curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/emails/email-id/share' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "expires_in": "example-expires-in"
}'

# POST /emails/{email_id}/share (Resend API)
Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create a shareable link for a sent or received email.

## Critical Gotchas
* All requests must include a `User-Agent` header (e.g. `User-Agent: my-app/1.0`) or the API returns HTTP 403.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/emails/email-id/share' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"expires_in":"example-expires-in"}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| email_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the email. |
| expires_in | body | string | No | How long the link stays valid for, as a duration like `10... |

## Response (200 OK)
{"object":"email","id":"4ef9a417-02e9-4d39-ad75-9611e0fcc33c"}

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POST

POST /emails/{email_id}/share — Resend API

Resend API

Create a shareable link for a sent or received email.

Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

All requests must include a User-Agent header (e.g. User-Agent: my-app/1.0) or the API returns HTTP 403.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/emails/email-id/share' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "expires_in": "example-expires-in"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
email_id	path	string	Yes	The ID of the email.
expires_in	body	string	No	How long the link stays valid for, as a duration like `10m`, `2 hours`, or `1 day`. Defaults to `48h` and cannot exceed 48 hours.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "email",
  "id": "4ef9a417-02e9-4d39-ad75-9611e0fcc33c",
  "url": "https://resend.com/shared?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9..."
}

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