identities API

The identities API first appeared in Thunderbird 91.

Permissions

accountsIdentities

Create, modify or delete your mail account identities

Note

The permission accountsRead is required to use messenger.identities.*.

Functions

list([accountId])

Returns the identities of the specified account, or all identities if no account is specified. Do not expect the returned identities to be in any specific order. Use getDefault(accountId) to get the default identity of an account.

Parameters

[accountId]

(string, optional)

Return type (Promise)

array of MailIdentity

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

get(identityId)

Returns details of the requested identity, or null if it doesn’t exist.

Parameters

identityId

(string)

Return type (Promise)

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

create(accountId, details)

Create a new identity in the specified account.

Parameters

accountId

(string)

details

Return type (Promise)

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

  • accountsIdentities

delete(identityId)

Attempts to delete the requested identity. Default identities cannot be deleted.

Parameters

identityId

(string)

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

  • accountsIdentities

update(identityId, details)

Updates the details of an identity.

Parameters

identityId

(string)

details

Return type (Promise)

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

  • accountsIdentities

getDefault(accountId)

Returns the default identity for the requested account, or null if it is not defined.

Parameters

accountId

(string)

Return type (Promise)

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

setDefault(accountId, identityId)

Sets the default identity for the requested account.

Parameters

accountId

(string)

identityId

(string)

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

Events

onCreated

Fired when a new identity has been created and added to an account. The event also fires for default identities that are created when a new account is added.

Parameters for onCreated.addListener(listener)

listener(identityId, identity)

A function that will be called when this event occurs.

Parameters passed to the listener function

identityId

(string)

identity

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

onDeleted

Fired when an identity has been removed from an account.

Parameters for onDeleted.addListener(listener)

listener(identityId)

A function that will be called when this event occurs.

Parameters passed to the listener function

identityId

(string)

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

onUpdated

Fired when one or more properties of an identity have been modified. The returned MailIdentity includes only the changed values.

Parameters for onUpdated.addListener(listener)

listener(identityId, changedValues)

A function that will be called when this event occurs.

Parameters passed to the listener function

identityId

(string)

changedValues

Required permissions

  • accountsRead

Types

MailIdentity

– [Added in TB 76]

object

[accountId]

(string, optional)

The id of the MailAccount this identity belongs to. The accountId property is read-only.

[composeHtml]

(boolean, optional)

– [Added in TB 85, backported to TB 78.7.0]

If the identity uses HTML as the default compose format.

[email]

(string, optional)

The user’s email address as used when messages are sent from this identity.

[id]

(string, optional)

A unique identifier for this identity. The id property is read-only.

[label]

(string, optional)

A user-defined label for this identity.

[name]

(string, optional)

The user’s name as used when messages are sent from this identity.

[organization]

(string, optional)

The organization associated with this identity.

[replyTo]

(string, optional)

The reply-to email address associated with this identity.

[signature]

(string, optional)

– [Added in TB 91]

The signature of the identity.

[signatureIsPlainText]

(boolean, optional)

– [Added in TB 91]

If the signature should be interpreted as plain text or as HTML.