# Retrieve footer mail settings

## API Overview

Mail Settings instruct SendGrid to apply specific settings to every email that you send over [SendGrid's v3 API](/docs/sendgrid/api-reference/mail-send/mail-send) or [SMTP Relay](/docs/sendgrid/for-developers/sending-email/building-an-x-smtpapi-header/). These settings include how to embed a custom footer, how to manage blocks, spam, and bounces, and more.

For a full list of Twilio SendGrid's Mail Settings, and what each one does, see our [Mail Settings documentation](/docs/sendgrid/ui/account-and-settings/mail/).

You can also manage your Mail Settings in the [Twilio SendGrid App](https://app.sendgrid.com/settings/mail_settings)

## Operation overview

```json
{"path":"https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/mail_settings/footer","method":"get","servers":[{"url":"https://api.sendgrid.com","description":"for global users and subusers"},{"url":"https://api.eu.sendgrid.com","description":"for EU regional subusers"}]}
```

**This endpoint allows you to retrieve your current Footer mail settings.**

The Footer setting will insert a custom footer at the bottom of your text and HTML email message bodies.

You can insert your HTML or plain text directly using the "Update footer mail settings" endpoint, or you can create the footer using the [Mail Settings menu in the Twilio SendGrid App](https://app.sendgrid.com/settings/mail_settings).

## Operation details

### Authentication

API Key

### Headers

```json
[{"in":"header","name":"Authorization","required":true,"default":"Bearer <<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>>","schema":{"type":"string"}},{"name":"on-behalf-of","in":"header","description":"The `on-behalf-of` header allows you to make API calls from a parent account on behalf of the parent's Subusers or customer accounts. You will use the parent account's API key when using this header. When making a call on behalf of a customer account, the property value should be \"account-id\" followed by the customer account's ID (e.g., `on-behalf-of: account-id <account-id>`). When making a call on behalf of a Subuser, the property value should be the Subuser's username (e.g., `on-behalf-of: <subuser-username>`). See [**On Behalf Of**](/docs/sendgrid/api-reference/how-to-use-the-sendgrid-v3-api/on-behalf-of) for more information.","required":false,"schema":{"type":"string"},"refName":"#/components/parameters/OnBehalfOf","modelName":"__components_parameters_OnBehalfOf"}]
```

### Responses

```json
[{"responseCode":"200","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"title":"Mail Settings: Footer","type":"object","example":{"enabled":true,"html_content":"Example HTML content","plain_content":"Example plain content"},"refName":"MailSettingsFooter","modelName":"MailSettingsFooter","properties":{"enabled":{"type":"boolean","description":"Indicates if the Footer mail setting is currently enabled."},"html_content":{"type":"string","description":"The custom HTML content of your email footer."},"plain_content":{"type":"string","description":"The plain text content of your email footer."}}},"examples":{"response":{"value":{"enabled":true,"html_content":"<p><a href=\"http://example.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ahoy, World!</a></p>\n","plain_content":""}}}}}}},{"responseCode":"400","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError400","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError400"}},{"responseCode":"401","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError401","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError401"}},{"responseCode":"403","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError403","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError403"}},{"responseCode":"404","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError404","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError404"}},{"responseCode":"500","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError500","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError500"}}]
```

Retrieve footer mail settings

```js
const client = require("@sendgrid/client");
client.setApiKey(process.env.SENDGRID_API_KEY);

const request = {
  url: `/v3/mail_settings/footer`,
  method: "GET",
};

client
  .request(request)
  .then(([response, body]) => {
    console.log(response.statusCode);
    console.log(response.body);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });
```

```python
import os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient


sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get("SENDGRID_API_KEY"))


response = sg.client.mail_settings.footer.get()

print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)
```

```csharp
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using SendGrid;

public class Program {
    public static async Task Main() {
        string apiKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SENDGRID_API_KEY");
        var client = new SendGridClient(apiKey);

        var response = await client.RequestAsync(
            method: SendGridClient.Method.GET, urlPath: "mail_settings/footer");

        Console.WriteLine(response.StatusCode);
        Console.WriteLine(response.Body.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
        Console.WriteLine(response.Headers.ToString());
    }
}
```

```java
import com.sendgrid.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        try {
            SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(System.getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY"));
            Request request = new Request();
            request.setMethod(Method.GET);
            request.setEndpoint("/mail_settings/footer");
            Response response = sg.api(request);
            System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
            System.out.println(response.getBody());
            System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw ex;
        }
    }
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-go"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	apiKey := os.Getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY")
	host := "https://api.sendgrid.com"
	request := sendgrid.GetRequest(apiKey, "/v3/mail_settings/footer", host)
	request.Method = "GET"
	response, err := sendgrid.API(request)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err.Error())
		os.Exit(1)
	} else {
		fmt.Println(response.StatusCode)
		fmt.Println(response.Body)
		fmt.Println(response.Headers)
	}
}
```

```php
<?php
// Uncomment the next line if you're using a dependency loader (such as Composer) (recommended)
// require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Uncomment next line if you're not using a dependency loader (such as Composer)
// require_once '<PATH TO>/sendgrid-php.php';

$apiKey = getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY");
$sg = new \SendGrid($apiKey);

try {
    $response = $sg->client
        ->mail_settings()
        ->footer()
        ->get();
    print $response->statusCode() . "\n";
    print_r($response->headers());
    print $response->body() . "\n";
} catch (Exception $ex) {
    echo "Caught exception: " . $ex->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require 'sendgrid-ruby'
include SendGrid

sg = SendGrid::API.new(api_key: ENV['SENDGRID_API_KEY'])

response = sg.client.mail_settings.footer.get()
puts response.status_code
puts response.headers
puts response.body
```

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/mail_settings/footer" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $SENDGRID_API_KEY"
```