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Send a raw MIME email message.

POST/accounts/{account_id}/email/sending/send_raw

Send a raw MIME email message.

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
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string

Identifier of the account.

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
from: string

Sender email address.

formatemail
mime_message: string

The full MIME-encoded email message. Should include standard RFC 5322 headers such as From, To, Subject, and Content-Type. The from and recipients fields in the request body control SMTP envelope routing; the From and To headers in the MIME message control what the recipient's email client displays.

recipients: array of string

List of recipient email addresses.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object { code, message }
code: number
message: string
messages: array of object { code, message }
code: number
message: string
result: object { delivered, permanent_bounces, queued }
delivered: array of string

Email addresses to which the message was delivered immediately.

permanent_bounces: array of string

Email addresses that permanently bounced.

queued: array of string

Email addresses for which delivery was queued for later.

success: true
result_info: optional object { count, per_page, total_count, 2 more }
count: number
per_page: number
total_count: number
cursor: optional string
page: optional number

Send a raw MIME email message.

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/email/sending/send_raw \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "from": "sender@example.com",
          "mime_message": "From: sender@example.com\\r\\nTo: recipient@example.com\\r\\nSubject: Hello\\r\\nContent-Type: text/plain\\r\\n\\r\\nHello, World!",
          "recipients": [
            "recipient@example.com"
          ]
        }'
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "delivered": [
      "recipient@example.com"
    ],
    "permanent_bounces": [
      "dev@stainless.com"
    ],
    "queued": [
      "dev@stainless.com"
    ]
  },
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 0,
    "per_page": 0,
    "total_count": 0,
    "cursor": "cursor",
    "page": 0
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "delivered": [
      "recipient@example.com"
    ],
    "permanent_bounces": [
      "dev@stainless.com"
    ],
    "queued": [
      "dev@stainless.com"
    ]
  },
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 0,
    "per_page": 0,
    "total_count": 0,
    "cursor": "cursor",
    "page": 0
  }
}