| name | cf-temp-mail-agent-mail |
|---|---|
| description | Read and send mails from a cloudflare_temp_email mailbox using a user-supplied Address JWT and API base URL. Use when the user (or an agent such as OpenClaw / Codex / Cursor) needs to list the inbox, fetch a specific message, or send an email via the server-parsed /api/parsed_mails, /api/parsed_mail/:id, and /api/send_mail endpoints. Falls back to local parsing of /api/mail/:id raw source with mail-parser-wasm + postal-mime if the parsed endpoints are unavailable. Does NOT handle mailbox creation — the user provides the JWT themselves. |
The user must first open the frontend (e.g. https://mail.example.com) in a browser and create or log into a mailbox address. This step may require passing a Turnstile CAPTCHA that agents cannot complete. After that, the Address JWT is displayed in the frontend UI and can be copied directly.
BASE— API base URL, e.g.https://mail.example.com.JWT— Address JWT, visible and copyable from the frontend UI after creating or logging into a mailbox.- (optional)
SITE_PASSWORD— only if the deployment enabledx-custom-auth.
If anything is missing, ask the user before making requests.
To avoid asking every time, save credentials to ~/.cf-temp-mail/credentials.json:
{
"base": "https://mail.example.com",
"jwt": "<ADDRESS_JWT>",
"site_password": ""
}On first use, if the file exists, read and use it. If not, ask the user and save for next time. Before each request, validate the JWT via GET /api/settings — if it returns 401, inform the user the JWT is expired and ask for a fresh one, then update the file.
Authorization: Bearer <JWT>— on every/api/*request.x-custom-auth: <SITE_PASSWORD>— only when the site requires it.x-lang: enorzh— optional, error-message language.
Do not send the Address JWT as x-user-token — that is a different JWT type and will yield 401 InvalidAddressCredentialMsg.
| Task | Method | Path | Returns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address info | GET | /api/settings |
{ address, send_balance } |
| List parsed mails | GET | /api/parsed_mails?limit=&offset= |
{ results: [parsedMail], count } |
| Get one parsed mail | GET | /api/parsed_mail/:id |
parsedMail |
limit 1–100, offset 0-based. On 429, back off.
parsedMail shape:
{
"id": 42,
"message_id": "<...>",
"source": "noreply@foo.com",
"to": "abc@yourdomain.com",
"created_at": "2026-04-21 10:00:00",
"sender": "Foo <noreply@foo.com>",
"subject": "Your code is 123456",
"text": "Your code is 123456\n",
"html": "<p>Your code is <b>123456</b></p>",
"attachments": [
{ "filename": "a.pdf", "mimeType": "application/pdf", "disposition": "attachment", "size": 12345 }
]
}Attachments carry metadata only; no binary content.
curl -s "$BASE/api/settings" -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT"
# → { "address": "abc123@example.com", "send_balance": 0 }If this returns 401, JWT is wrong / expired / mismatched with BASE — ask the user for a fresh one.
curl -s "$BASE/api/parsed_mails?limit=20&offset=0" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT"curl -s "$BASE/api/parsed_mail/<id>" -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT"Requires send_balance > 0 (check via /api/settings). The deployment must have a send method configured (Resend / SMTP / Cloudflare Email Routing binding).
| Task | Method | Path | Body / Returns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Request send access | POST | /api/request_send_mail_access |
{} → { status: "ok" } |
| Send mail | POST | /api/send_mail |
sendMailBody → { status: "ok" } |
| List sent (sendbox) | GET | /api/sendbox?limit=&offset= |
{ results: [...], count } |
| Delete sent item | DELETE | /api/sendbox/:id |
{ success: true } |
sendMailBody:
{
"from_name": "My Name",
"to_mail": "recipient@example.com",
"to_name": "Recipient",
"subject": "Hello",
"content": "<p>Hi</p>",
"is_html": true
}from_name and to_name are optional (can be empty string). is_html: false sends plain text.
curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/send_mail" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"from_name":"","to_mail":"someone@example.com","to_name":"","subject":"Test","content":"Hello","is_html":false}'If /api/parsed_mails / /api/parsed_mail/:id returns 404 (older deployment) or a parse error, fall back to /api/mails / /api/mail/:id (RFC822 raw) and parse locally. Mirror the frontend strategy in frontend/src/utils/email-parser.js: try mail-parser-wasm first, fall back to postal-mime.
npm i mail-parser-wasm postal-mime// parseRaw.mjs — drop-in parser matching frontend behavior
async function parseRaw(raw) {
try {
const { parse_message } = await import('mail-parser-wasm');
const m = parse_message(raw);
if (m?.subject && (m?.body_html || m?.text)) {
return {
sender: m.sender || '',
subject: m.subject || '',
text: m.text || '',
html: m.body_html || '',
attachments: (m.attachments || []).map(a => ({
filename: a.filename || a.content_id || '',
mimeType: a.content_type || '',
size: a.content?.length ?? 0,
})),
};
}
} catch { /* fall through */ }
const PostalMime = (await import('postal-mime')).default;
const p = await PostalMime.parse(raw);
const sender = p.from?.name && p.from?.address
? `${p.from.name} <${p.from.address}>`
: (p.from?.address || '');
return {
sender,
subject: p.subject || '',
text: p.text || '',
html: p.html || '',
attachments: (p.attachments || []).map(a => ({
filename: a.filename || a.contentId || '',
mimeType: a.mimeType || '',
size: a.content?.length ?? 0,
})),
};
}
// usage
const row = await (await fetch(`${BASE}/api/mail/${id}`, {
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${JWT}` },
})).json();
const parsed = await parseRaw(row.raw);For attachment bytes, use postal-mime directly — parsed.attachments[i].content is a Uint8Array.
- Start at
poll=3s, exponential backoff capped at 10s. - Dedupe by mail
id. - Never poll faster than once per second.
- Respect
429— sleep and retry.
401 InvalidAddressCredentialMsg— JWT wrong/expired/sent via wrong header. Ask the user for a fresh JWT.401 CustomAuthPasswordMsg— site requiresx-custom-auth; attachSITE_PASSWORD.400 InvalidLimitMsg/InvalidOffsetMsg—limitmust be 1..100,offset ≥ 0.404on/api/parsed_mail*— deployment predates the parsed endpoints; use the fallback.429— rate limited; back off.