Having Issues with Get Email by ID

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I have tried to enter the email ID which I am interested in what with but i kept on getting error message. Get Email By Id: Google.Apis.Requests.RequestError
Invalid id value [400]
Errors [
Message[Invalid id value] Location[ - ] Reason[invalidArgument] Domain[global]
]

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@Martins_Micheal

Which id are you using?

Cheers

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There are two IDs in an Office365Message: MessageId and InternetMessageId. I don’t remember which you have to use, but I know one works and one doesn’t.

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@Martins_Micheal,

Get the MessageId of the email like this. You can use some other activities also which will give you a MailMessage object.

The image shows a workflow in an automation software where the newest email from a specified Gmail account's inbox is retrieved and its message ID is logged. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows a workflow in an automation software where the newest email from a specified Gmail account's inbox is retrieved and its message ID is logged. (Captioned by AI)591×691 17.3 KB

Once you have this Message Id pass it to Get Email by ID to get that particular email by it’s message id.

This image shows a sequence in an automation workflow where an email is retrieved by ID using a Gmail account, and the resulting message ID is logged. (Captioned by AI)
This image shows a sequence in an automation workflow where an email is retrieved by ID using a Gmail account, and the resulting message ID is logged. (Captioned by AI)591×598 15.1 KB

Output:

The image shows the debug output log where an RPA Challenge Dispatcher execution starts and ends in 3 seconds, displaying a repeated identifier 196ffe4ae73fa99a. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows the debug output log where an RPA Challenge Dispatcher execution starts and ends in 3 seconds, displaying a repeated identifier 196ffe4ae73fa99a. (Captioned by AI)745×308 12.3 KB

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Senders email[quote=“Anil_G, post:2, topic:2828594, full:true”]
@Martins_Micheal

Which id are you using?

Cheers
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strong text sender’s email

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@Martins_Micheal

Email ID is not what you need to use but the messageID…this you can get the retrieving the mail

if you need to use email id then you need to use filter proeprty

cheers

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Hey @Martins_Micheal,

Both properties should work. I’ve tested them and they work just fine.

  1. InternetMessageId, is a message identifier common to all mail server. MimeMessage.MessageId Property
  2. MessageId, is the one generated by Gmail.

Unless you have a use case to move emails across servers and applications, use MessageId.

The image depicts a user interface for retrieving an email by its ID using a connection to a Gmail account, with a dropdown suggestion for "Email Internet message id". (Captioned by AI)
The image depicts a user interface for retrieving an email by its ID using a connection to a Gmail account, with a dropdown suggestion for "Email Internet message id". (Captioned by AI)829×541 32 KB

This image shows a sequential flow in an automation process using Gmail, where the newest email is fetched, an email is retrieved using its ID, and its subject is logged, with all steps marked as successful. (Captioned by AI)
This image shows a sequential flow in an automation process using Gmail, where the newest email is fetched, an email is retrieved using its ID, and its subject is logged, with all steps marked as successful. (Captioned by AI)862×1091 54.8 KB

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means that the ID you’re passing to the “Get Email by ID” activity is not valid. In the Gmail API, the email ID is not the email address — it’s a unique message ID assigned by Gmail