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# Remove from blacklist

POST https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete
Content-Type: application/json

Deletes an email rejection. There is no limit to how many rejections you can remove from your denylist, but keep in mind that each deletion has an affect on your reputation.

Reference: https://mailchimp.com/developer/transactional/api/rejects/delete

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a RejectsDeleteRequest.

- `key` (string, required) — A valid Mandrill API key
- `email` (string, required) — An email address to remove from the blacklist
- `subaccount` (string, optional) — An optional unique identifier for the subaccount to limit the blacklist deletion

## Response

### 200

Success

- `email` (string, required) — The email address that was removed from the blacklist
- `deleted` (boolean, required) — Whether the address was deleted successfully
- `subaccount` (string, optional) — The subaccount blacklist that the address was removed from, if any

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Invalid or missing API key.

- `status` (string, required) — Status of the response, typically "error"
- `code` (enum, required) — Numeric error code
  - Allowed values: `401`
- `name` (enum, required) — Machine-friendly error name
  - Allowed values: `Invalid_Key`
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message

### 404 Not Found Error

Email not found in rejection list or unknown subaccount

- `status` (string, required) — Status of the response, typically "error"
- `code` (integer, required) — Numeric error code
- `name` (string, required) — Machine-friendly error name
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

One or more request parameters failed validation.

- `status` (string, required) — Status of the response, typically "error"
- `code` (integer, required) — Numeric error code
- `name` (enum, required) — Machine-friendly error name
  - Allowed values: `ValidationError`
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message

### 500 Internal Server Error

An unexpected internal server error occurred.

- `status` (string, required) — Status of the response, typically "error"
- `code` (integer, required) — Numeric error code
- `name` (string, required) — Machine-friendly error name
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "subaccount": "cust-123"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "deleted": true,
  "subaccount": "cust-123"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete"

payload = {
    "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "subaccount": "cust-123"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"key":"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig","email":"user@example.com","subaccount":"cust-123"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"subaccount\": \"cust-123\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"subaccount\": \"cust-123\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"subaccount\": \"cust-123\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete', [
  'body' => '{
  "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "subaccount": "cust-123"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"key\": \"ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig\",\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"subaccount\": \"cust-123\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "key": "ONzNrsmbtNXoIKyfPmjnig",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "subaccount": "cust-123"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.4/rejects/delete")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

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