Enable Email Routing

POST/zones/{zone_id}/email/routing/dns

Enable you Email Routing zone. Add and lock the necessary MX and SPF records.

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

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

zone_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

name: optional string

Domain of your zone.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional Settings { id, enabled, name, 5 more }

id: string

Email Routing settings identifier.

maxLength32

enabled: true or false

State of the zone settings for Email Routing.

One of the following:

true

false

name: string

Domain of your zone.

created: optional string

The date and time the settings have been created.

formatdate-time

modified: optional string

The date and time the settings have been modified.

formatdate-time

skip_wizard: optional true or false

Flag to check if the user skipped the configuration wizard.

One of the following:

true

false

status: optional "ready" or "unconfigured" or "misconfigured" or 2 more

Show the state of your account, and the type or configuration error.

One of the following:

"ready"

"unconfigured"

"misconfigured"

"misconfigured/locked"

"unlocked"

Deprecatedtag: optional string

Email Routing settings tag. (Deprecated, replaced by Email Routing settings identifier)

maxLength32

Enable Email Routing

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/email/routing/dns \
    -X POST \
    -H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
    -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"

{
  "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": {
    "id": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "example.net",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "skip_wizard": true,
    "status": "ready",
    "tag": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec"
  }
}

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": {
    "id": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "example.net",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "skip_wizard": true,
    "status": "ready",
    "tag": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec"
  }
}