Newsletter Subscribe

Changed on

Subscribe an email to the Pan Africa Data newsletter. Sends no email. Bot defences (8 Nov 2026; api/newsletter_guard.py):

  • honeypot field filled: the success response, nothing stored;
  • not an address, or a disposable domain: 400 with one generic message;
  • more than 3 successful subscribes from one client in 24 h: 429, logged as 'newsletter_rate';
  • an address already on the list (active or not): the success response, nothing inserted or changed.
post/api/newsletter/subscribe

Request

Request body

emailstring required
sourcestring
websitestring

Response

Successful Response

unknown required

Changes