Method: users.history.list

Lists the history of all changes to the given mailbox. History results are returned in chronological order (increasing historyId). For more information, see Synchronize clients with Gmail.

HTTP request

GET https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/history

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
userId

string

The user's email address. The special value me can be used to indicate the authenticated user.

Query parameters

Parameters
maxResults

integer (uint32 format)

Maximum number of history records to return. This field defaults to 100. The maximum allowed value for this field is 500.
pageToken

string

Page token to retrieve a specific page of results in the list.
startHistoryId

string

Required. Returns history records after the specified startHistoryId. The supplied startHistoryId should be obtained from the historyId of a message, thread, or previous list response. History IDs increase chronologically but are not contiguous with random gaps in between valid IDs. Supplying an invalid or out of date startHistoryId typically returns an HTTP 404 error code. A historyId is typically valid for at least a week, but in some rare circumstances may be valid for only a few hours. If you receive an HTTP 404 error response, your application should perform a full sync. If you receive no nextPageToken in the response, there are no updates to retrieve and you can store the returned historyId for a future request.
labelId

string

Only return messages with a label matching the ID.
historyTypes[]

enum (HistoryType)

History types to be returned by the function

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "history": [
    {
      object (History)
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string,
  "historyId": string
}
Fields
history[]

object (History)

List of history records. Any messages contained in the response will typically only have id and threadId fields populated.
nextPageToken

string

Page token to retrieve the next page of results in the list.
historyId

string

The ID of the mailbox's current history record.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://mail.google.com/
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.metadata

For more information, see the Authorization guide.

HistoryType

Enums
messageAdded
messageDeleted
labelAdded
labelRemoved

History

A record of a change to the user's mailbox. Each history change may affect multiple messages in multiple ways.

JSON representation 
{
  "id": string,
  "messages": [
    {
      object (Message)
    }
  ],
  "messagesAdded": [
    {
      object (MessageAdded)
    }
  ],
  "messagesDeleted": [
    {
      object (MessageDeleted)
    }
  ],
  "labelsAdded": [
    {
      object (LabelAdded)
    }
  ],
  "labelsRemoved": [
    {
      object (LabelRemoved)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
id

string

The mailbox sequence ID.
messages[]

object (Message)

List of messages changed in this history record. The fields for specific change types, such as messagesAdded may duplicate messages in this field. We recommend using the specific change-type fields instead of this.
messagesAdded[]

object (MessageAdded)

Messages added to the mailbox in this history record.
messagesDeleted[]

object (MessageDeleted)

Messages deleted (not Trashed) from the mailbox in this history record.
labelsAdded[]

object (LabelAdded)

Labels added to messages in this history record.
labelsRemoved[]

object (LabelRemoved)

Labels removed from messages in this history record.

MessageAdded

JSON representation 
{
  "message": {
    object (Message)
  }
}
Fields
message

object (Message)

MessageDeleted

JSON representation 
{
  "message": {
    object (Message)
  }
}
Fields
message

object (Message)

LabelAdded

JSON representation 
{
  "message": {
    object (Message)
  },
  "labelIds": [
    string
  ]
}
Fields
message

object (Message)
labelIds[]

string

Label IDs added to the message.

LabelRemoved

JSON representation 
{
  "message": {
    object (Message)
  },
  "labelIds": [
    string
  ]
}
Fields
message

object (Message)
labelIds[]

string

Label IDs removed from the message.