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Zero Trust
DLP
Email
Rules

Delete email scanner rule

zero_trust.dlp.email.rules.delete(strrule_id, RuleDeleteParams**kwargs) -> RuleDeleteResponse
DELETE/accounts/{account_id}/dlp/email/rules/{rule_id}

Removes a DLP email scanning rule. The rule will no longer be applied to email messages.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
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)
Zero Trust Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: str
rule_id: str
formatuuid
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class RuleDeleteResponse: …
action: Action
action: Literal["Block"]
message: Optional[str]
conditions: List[Condition]

Triggered if all conditions match.

operator: Literal["InList", "NotInList", "MatchRegex", "NotMatchRegex"]
One of the following:
"InList"
"NotInList"
"MatchRegex"
"NotMatchRegex"
selector: Literal["Recipients", "Sender", "DLPProfiles"]
One of the following:
"Recipients"
"Sender"
"DLPProfiles"
value: Union[List[str], str]
One of the following:
List[str]
str
created_at: datetime
formatdate-time
enabled: bool
name: str
priority: int
formatint32
minimum0
rule_id: str
formatuuid
updated_at: datetime
formatdate-time
description: Optional[str]

Delete email scanner rule

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
rule = client.zero_trust.dlp.email.rules.delete(
    rule_id="182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    account_id="account_id",
)
print(rule.rule_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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "action": {
      "action": "Block",
      "message": "message"
    },
    "conditions": [
      {
        "operator": "InList",
        "selector": "Recipients",
        "value": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "name",
    "priority": 0,
    "rule_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "description": "description"
  }
}
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": {
    "action": {
      "action": "Block",
      "message": "message"
    },
    "conditions": [
      {
        "operator": "InList",
        "selector": "Recipients",
        "value": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "name",
    "priority": 0,
    "rule_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "description": "description"
  }
}