## Restore a logged email

**post** `/v1/emails/{id}/restore`

Restores a trashed email that was logged through `POST /v1/emails/log`, bringing it back to active. Synced emails cannot be restored here. Calling restore on an email that is not trashed is a no-op and returns the existing record.

**[Required scope](/using-the-api/scopes/):** `emails:restore`

**[Rate limit category](/using-the-api/rate-limits/):** Write

### Path Parameters

- `id: string`

  Unique identifier of the email to restore.

### Body Parameters

- `body: optional object {  }`

### Returns

- `EmailRestoreResponse object { id, accessLevel, createdAt, 6 more }`

  - `id: string`

    Unique identifier for the entity.

  - `accessLevel: "FULL" or "METADATA"`

    The caller's resolved access level for this email.

    - `"FULL"`

    - `"METADATA"`

  - `createdAt: string`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

  - `fields: map[object { value, valueType } ]`

    Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with `$` (e.g. `$name`, `$email`); custom attributes use their bare slug.

    - `value: string or number or boolean or 3 more`

      The field value, or null if unset.

      - `string`

      - `number`

      - `boolean`

      - `array of string`

      - `Address object { city, country, latitude, 5 more }`

        - `city: optional string`

          City name.

        - `country: optional string`

          2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

        - `latitude: optional number`

          Latitude coordinate.

        - `longitude: optional number`

          Longitude coordinate.

        - `postalCode: optional string`

          Postal or ZIP code.

        - `state: optional string`

          State or province.

        - `street: optional string`

          Street address line 1.

        - `street2: optional string`

          Street address line 2.

      - `FullName object { firstName, lastName }`

        - `firstName: optional string`

          The contact's first name.

        - `lastName: optional string`

          The contact's last name.

    - `valueType: "ADDRESS" or "CHECKBOX" or "CURRENCY" or 12 more`

      The data type of the field.

      - `"ADDRESS"`

      - `"CHECKBOX"`

      - `"CURRENCY"`

      - `"DATETIME"`

      - `"EMAIL"`

      - `"FULL_NAME"`

      - `"MARKDOWN"`

      - `"MULTI_SELECT"`

      - `"NUMBER"`

      - `"SINGLE_SELECT"`

      - `"SOCIAL_HANDLE"`

      - `"TELEPHONE"`

      - `"TEXT"`

      - `"URL"`

      - `"HTML"`

  - `httpLink: string`

    URL to view the entity in the Lightfield web app, or null.

  - `objectType: "email"`

    Always `email`.

    - `"email"`

  - `relationships: map[object { cardinality, objectType, values, directions } ]`

    Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with `$` (e.g. `$owner`, `$contact`). A self-referential relationship keeps its merged values and includes optional directional values. List filters select the current record's role with `:asSource` or `:asDestination`, for example `?parent:asSource[contains]=account_id`.

    - `cardinality: string`

      Whether the relationship is `has_one` or `has_many`.

    - `objectType: string`

      The type of the related object (e.g. `account`, `contact`).

    - `values: array of string`

      IDs of the related entities.

    - `directions: optional object { asDestination, asSource }`

      Directional values for a self-referential relationship. List filters use the relationship key with `:asSource` or `:asDestination`; writes continue to use the bare key.

      - `asDestination: object { cardinality, values }`

        The current record is the destination (incoming) endpoint.

        - `cardinality: "HAS_ONE" or "HAS_MANY"`

          Whether this endpoint direction is `HAS_ONE` or `HAS_MANY`.

          - `"HAS_ONE"`

          - `"HAS_MANY"`

        - `values: array of string`

          IDs of the related entities in this direction.

      - `asSource: object { cardinality, values }`

        The current record is the source (outgoing) endpoint.

        - `cardinality: "HAS_ONE" or "HAS_MANY"`

          Whether this endpoint direction is `HAS_ONE` or `HAS_MANY`.

          - `"HAS_ONE"`

          - `"HAS_MANY"`

        - `values: array of string`

          IDs of the related entities in this direction.

  - `updatedAt: string`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was last updated, or null.

  - `externalId: optional string`

    External identifier for the entity, or null if unset.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.lightfield.app/v1/emails/$ID/restore \
    -X POST \
    -H 'Lightfield-Version: 2026-03-01' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "eml_cm0abc456def789",
  "accessLevel": "FULL",
  "createdAt": "2026-05-01T09:00:00.000Z",
  "fields": {
    "$subject": {
      "value": "Following up on our chat",
      "valueType": "TEXT"
    },
    "$sentAt": {
      "value": "2026-05-01T08:30:00.000Z",
      "valueType": "DATETIME"
    },
    "$from": {
      "value": [
        "sales@acme.com"
      ],
      "valueType": "EMAIL"
    },
    "$to": {
      "value": [
        "lead@example.com"
      ],
      "valueType": "EMAIL"
    },
    "$cc": {
      "value": [
        "string"
      ],
      "valueType": "EMAIL"
    },
    "$bcc": {
      "value": [
        "string"
      ],
      "valueType": "EMAIL"
    },
    "$privacySetting": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "TEXT"
    },
    "$body": {
      "value": "<p>Hi there,</p><p>Following up on our chat earlier this week.</p>",
      "valueType": "HTML"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": null,
  "objectType": "email",
  "relationships": {
    "$account": {
      "cardinality": "has_many",
      "objectType": "account",
      "values": [
        "acc_cm4stu901uvw234"
      ],
      "directions": {
        "asDestination": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        },
        "asSource": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "$contact": {
      "cardinality": "has_many",
      "objectType": "contact",
      "values": [
        "con_cm2ghi789jkl012"
      ],
      "directions": {
        "asDestination": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        },
        "asSource": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-01T10:00:00.000Z",
  "externalId": "externalId"
}
```