---
title: "Create an email domain"
method: POST
path: "/v3/portals/email-domains"
tags: ["Portal Emails"]
---

# Create an email domain

`POST /v3/portals/email-domains`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://global.api.konghq.com`
- URL: `https://global.api.konghq.com/v3/portals/email-domains`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer

Create an email domain

## Request body

- EmailDomainPayload
  - `domain` string, required

## Response `201`

success

- EmailDomain
  - `domain` string, required
  - `verification` EmailDomainVerification, required
    - `status` 'pending' | 'success' | 'failed' | 'temporary_failure' | 'not_started', required: Specifies the status of the mail domain verification
    - `last_time_checked` string, date-time, required: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of the last time the verification got checked.
    - `last_time_success` string, date-time, required: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of the last time the verification succeeded.
  - `dns_validation_records` DNSRecord[], required
    - `type` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `value` string, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-10-15** `7aab863a6daa`: 1 breaking, 2 warning
  - added `#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterMinimumTime, #/components/schemas/InvalidParameterMaximumTime` to the `invalid_parameters/items/` response property `oneOf` list for the response status `400`
  - added the new `key_invalid` enum value to the `invalid_parameters/items/oneOf[#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterStandard]/rule` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `unique` enum value to the `invalid_parameters/items/oneOf[#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterStandard]/rule` response property for the response status `400`
- **2026-09-25** `68d43091b84d`: 3 warning
  - added the new `400.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `403.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `404.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `404`
- **2026-09-18** `f324fb7610e4`: 3 breaking, 24 info
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `400`
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `403`
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `404`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/BaseError, subschema #2` from the response body `allOf` list for the response status `400`
  - …23 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk/changes/v3/portals/email-domains/post.md)

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