Mailboxes

Create a mailbox

Create a mailbox on a verified domain.

POST/api/v1/mailboxes/

Permission write

Request headers

Idempotency-Keystringrequired

A unique key for this intentional action. Reuse it only with the same request input.

Maximum 128 characters

Request body

Send JSON with Content-Type: application/json.

domainintegerrequired

Domain name when reserving a domain; domain ID when creating a mailbox or alias.

localPartstringrequired

The part of the email address before the @ sign.

Maximum 64 characters

displayNamestring

The mailbox display name.

Maximum 120 characters

quotaMbinteger

Optional storage cap in MiB, within account limits.

Responses

200Success

Durable operation receipt with this endpoint’s result. Pending provisioning and SMTP acceptance are distinct from resource readiness and recipient delivery.

400Invalid request

Invalid input or missing idempotency key.

401Unauthenticated

Missing, expired, or revoked bearer credential.

403Forbidden

Wrong credential purpose, insufficient scope, or missing mailbox grant.

404Not found

Resource or message not found or unavailable to this integration.

409Conflict

Resource conflict, stale message reference, ambiguous submission, or idempotency conflict.

413Too large

Request or message exceeds the supported size.

429Rate limited

Rate limited. Honor Retry-After before retrying.

500Internal server error

Unexpected server error. Contact support with the request ID; inspect uncertain writes before retrying.

503Service unavailable

Integrations disabled or an upstream service unavailable.

See limits and errors for retry handling and the error envelope.

Example request

curl -X POST 'https://cherrymail.net/api/v1/mailboxes/' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHERRYMAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: example-request-1042" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "domain": 123,
  "localPart": "hello"
}'

Responseapplication/json

dataobjectrequired

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operation_idstring · uuidrequired

Durable operation ID. Use GET /operations/{id}/ to inspect it.

statestringrequired

Values: running, pending, completed, uncertain

resultobject | nullrequired

Endpoint-specific result; null while a concurrent request is running or its outcome is uncertain.

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resource_kindstringrequired

Values: domains, mailboxes, aliases

resource_idintegerrequired

messagestring

Human-readable result, when returned.

statestringrequired

The resource change was accepted. Inspect the resource and operation for readiness; a reserved domain still needs ownership verification.

Value: "pending"

request_idstring · uuidrequired

Request ID for support and correlation. Also returned in X-Request-ID.

Example

200 response body

{
  "data": {
    "operation_id": "6032a8b5-5ab8-4d3d-9104-d1e8162a1453",
    "state": "pending",
    "result": {
      "resource_kind": "mailboxes",
      "resource_id": 123,
      "state": "pending"
    }
  },
  "request_id": "650f28e8-c344-42e4-ae43-c61539f83119"
}

Durable operation receipt with this endpoint’s result. Pending provisioning and SMTP acceptance are distinct from resource readiness and recipient delivery.

Response headers

Cache-Control: no-store

X-Request-ID

Same request ID as the JSON body.

RateLimit-Limit: 120;w=60

Per-credential limit and window.

RateLimit-Reset: 60

Rate-limit window in seconds.

Base URL
https://cherrymail.net/api/v1

View the OpenAPI contract ↗