.

Zach Sylvester Replied

2/23/2023 at 12:41 PM

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Hey ilan and Ludovic,

Thanks for getting back to me. There is no filter for just unread messages. I suggested that you just query the messages that it returns and check if they are unread that way.

Regarding getting the sample to work. I do recommend that you upgrade as it could potentially be an issue with that version. You will also be getting some worthwhile security updates.

Please let me know if you still can't get it to work after upgrading and I'll see if I can get a sample for you.

Kind Regards,

Zach Sylvester

Technical Support Specialist

SmarterTools Inc.

(877) 357-6278

www.smartertools.com

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