---
title: "Create a forwarding rule"
method: POST
path: "/v1/email/forwarding"
tags: ["Email"]
---

# Create a forwarding rule

`POST /v1/email/forwarding`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.samva.dev`
- URL: `https://api.samva.dev/v1/email/forwarding`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Creates an inbound email forwarding rule and returns it. Responds with 201. Priority is a non-negative integer, default 0; higher priority rules are tried first, and at equal priority an exact address outranks a wildcard pattern. An organization holds at most 100 forwarding rules.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `domainId` string
  - `sourcePattern` string, nullable
  - `forwardTo` string[], required
  - `preserveHeaders` boolean, nullable
  - `appendNote` string, nullable
  - `conditions` ForwardingConditions
    - `subjectContains` string[], nullable
    - `fromContains` string[], nullable
    - `hasAttachments` boolean, nullable
  - `priority` integer, nullable
  - `isActive` boolean, nullable
  - `metadata` object, nullable

## Response `201`

Success

- object
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `forwardTo` string[], required
  - `priority` integer, required
  - `isActive` boolean, required
  - `createdAt` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: UnauthorizedError
- `403`: ForbiddenError
- `404`: ResourceNotFoundError
- `409`: ConflictError
- `422`: ValidationError
- `500`: InternalError
- `504`: GatewayTimeoutError

---

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