> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://mailchimp.com/developer/transactional/api/messages/content/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://mailchimp.com/_mcp/server. # Get message content POST https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content Content-Type: application/json Returns the full content of a recently sent message. For email messages, includes HTML, text, and attachments. For SMS messages, includes text content and SMS-specific fields. Reference: https://mailchimp.com/developer/transactional/api/messages/content ## Request ### Body (application/json) This endpoint expects a MessagesContentRequest. - `key` (string, required) — A valid Mandrill API key - `id` (string, required) — the unique id of the message to get - passed as the "_id" field in webhooks, send calls, or search calls ## Response ### 200 Success - `MessagesContentResponse` ## Errors ### 401 Unauthorized Error Invalid or missing API key. - `status` (string, required) — Status of the response, typically "error" - `code` (enum, required) — Numeric error code - Allowed values: `401` - `name` (enum, required) — Machine-friendly error name - Allowed values: `Invalid_Key` - `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message ### 404 Not Found Error Message not found - `status` (string, required) — Status of the response, typically "error" - `code` (integer, required) — Numeric error code - `name` (string, required) — Machine-friendly error name - `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message ### 500 Internal Server Error An unexpected internal server error occurred. - `status` (string, required) — Status of the response, typically "error" - `code` (integer, required) — Numeric error code - `name` (string, required) — Machine-friendly error name - `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message ## Types ### MessagesEmailContent The parsed content of a message - `ts` (integer, required) — Unix timestamp when the message was sent - `_id` (string, required) — The message's unique id - `tags` (list of string, required) — List of tags associated with the message - `from_email` (string, required) — The sender email address - `subject` (string, required) — The message subject - `to` (MessagesEmailContentTo, required) — The recipient information - `headers` (map from string to string, required) — The message headers - `text` (string, required) — The text content of the message - `html` (string, required) — The full HTML content of the message - `attachments` (list of MessagesEmailContentAttachmentsItems, required) — List of attachments - `from_name` (string, optional, nullable) — The sender name ### MessagesSmsContent The content of an SMS message - `ts` (integer, required) — Unix timestamp when the message was sent - `_id` (string, required) — The message's unique id - `tags` (list of string, required) — List of tags associated with the message - `channel` (enum, required) — The channel type for this message - Allowed values: `sms` - `to` (string, required) — The recipient phone number - `from` (string, required) — The SMS sender identifier - `text` (string, required) — The SMS message text content - `state` (enum, required) — Sending status of this message - Allowed values: `sent`, `bounced`, `rejected`, `queued`, `scheduled`, `canceled` ### MessagesEmailContentTo The recipient information - `email` (string, required) — The recipient email address - `name` (string, optional) — The recipient name ### MessagesEmailContentAttachmentsItems - `name` (string, required) — The attachment filename - `type` (string, required) — The MIME type of the attachment - `content` (string, required) — The attachment content ## Examples **Request** ```json { "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig", "id": "abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123" } ``` **Response** ```json { "_id": "string", "attachments": [ { "content": "string", "name": "string", "type": "string" } ], "from_email": "string", "from_name": "string", "headers": {}, "html": "string", "subject": "string", "tags": [ "string" ], "text": "string", "to": { "email": "string", "name": "string" }, "ts": 1 } ``` **SDK Code** ```python import requests url = "https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content" payload = { "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig", "id": "abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123" } headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"} response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ``` ```javascript const url = 'https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content'; const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"key":"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig","id":"abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123"}' }; try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } ``` ```go package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content" payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n \"id\": \"abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123\"\n}") req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' url = URI("https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json' request.body = "{\n \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n \"id\": \"abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123\"\n}" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```java import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse; import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .body("{\n \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n \"id\": \"abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123\"\n}") .asString(); ``` ```php request('POST', 'https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content', [ 'body' => '{ "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig", "id": "abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123" }', 'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', ], ]); echo $response->getBody(); ``` ```csharp using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n \"id\": \"abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```swift import Foundation let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"] let parameters = [ "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig", "id": "abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123" ] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/messages/content")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error as Any) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume() ``` > Find all the Mailchimp API documentation and tools developers need to send marketing and transactional emails.