Get email account details
Retrieves detailed information about a specific email account by ID.
Response Includes:
- Account identification (ID, email, display name)
- Account type (IMAP, Google, Office365)
- Current status and last error message (if any)
- Timestamps (created, last updated)
- Capabilities indicating what operations are allowed via API
Security:
- Sensitive fields (passwords, OAuth tokens) are excluded from responses
- For IMAP accounts, configuration details are visible but passwords are masked
- For OAuth accounts, only basic information is returned
GET
/administration/email-accounts/{id}Authorization
AuthorizationOAuth2 access token · headerrequiredScopes:
api:reador
AuthorizationBearer token (JWT) · headerrequiredPath parameters
idstringrequiredResponses
200Email account retrieved successfully
capabilitiesobjectrequiredAccount capabilities indicating what operations can be performed via API. Includes restrictions for OAuth accounts.
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canDeletebooleanrequiredWhether the account can be deleted via API. This is `true` for all account types, including OAuth accounts.
canEditbooleanrequiredWhether the account can be edited via API. This is `true` for IMAP accounts and `false` for OAuth accounts (Google, Office365) which must be managed through the web application for security reasons.
reasonstringOptional reason explaining why certain operations are restricted. This field is only present for OAuth accounts to explain why they cannot be created or updated via API.
createdAtstring<date-time>requiredISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the account was created
displayNameobjectOptional display name for the email account. This name will be shown in the email account list and may be used as the sender name when sending emails.
editedAtstring<date-time>requiredISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the account was last modified
emailstringrequiredEmail address associated with this account. Used for sending and receiving emails.
idstring<uuid>requiredUnique identifier (UUID) of the email account
lastErrorobjectMost recent error message, if the account has encountered any issues. This helps diagnose connection or authentication problems.
statusobjectrequiredCurrent operational status of the account. Indicates whether the account is working correctly or has encountered issues.
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objecttypestringrequiredType of email account. Determines how the account is authenticated and what operations are available via API.
Allowed:
imapgoogleoffice365401Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication token
403Forbidden - Insufficient API scopes or permissions
404Email account not found
Request
curl -X GET "https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/email-accounts/string" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"const response = await fetch("https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/email-accounts/string", {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
}
});import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/email-accounts/string",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
},
)Response
{
"capabilities": {
"canDelete": true,
"canEdit": true,
"reason": "OAuth accounts can only be managed through the web application"
},
"createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"displayName": "Support Team",
"editedAt": "2024-01-20T14:45:00Z",
"email": "support@example.com",
"id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
"lastError": "Failed to connect to SMTP server",
"status": "active",
"type": "imap"
}Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication token
Forbidden - Insufficient API scopes or permissions
Email account not found