Get inbox placement for a sending domain
/v1/email/inbox-insights/placement// Requires Insights preview access for the organization.
let sendingDomain: string | undefined;
for await (const domain of bird.email.inboxInsights.domains.list({ search: "mail.example.com" })) {
if (domain.domain === "mail.example.com") { sendingDomain = domain.domain; break; }
}
if (!sendingDomain) throw new Error("Verify mail.example.com in this workspace first");
const report = await bird.email.inboxInsights.placement({ sending_domain: sendingDomain });
console.log(report);# Requires Insights preview access for the organization.
sending_domain = None
for domain in client.email.inbox_insights.domains.list(search="mail.example.com"):
if domain.domain == "mail.example.com":
sending_domain = domain.domain
break
if sending_domain is None:
raise ValueError("Verify mail.example.com in this workspace first")
report = client.email.inbox_insights.placement(sending_domain=sending_domain)
print(report.model_dump_json())// Requires Insights preview access for the organization.
client, err := bird.NewClient(option.WithAPIKey(os.Getenv("BIRD_API_KEY")))
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
ctx := context.Background()
sendingDomain := ""
for domain, err := range client.Email.InboxInsights.Domains.List(ctx, bird.EmailInboxInsightsDomainsListParams{Search: "mail.example.com"}) {
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if domain.Domain != nil && *domain.Domain == "mail.example.com" {
sendingDomain = *domain.Domain
break
}
}
if sendingDomain == "" {
log.Fatal("Verify mail.example.com in this workspace first")
}
report, err := client.Email.InboxInsights.Placement(ctx, bird.EmailInboxInsightsPlacementParams{SendingDomain: sendingDomain})
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
encoded, err := json.MarshalIndent(report, "", " ")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(string(encoded))// Requires Insights preview access for the organization.
$sendingDomain = null;
foreach ($bird->email->inboxInsights->domains->list(['search' => 'mail.example.com']) as $domain) {
if ($domain->getDomain() === 'mail.example.com') {
$sendingDomain = $domain->getDomain();
break;
}
}
if ($sendingDomain === null) {
throw new \RuntimeException('Verify mail.example.com in this workspace first');
}
$report = $bird->email->inboxInsights->placement(['sending_domain' => $sendingDomain]);
var_dump($report);bird email inbox-insights placement <sending-domain>curl -X GET "https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/email/inbox-insights/placement" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
--url-query "sending_domain=mail.acme.com" \
--url-query "include_ip_details=false"{
"resource": "placement",
"domain": "mail.acme.com",
"measurement": {
"sources": [
"panel",
"intelliseed_public"
],
"weighting": {
"weight_set_id": "12",
"source": "account",
"basis": "weighted-mean-of-per-isp-rates"
}
},
"generated_at": "2026-08-18T09:34:00Z",
"freshness": {
"as_of": "2026-08-17",
"lag_hint": "daily"
},
"cached_at": "2026-08-18T09:40:02Z",
"window": {
"start": "2026-08-12",
"end": "2026-08-18",
"group_by": "day"
},
"compared_to": {
"start": "2026-06-19",
"end": "2026-07-18"
},
"summary": {
"inbox_rate_percent": 87.4,
"spam_rate_percent": 12.6,
"missing_rate_percent": 0,
"raw_counts": {
"inbox": 418211,
"spam": 60233,
"missing": 0,
"measured": 478444
},
"read_rate_percent": 21.4,
"delta_pts": {
"inbox": -3.1,
"spam": 3.1
},
"status": "ok"
},
"providers": {
"items": [
{
"mailbox_provider": "gmail",
"inbox_rate_percent": 89.2,
"spam_rate_percent": 10.8,
"raw_counts": {
"inbox": 418211,
"spam": 60233,
"missing": 0,
"measured": 478444
},
"delta_pts": 0.4,
"read_rate_percent": 24.3
}
],
"status": "ok"
},
"series": {
"items": [
{
"date": "2026-07-19",
"mailbox_provider": null,
"inbox_rate_percent": 90.6,
"spam_rate_percent": 9.4,
"inbox_raw_count": 14201,
"spam_raw_count": 1473
}
],
"status": "ok"
},
"gmail_tabs": {
"categories": [
{
"category": "promotions",
"overall_percent": 34,
"inbox_percent": 94,
"spam_percent": 6
}
],
"status": "ok"
},
"ip_details": {
"items": [
{
"ip": "147.253.40.16",
"inbox_rate_percent": 89.9,
"raw_counts": {
"inbox": 418211,
"spam": 60233,
"missing": 0,
"measured": 478444
},
"spf_pass_rate_percent": 99.8,
"dkim_pass_rate_percent": 99.9
}
],
"status": "ok"
}
}
Returns where a sending domain's measured mail landed over the period (inbox or spam): the domain-wide rates, a per-provider table, a time series, the Gmail tab split, and optionally per-IP detail for the domain's sending infrastructure.
Placement figures are estimates from a measurement panel of real
mailboxes. Every rate is a percentage of measured placements, never of
delivered volume, and the domain-wide summary is weighted against the
audience mix described in measurement, so it can legitimately differ
from any single provider row. Delta fields appear only when the request
asks for a comparison and the prior period has data. Without a requested
comparison or comparable prior data they are absent, not zero change.
The series is sparse: buckets with no measured placement are omitted, not returned as zeros, so charts index by date rather than by position. Each section carries its own status, and a successful response never implies every section is populated.
API-key calls require Insights preview access for your organization.
Query Parameters
sending_domainstringThe sending domain to report on: one of the workspace's verified sending domains, exactly as it appears there. A domain that is not verified in this workspace answers not-found.
fromstringFirst UTC day of the period, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD: the same window
convention as the email statistics endpoints, so figures from the two
sources cover the same days. Defaults to 30 days before to.
It may be at most 30 days before to, which is also the default, so a
request naming neither date is already at the limit. Asking for more
answers 422: the page pairs these figures with Bird's own per-provider
sending statistics, and those are kept for 30 days, so a longer period
could only describe two different spans side by side.
tostringLast UTC day of the period, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today.
group_bystringBucket size for the series. Defaults to day.
Possible values: day, week, month
comparestringInclude the prior equal-length period, populating compared_to and every delta field.
Possible values: previous_period
series_providersarrayProviders to break the series down by, named as the provider table names them. Each named provider adds one series line; without this, the series carries the domain-wide line only. The provider table is never filtered by this parameter.
include_ip_detailsbooleanInclude per-IP placement detail for the domain's sending infrastructure. Off by default; only the sending-infrastructure view needs it.
Response Payload
resourceWhich resource this response is, echoed for self-description.
domainThe sending domain the figures describe.
measurementHow the figures were measured. Present only where a figure was weighted or drawn from a named set of sources, which today means placement and the industry benchmark. Absent on the reputation resources and on a live lookup, neither of which weights anything.
generated_atWhen these figures were computed. The measurement service's own stamp where it publishes one; on the resources Bird derives from daily rates it has none to publish, and this is when Bird computed them.
freshnessHow current the figures are. Freshness differs per resource (authentication data can lag a day or more while blocklist lookups are near real time), so any "as of" label binds from this field, never from a fixed string.
cached_atPresent when the response was served from a short-lived copy rather than fetched for this request: when that copy was fetched.
windowThe period every figure in the response covers: whole UTC calendar days, inclusive on both ends. The same window convention the email statistics endpoints use, so figures from the two sources describe the same days and can be combined without adjustment.
compared_toThe prior equal-length period the delta figures compare against. Present only when the request asked for a comparison.
summaryThe domain-wide placement figures for the period.
These rates are weighted against the audience mix in measurement.weighting,
so they can legitimately differ from any single provider row, which has no
mix to weight. Rates are percentages of measured placements, never of
delivered volume.
seriesThe placement time series, at the grain named in window.group_by.
The series is sparse: buckets with no measured placement are omitted rather than returned as zeros, because an invented zero would be indistinguishable from a measured one. Index by date, never by position.
gmail_tabsWhere the domain's Gmail-placed mail landed across Gmail's tabs. The status is not_applicable when the domain had no Gmail placement in the period; hide the section rather than showing an empty split.
Show child attributes
gmail_tabs.categoriesOne entry per Gmail tab that received mail.
Show child attributes
gmail_tabs.categories.categoryThe tab this row describes.
Possible values (may grow over time): primary, promotions, updates, forums, social, none
gmail_tabs.categories.overall_percentShare of the domain's Gmail-placed mail that landed under this tab, as a percentage.
gmail_tabs.categories.inbox_percentShare of this tab's mail that placed in the inbox, as a percentage.
gmail_tabs.categories.spam_percentShare of this tab's mail that placed in spam, as a percentage.
gmail_tabs.statusWhether a section of the response carries figures, and when it does not, why.
ok means the section is populated. no_data means the measurement ran and
observed nothing to report for this domain in the period. not_configured
means the section needs a setup step that has not been completed yet, such as
connecting Google Postmaster Tools; treat it as an invitation to finish
setup rather than a fault. unavailable means the figures could not be retrieved this time and
the same request may well succeed on a retry; the rest of the response is
unaffected. not_applicable means the section is meaningless for this domain
in this period, so there is nothing to show or fix.
A successful response never implies every section is populated; read each section's status rather than assuming figures are present.
Possible values: ok, no_data, not_configured, unavailable, not_applicable
ip_detailsPer-IP placement detail for the domain's sending infrastructure. Returned only when the request asked for IP detail.
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