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Subuser Bounces

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This documentation is for the SendGrid Web API v2

We will deprecate this version on February 10, 2025. To access all the latest features and upcoming developments, please see our v3 API. For assistance with transitioning, refer to our migration guide.

Retrieve Bounces

URI Parameter	Required	Requirements	Description
task	Yes	Must be set to `get`	Task to retrieve bounces
user	Yes	Subuser must be under your account	Subuser to retrieve bounces of
date	No	0 or 1	Optional argument to retrieve the timestamps, in ISO-8601 format, Pacific Timezone: `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`

JSONXML

Call

`POST`	`https://api.sendgrid.com/api/user.bounces.json`
`POST` Data	`api_user=your_sendgrid_username&api_key=your_sendgrid_password&user=subuser_username&task=get&date=1`

Response

1[
2  {
3    "email": "emaieexampexample@example.com",
4    "status": "5.1.1",
5    "reason": "550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal user: emaieexampexample@example.com",
6    "created": "2014-12-06 08:34:48"
7  },
8  {
9    "email": "emaileexampexample@example.com",
10    "status": "5.1.1",
11    "reason": "550 5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or unnecessary spaces. Learn more at http:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/bin\/answer.py?answer=6596 qy3si50924603pab.12 - gsmtp ",
12    "created": "2014-12-06 08:36:34"
13  }
14]

Delete Bounces

SendGrid suppresses messages to bounced addresses, but entries can be removed from the suppression list at any time if redelivery to a bounced address is desired. Take care that the address should be redelivered to.

URI Parameter	Required	Requirements	Description
task	Yes	Must be set to `delete`	Task to remove address from bounce suppression list
user	Yes	Subuser must be under your account	Subuser to retrieve bounces of
email	Yes	Address exists on the list	Address to remove from the Bounce suppression list

JSONXML

Call

`POST`	`https://api.sendgrid.com/api/user.bounces.json`
`POST` Data	`api_user=your_sendgrid_username&api_key=your_sendgrid_password&user=subuser_username&task=delete&email=bounceexampexample@example.com`

Response

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