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Blocks

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This endpoint allows you to retrieve and delete entries in the Blocks list.

Get

Retrieve a list of Blocks with addresses and response codes. You may optionally specify a date range to constrain the results.

URI Parameter	Required	Requirements	Description
date	false	Must be set to 1.	Retrieve the timestamp of the Block records. It will return a date in a MySQL timestamp format - `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`.
days	false	If specified, must be an integer greater than 0.	Number of days in the past for which to retrieve blocks (includes today).
start_date	false	Date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format and be earlier than the `end_date` parameter.	The start of the date range for which to retrieve blocks.
end_date	false	Date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format and be later than the `start_date` parameter.	The end of the date range for which to retrieve blocks.
limit	false	Must be an integer.	Optional field to limit the number of results returned.
offset	false	Must be an integer.	Optional beginning index in the list to retrieve from.

JSONXML

Call

`GET`	`https://api.sendgrid.com/api/blocks.get.json`
`GET` Data	`api_user=apikey&api_key=your_sendgrid_api_key&date=1`

Response

1[
2  {
3    "status": "4.0.0",
4    "created": "2012-09-02 00:12:12",
5    "reason": "550 Access denied...04d52d35b93501d500a9bca895ddad5cddd1a9f8486c89ace8c5e959398198cd49cd58288c9d11313975284d852811... (throttled)",
6    "email": "example@example.com"
7  },
8  {
9    "status": "4.0.0",
10    "created": "2012-09-02 00:21:29",
11    "reason": "Connection timed out",
12    "email": "example@example.com"
13  },
14  {
15    "status": "4.0.0",
16    "created": "2012-09-02 00:25:33",
17    "reason": "Unable to resolve MX record for exampledomain.com: nxdomain",
18    "email": "example@example.com"
19  }
20]

Delete

Delete an address from the Block list.

URI Parameter	Required	Requirements	Description
email	true	Must be a valid user account email.	Blocked email address to remove.

JSONXML

Call

`POST`	`https://api.sendgrid.com/api/blocks.delete.json`
`POST` Data	`api_user=apikey&api_key=your_sendgrid_api_key&email=emailToDelete@domain.com`

Response

1{
2  "message": "success"
3}

Count

URI Parameter	Required	Requirements	Description
start_date	false	Date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format and be before the `end_date` parameter.	Optional date to start counting from.
end_date	false	Date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format and be after the `start_date` parameter.	Optional date to start counting from.
type	false	hard or soft	The type of bounce to count.

JSONXML

Call

`GET`	`https://api.sendgrid.com/api/blocks.count.json`
`GET` Data	`api_user=apikey&api_key=your_sendgrid_api_key`

Response

1{
2  "count": "4"
3}