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Get a blocked email sender

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

Gets information about a specific blocked sender entry, including the pattern and 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: WriteCloud Email Security: Read
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string

Account Identifier

maxLength32
minLength32
pattern_id: number

The unique identifier for the allow policy.

formatint32
ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional { pointer }
pointer: optional string
messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional { pointer }
pointer: optional string
result: { id, created_at, is_regex, 4 more }
id: number

The unique identifier for the allow policy.

formatint32
created_at: string
formatdate-time
is_regex: boolean
last_modified: string
formatdate-time
pattern: string
maxLength1024
minLength1
pattern_type: "EMAIL" or "DOMAIN" or "IP" or "UNKNOWN"
One of the following:
"EMAIL"
"DOMAIN"
"IP"
"UNKNOWN"
comments: optional string
maxLength1024
success: boolean

Get a blocked email sender

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/email-security/settings/block_senders/$PATTERN_ID \
    -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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "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
}