Delete email scanner rule

DELETE/accounts/{account_id}/dlp/email/rules/{rule_id}

Removes a DLP email scanning rule. The rule will no longer be applied to email messages.

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)

Zero Trust Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

rule_id: string

formatuuid

ReturnsExpand Collapse

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

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

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

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional { action, conditions, created_at, 6 more }

action: { action, message }

action: "Block"

message: optional string

conditions: array of { operator, selector, value }

Triggered if all conditions match.

operator: "InList" or "NotInList" or "MatchRegex" or "NotMatchRegex"

One of the following:

"InList"

"NotInList"

"MatchRegex"

"NotMatchRegex"

selector: "Recipients" or "Sender" or "DLPProfiles"

One of the following:

"Recipients"

"Sender"

"DLPProfiles"

value: array of string or string

One of the following:

array of string

string

created_at: string

formatdate-time

enabled: boolean

name: string

priority: number

formatint32

minimum0

rule_id: string

formatuuid

updated_at: string

formatdate-time

description: optional string

Delete email scanner rule

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/dlp/email/rules/$RULE_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

{
  "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": {
    "action": {
      "action": "Block",
      "message": "message"
    },
    "conditions": [
      {
        "operator": "InList",
        "selector": "Recipients",
        "value": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "name",
    "priority": 0,
    "rule_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "description": "description"
  }
}

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": {
    "action": {
      "action": "Block",
      "message": "message"
    },
    "conditions": [
      {
        "operator": "InList",
        "selector": "Recipients",
        "value": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "name",
    "priority": 0,
    "rule_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "description": "description"
  }
}