Email Extract API

Extract email attachments from EML & MSG files

Email Extract features

EML and MSG attachment extraction API is a powerful API designed to simplify the extraction of attachments from EML & MSG email files. This robust solution caters to developers, IT professionals, and businesses seeking efficient ways to automate the retrieval of documents, images, and other critical data embedded in email attachments.

API Endpoint

ConvertAPI offers a cloud-based solution, which makes Email Extract conversion effortless with just a single REST-API call:

        HTTP POST
    
https://v2.convertapi.com/convert/email/to/extract

Postman OpenAPI cURL CLI

Authenticate your API call

Converting email to extract via REST-API is now easier than ever. Sign up for a free account to obtain your authentication secret, append it as a query string parameter to the conversion URL, and voilà! You can find advanced authentication techniques in our docs.

        QUERY AUTHENTICATION
    
https://v2.convertapi.com/convert/email/to/extract?auth=secret_or_token

Email Extract using REST-API in no time!

Once you have your authentication in place, you can convert your files using application/json, multipart/form-data and application/octet-stream content types. A simple HTTP POST request using JSON would look like this:

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI JavaScript Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-js

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Node.js Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-nodejs

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI PHP Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-php

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Java Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-java

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI C# Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-dotnet

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Ruby Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-ruby

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Python Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-python

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Go Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-go

REM Code snippet is using the command line utility program: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-cli

Conversion request using cURL

You can easily convert email to extract with a simple cURL request. Our documentation provides more advanced cURL request techniques.

File conversion using CLI

ConvertAPI CLI allows you to convert files using our command-line file conversion utility tool. Check out CLI documentation for a detailed explanation and usage examples.

REM Code snippet is using the command line utility program: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-cli

Try the conversion online - no coding required!

You can try out advanced conversion parameters and test the conversion result online using our interactive demo tool. This tool will produce the same conversion output as if you were using the library from your solution, and it will auto-generate the code snippet for you!

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Conversion parameters

UseCIDAsFileName Bool

Use the CID as the filename instead of the original when extracting email attachments.