Delete Domain

Remove a sending domain. Its addresses can no longer be used as the from of an email or a campaign.

Registering the same domain again later issues new DKIM records, so the ones already published at your DNS provider have to be replaced.

Endpoint

DELETE /email/domains/:id

Returns: 200 OK

Headers

Header	Value	Required
Authorization	Bearer <your-api-key>	Yes

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
id	string	The domain ID

Response

{
  "object": "domain",
  "id": "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
  "deleted": true
}

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Examples

cURL

curl -X DELETE "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/email/domains/01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ARSEL_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/email/domains/01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a", {
  method: "DELETE",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ARSEL_API_KEY}`,
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`${data.name}: ${data.message}`);
}

console.log(data);

Python

import os

import requests

response = requests.delete(
    "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/email/domains/01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ARSEL_API_KEY']}"},
)
response.raise_for_status()

print(response.json())

C#

using System.Net.Http.Headers;

var client = new HttpClient(); // share one instance across requests
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(
    "Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ARSEL_API_KEY"));

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Delete, "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/email/domains/01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a");

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
    throw new HttpRequestException($"{(int)response.StatusCode}: {body}");

Console.WriteLine(body);

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/email/domains/01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("ARSEL_API_KEY"),
    ],
]);

$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new Exception("{$data['name']}: {$data['message']}");
}

print_r($data);

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Rate Limit

This endpoint allows 10 requests per 60-second window per organization, separate from the default limit.

Error Responses

404 Not Found

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "name": "not_found",
  "message": "Domain not found"
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "name": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API Key"
}

429 Rate Limited

{
  "status_code": 429,
  "name": "rate_limit_exceeded",
  "message": "Too many requests. Please retry after the period indicated in the retry-after header."
}