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Update a blocked email sender

email_security.settings.block_senders.edit(, ) -> BlockSenderEditResponse

PATCH/accounts/{account_id}/email-security/settings/block_senders/{pattern_id}

Modifies a blocked sender entry, updating its pattern or block reason.

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

comments: Optional[str]

is_regex: Optional[bool]

pattern: Optional[str]

minLength1

pattern_type: Optional[Literal["EMAIL", "DOMAIN", "IP", "UNKNOWN"]]

One of the following:

"EMAIL"

"DOMAIN"

"IP"

"UNKNOWN"

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class BlockSenderEditResponse: …

id: int

The unique identifier for the allow policy.

formatint32

created_at: datetime

formatdate-time

is_regex: bool

last_modified: datetime

formatdate-time

pattern: str

maxLength1024

minLength1

pattern_type: Literal["EMAIL", "DOMAIN", "IP", "UNKNOWN"]

One of the following:

"EMAIL"

"DOMAIN"

"IP"

"UNKNOWN"

comments: Optional[str]

maxLength1024

Update 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
)
response = client.email_security.settings.block_senders.edit(
    pattern_id=2402,
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(response.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,
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "is_regex": true,
    "last_modified": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "pattern": "x",
    "pattern_type": "EMAIL",
    "comments": "comments"
  },
  "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,
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "is_regex": true,
    "last_modified": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "pattern": "x",
    "pattern_type": "EMAIL",
    "comments": "comments"
  },
  "success": true
}