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/
suppressions
Add to suppression list
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.sendkit.dev/suppressions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "email": "blocked@example.com"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.sendkit.dev/suppressions"

payload = { "email": "blocked@example.com" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({email: 'blocked@example.com'})
};

fetch('https://api.sendkit.dev/suppressions', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sendkit.dev/suppressions",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'email' => 'blocked@example.com'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.sendkit.dev/suppressions"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"email\": \"blocked@example.com\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sendkit.dev/suppressions")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"email\": \"blocked@example.com\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sendkit.dev/suppressions")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"email\": \"blocked@example.com\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "created_at": "2026-03-03 10:00:00",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-03 10:00:00"
}
{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"email": "jsmith@example.com",
"created_at": "2026-03-03 10:00:00",
"updated_at": "2026-03-03 10:00:00"
}
{
"message": "Invalid API key."
}
{
"message": "The email field is required."
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key from your SendKit dashboard. Pass it as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Body

application/json
email
string<email>
required

The email address to suppress.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"blocked@example.com"

Response

Email already exists in the suppression list

id
string<uuid>
required

Unique identifier for the suppression entry.

email
string<email>
required

The suppressed email address.

created_at
string
required

When the entry was created.

Example:

"2026-03-03 10:00:00"

updated_at
string
required

When the entry was last updated.

Example:

"2026-03-03 10:00:00"

reason
enum<string> | null

The reason the email was suppressed.

Available options:
manual,
bounce,
complaint,
null