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Change email classification

POST/accounts/{account_id}/email-security/investigate/{investigate_id}/reclassify

Submits a request to reclassify an email’s disposition. Use for reporting false positives or false negatives. Optionally provide the raw EML content for reanalysis. The reclassification is processed asynchronously.

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)
Cloud Email Security: Write
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32
investigate_id: string

Unique identifier for a message retrieved from investigation.

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
expected_disposition: "NONE" or "BULK" or "MALICIOUS" or 3 more
One of the following:
"NONE"
"BULK"
"MALICIOUS"
"SPAM"
"SPOOF"
"SUSPICIOUS"
eml_content: optional string

Base64 encoded content of the EML file.

escalated_submission_id: optional string
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
result: unknown
success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

Change email classification

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/email-security/investigate/$INVESTIGATE_ID/reclassify \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "expected_disposition": "NONE"
        }'
{
  "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": {},
  "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": {},
  "success": true
}