nylas email attachments list in Practice: List all attachments on a specific email

List all attachments on a specific email. Works across Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, and IMAP.

The nylas email attachments list command shows every attachment on a message — filename, MIME type, and size. Pipe through jq to filter by type or find large files before downloading.

Syntax

nylas email attachments list --id MESSAGE_ID

Examples

List attachments on an email:

nylas email attachments list --id msg_abc123

Filter PDFs with jq:

nylas email attachments list --id msg_abc123 --json | jq '.[] | select(.content_type == "application/pdf")'

How It Works

The Nylas CLI abstracts away the differences between Gmail's API, Microsoft Graph, Exchange Web Services, and raw IMAP. You write one command; it works across all providers. This matters for automation — your cron job or CI pipeline doesn't need provider-specific logic.

When to Use This

Reach for nylas email attachments list when you need to process email in shell scripts, cron jobs, CI/CD pipelines, or AI agent tool calls. Combine with --json to pipe output into other tools.

Tips

Combine with other commands: Chain nylas email attachments list with other Nylas CLI commands using shell pipes and variables for complex workflows.

Debug mode: Add --verbose to see the underlying API requests and responses — useful when something doesn't behave as expected.

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Full docs: nylas email attachments list reference — all flags, advanced examples, and troubleshooting.

All commands: Nylas CLI Command Reference

Get started: brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas — other install methods