Create a sending subdomain

client.emailSending.subdomains.create(, ?): SubdomainCreateResponse { email_sending_enabled, name, tag, 5 more }

POST/zones/{zone_id}/email/sending/subdomains

Creates a new sending subdomain or re-enables sending on an existing subdomain that had it disabled. If zone-level Email Sending has not been enabled yet, the zone flag is automatically set when the entitlement is present.

Security

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Zone Settings Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

params: SubdomainCreateParams { zone_id, name }

zone_id: string

Path param: Identifier.

maxLength32

name: string

Body param: The subdomain name. Must be within the zone.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

SubdomainCreateResponse { email_sending_enabled, name, tag, 5 more }

email_sending_enabled: boolean

Whether Email Sending is enabled on this subdomain.

name: string

The subdomain domain name.

tag: string

Sending subdomain identifier.

maxLength32

created?: string

The date and time the destination address has been created.

formatdate-time

email_sending_dkim_selector?: string

The DKIM selector used for email signing.

email_sending_return_path_domain?: string

The return-path domain used for bounce handling.

enabled?: boolean

Whether Email Routing (receiving) is enabled on this subdomain. Read-only; included for informational purposes since both services share the subdomain row.

modified?: string

The date and time the destination address was last modified.

formatdate-time

Create a sending subdomain

import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiEmail: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL'], // This is the default and can be omitted
  apiKey: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const subdomain = await client.emailSending.subdomains.create({
  zone_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353',
  name: 'sub.example.com',
});

console.log(subdomain.email_sending_enabled);

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "email_sending_enabled": true,
    "name": "sub.example.com",
    "tag": "aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "email_sending_dkim_selector": "cf-bounce",
    "email_sending_return_path_domain": "cf-bounce.sub.example.com",
    "enabled": true,
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "email_sending_enabled": true,
    "name": "sub.example.com",
    "tag": "aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "email_sending_dkim_selector": "cf-bounce",
    "email_sending_return_path_domain": "cf-bounce.sub.example.com",
    "enabled": true,
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z"
  }
}