Email Forwarding API

Right now we have not yet released any API wrappers, but we plan to do so in the near future. Send an email to api@forwardemail.net if you would like to be notified when a particular programming language's API wrapper is released. In the meanwhile, you can use these recommended HTTP request libraries in your application, or simply use curl as in the below examples.

The current HTTP base URI path is: https://api.forwardemail.net.

All endpoints require your API key to be set as the "username" value of the request's Basic Authorization header. Don't worry – examples are provided below for you if you're not sure what this is.

If any errors occur, the response body of the API request will contain a detailed error message.

Our service is translated to over 25 different languages. All API response messages are translated to the last locale detected of the user making the API request. You can override this by passing a custom Accept-Language header. Feel free to try it out using the language drop-down at the bottom of this page.

If you would like to be notified when pagination is available, then please email api@forwardemail.net.

Create account

POST /v1/account

Example Request:

curl -X POST https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/account \
  -u API_TOKEN: \
  -d "email=user%40gmail.com"

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 400,
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "Password was invalid."
}

Retrieve account

GET /v1/account

Example Request:

curl -X GET https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/account \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Update account

PUT /v1/account

Example Request:

curl -X PUT https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/account \
  -u API_TOKEN: \
  -d "email=user%40gmail.com"

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

List domains

GET /v1/domains

Example Request:

curl -X GET https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Create domain

POST /v1/domains

Example Request:

curl -X POST https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains \
  -u API_TOKEN: \
  -d domain=example.com \
  -d plan=free

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Retrieve domain

GET /v1/domains/example.com

Example Request:

curl -X GET https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Verify domain records

GET /v1/domains/example.com/verify-records

Example Request:

curl -X GET https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com/verify-records \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Update domain

PUT /v1/domains/example.com

Example Request:

curl -X PUT https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Delete domain

DELETE /v1/domains/:domain_name

Example Request:

curl -X DELETE https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/:domain_name \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Accept domain invite

GET /v1/domains/:domain_name/invites

Example Request:

curl -X GET https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/:domain_name/invites \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Create domain invite

POST /v1/domains/example.com/invites

Example Request:

curl -X POST https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com/invites \
  -u API_TOKEN: \
  -d "email=user%40gmail.com" \
  -d group=admin

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Remove domain invite

DELETE /v1/domains/:domain_name/invites

Example Request:

curl -X DELETE https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/:domain_name/invites \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Update domain member

PUT /v1/domains/example.com/members/:member_id

Example Request:

curl -X PUT https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com/members/:member_id \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Remove domain member

DELETE /v1/domains/:domain_name/members/:member_id

Example Request:

curl -X DELETE https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/:domain_name/members/:member_id \
  -u API_TOKEN:

List domain aliases

GET /v1/domains/example.com/aliases

Example Request:

curl -X GET https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com/aliases \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Create new domain alias

POST /v1/domains/example.com/aliases

Example Request:

curl -X POST https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com/aliases \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Retrieve domain alias

You can retrieve a domain alias by either its id or its name value.

GET /v1/domains/:domain_name/aliases/:alias_id

Example Request:

curl https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/:domain_name/aliases/:alias_id \
  -u API_TOKEN:

GET /v1/domains/:domain_name/aliases/:alias_name

Example Request:

curl https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/:domain_name/aliases/:alias_name \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Example Response:

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API token."
}

Update domain alias

PUT /v1/domains/example.com/aliases/:alias_id

Example Request:

curl -X PUT https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/example.com/aliases/:alias_id \
  -u API_TOKEN:

Delete domain alias

DELETE /v1/domains/:domain_name/aliases/:alias_id

Example Request:

curl -X DELETE https://api.forwardemail.net/v1/domains/:domain_name/aliases/:alias_id \
  -u API_TOKEN: