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Delete a blocked email sender

email_security.settings.block_senders.delete(intpattern_id, BlockSenderDeleteParams**kwargs) -> BlockSenderDeleteResponse
DELETE/accounts/{account_id}/email-security/settings/block_senders/{pattern_id}

Removes a sender from the email block list, allowing their messages to be delivered normally.

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)
Cloud Email Security: Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: str

Account Identifier

maxLength32
minLength32
pattern_id: int

The unique identifier for the allow policy.

formatint32
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class BlockSenderDeleteResponse:
id: int

The unique identifier for the allow policy.

formatint32

Delete a blocked email sender

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_email=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
    api_key=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
block_sender = client.email_security.settings.block_senders.delete(
    pattern_id=2402,
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(block_sender.id)
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": 2402
  },
  "success": true
}
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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": 2402
  },
  "success": true
}