Create a sending subdomain

POST/zones/{zone_id}/email/sending/subdomains

Creates a new sending subdomain or re-enables sending on an existing subdomain that had it disabled. If zone-level Email Sending has not been enabled yet, the zone flag is automatically set when the entitlement is present.

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: string

The subdomain name. Must be within the 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 object { email_sending_enabled, name, tag, 5 more }

email_sending_enabled: boolean

Whether Email Sending is enabled on this subdomain.

name: string

The subdomain domain name.

tag: string

Sending subdomain identifier.

maxLength32

created: optional string

The date and time the destination address has been created.

formatdate-time

email_sending_dkim_selector: optional string

The DKIM selector used for email signing.

email_sending_return_path_domain: optional string

The return-path domain used for bounce handling.

enabled: optional boolean

Whether Email Routing (receiving) is enabled on this subdomain. Read-only; included for informational purposes since both services share the subdomain row.

modified: optional string

The date and time the destination address was last modified.

formatdate-time

Create a sending subdomain

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/email/sending/subdomains \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
    -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "name": "sub.example.com"
        }'

{
  "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": {
    "email_sending_enabled": true,
    "name": "sub.example.com",
    "tag": "aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "email_sending_dkim_selector": "cf-bounce",
    "email_sending_return_path_domain": "cf-bounce.sub.example.com",
    "enabled": true,
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z"
  }
}

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": {
    "email_sending_enabled": true,
    "name": "sub.example.com",
    "tag": "aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "email_sending_dkim_selector": "cf-bounce",
    "email_sending_return_path_domain": "cf-bounce.sub.example.com",
    "enabled": true,
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z"
  }
}