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Email Routing
DNS

Disable Email Routing

email_routing.dns.delete(DNSDeleteParams**kwargs) -> Settings
DELETE/zones/{zone_id}/email/routing/dns

Disable your Email Routing zone. Also removes additional MX records previously required for Email Routing to work.

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)
Zone Settings Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class Settings: …
id: str

Email Routing settings identifier.

maxLength32
enabled: Literal[true, false]

State of the zone settings for Email Routing.

One of the following:
true
false
name: str

Domain of your zone.

created: Optional[datetime]

The date and time the settings have been created.

formatdate-time
modified: Optional[datetime]

The date and time the settings have been modified.

formatdate-time
skip_wizard: Optional[Literal[true, false]]

Flag to check if the user skipped the configuration wizard.

One of the following:
true
false
status: Optional[Literal["ready", "unconfigured", "misconfigured", 2 more]]

Show the state of your account, and the type or configuration error.

One of the following:
"ready"
"unconfigured"
"misconfigured"
"misconfigured/locked"
"unlocked"
support_subaddress: Optional[Literal[true, false]]

Whether subaddressing (plus-addressing) is honored when matching incoming mail against routing rules.

One of the following:
true
false
Deprecatedtag: Optional[str]

Email Routing settings tag. (Deprecated, replaced by Email Routing settings identifier)

maxLength32

Disable Email Routing

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
settings = client.email_routing.dns.delete(
    zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(settings.id)
{
  "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": {
    "id": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "example.net",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "skip_wizard": true,
    "status": "ready",
    "support_subaddress": true,
    "tag": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec"
  }
}
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": {
    "id": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "example.net",
    "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "skip_wizard": true,
    "status": "ready",
    "support_subaddress": true,
    "tag": "75610dab9e69410a82cf7e400a09ecec"
  }
}