Zimbra REST API Reference

Zimbra exposes its data via a REST API. This document is the reference for that functionality.

REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is an approach for building application services that make resources available via a URL. For example, the following REST command retrieves all inbox items as a simple RSS feed:

http://localhost:7070/home/user1/inbox.rss

Learn more about REST at the Wikipedia article Representational State Transfer.


Command Format

The format of a Zimbra REST command is:

{protocol}://{host}:{port}/home/{user}/{object}?{query-params} 

The following describes the components of the REST command:

Component Description
protocol The transport protocol, for example, http.
host The host name or IP address of the Zimbra Collaboration Suite server
port The port number, for example, 7070.
user The user. To load an explicit user account, specify the user in one of the following formats:
  • john.doe
    http://localhost:7070/home/john.doe/inbox.rss
    
  • john.doe@mydomain.com
  • http://localhost:7070/home/john.doe@mydomain.com/inbox.rss
    

You can also use "~" as a shortcut to the current user. For example:

http://localhost:7070/home/~/inbox.rss
object
query-params A list of command-specific URL query parameters. See the specific command for a list of the required and optional parameters.

Common Parameters

Methods

The API supports the following methods to retrieve Zimbra data.

Folder Methods

Get Inbox

Get Drafts

Get Sent

Get Trash

Get Folder

Item Methods

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