Set email routing mode

Set the email routing mode for a domain hosted on the shared-hosting account. Send mode: "auto" to let the control panel detect delivery from MX records, local to deliver mail on this hosting account, secondary for backup MX behavior, or remote when an external mail provider should receive mail.

Web Hosting Email

Authentication

Required API scopes: write:hostingconsole:services

Use Authorization: Bearer <token> for API keys. Dashboard sessions may also use hostup_session.

Context

Related endpoints

GET /api/v2/shared-hosting/{accountId}/email-routing Get email routing mode GET /api/v2/shared-hosting/{accountId} Get shared-hosting account PATCH /api/v2/shared-hosting/{accountId} Rename shared-hosting account

Path Parameters

accountId string required Example: acct_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

Public shared-hosting account ID. Get it from GET /api/v2/shared-hosting `data[].id`. Do not invent this value; use the exact ID returned by the referenced API response.

Headers

Accept Example

Content-Type Example

Body

required

application/json

domain string required · Example: example.com

mode string · enum required · Example: remote

auto

local

secondary

remote

Responses

200 Email routing mode updated.

id string required · Example: eroute_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

domain string required · Example: example.com

mode string · enum required · Example: remote

auto

local

secondary

remote

detectedMode stringnull · enum required · Example: null

auto

local

secondary

remote

400 Invalid request. The response body is an RFC 7807 Problem Details document.

type string · Example: https://developer.hostup.se/errors/invalid_request

title string · Example: Validation failed

status integer · Example: 400

detail string · Example: The request body failed validation.

code string · Example: invalid_request

Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this field, not on `detail`.

instance string · Example: /api/v2/orders

requestId string · Example: req_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

timestamp string · Example: 2026-04-27T12:34:56.000Z

errors array<object>

Field-level validation errors when `code` is `invalid_request`.

errors[].pointer string required · Example: /items/0/eppCode

errors[].detail string required · Example: `eppCode` is required for this transfer.

errors[].code string required · Example: missing_required

extensions object

401 Unauthorized. Authentication is required.

type string · Example: https://developer.hostup.se/errors/invalid_request

title string · Example: Validation failed

status integer · Example: 400

detail string · Example: The request body failed validation.

code string · Example: invalid_request

Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this field, not on `detail`.

instance string · Example: /api/v2/orders

requestId string · Example: req_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

timestamp string · Example: 2026-04-27T12:34:56.000Z

errors array<object>

Field-level validation errors when `code` is `invalid_request`.

errors[].pointer string required · Example: /items/0/eppCode

errors[].detail string required · Example: `eppCode` is required for this transfer.

errors[].code string required · Example: missing_required

extensions object

403 Forbidden. The caller lacks a required scope or does not own the resource.

type string · Example: https://developer.hostup.se/errors/invalid_request

title string · Example: Validation failed

status integer · Example: 400

detail string · Example: The request body failed validation.

code string · Example: invalid_request

Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this field, not on `detail`.

instance string · Example: /api/v2/orders

requestId string · Example: req_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

timestamp string · Example: 2026-04-27T12:34:56.000Z

errors array<object>

Field-level validation errors when `code` is `invalid_request`.

errors[].pointer string required · Example: /items/0/eppCode

errors[].detail string required · Example: `eppCode` is required for this transfer.

errors[].code string required · Example: missing_required

extensions object

404 Not found. The resource does not exist or is not owned by the caller.

type string · Example: https://developer.hostup.se/errors/invalid_request

title string · Example: Validation failed

status integer · Example: 400

detail string · Example: The request body failed validation.

code string · Example: invalid_request

Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this field, not on `detail`.

instance string · Example: /api/v2/orders

requestId string · Example: req_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

timestamp string · Example: 2026-04-27T12:34:56.000Z

errors array<object>

Field-level validation errors when `code` is `invalid_request`.

errors[].pointer string required · Example: /items/0/eppCode

errors[].detail string required · Example: `eppCode` is required for this transfer.

errors[].code string required · Example: missing_required

extensions object

429 Rate limited. Retry after the limit resets. 429 responses include `Retry-After` seconds plus `X-RateLimit-*` headers.

type string · Example: https://developer.hostup.se/errors/invalid_request

title string · Example: Validation failed

status integer · Example: 400

detail string · Example: The request body failed validation.

code string · Example: invalid_request

Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this field, not on `detail`.

instance string · Example: /api/v2/orders

requestId string · Example: req_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

timestamp string · Example: 2026-04-27T12:34:56.000Z

errors array<object>

Field-level validation errors when `code` is `invalid_request`.

errors[].pointer string required · Example: /items/0/eppCode

errors[].detail string required · Example: `eppCode` is required for this transfer.

errors[].code string required · Example: missing_required

extensions object

500 Internal error. Retry later or contact support if the issue persists.

type string · Example: https://developer.hostup.se/errors/invalid_request

title string · Example: Validation failed

status integer · Example: 400

detail string · Example: The request body failed validation.

code string · Example: invalid_request

Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this field, not on `detail`.

instance string · Example: /api/v2/orders

requestId string · Example: req_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3

timestamp string · Example: 2026-04-27T12:34:56.000Z

errors array<object>

Field-level validation errors when `code` is `invalid_request`.

errors[].pointer string required · Example: /items/0/eppCode

errors[].detail string required · Example: `eppCode` is required for this transfer.

errors[].code string required · Example: missing_required

extensions object

PUT https://cloud.hostup.se/api/v2/shared-hosting/{accountId}/email-routing

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cURL

curl -X PUT "https://cloud.hostup.se/api/v2/shared-hosting/acct_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3/email-routing" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "example.com",
    "mode": "remote"
  }'

Response

{
  "id": "eroute_01hxa3b4c5d6e7f8g9h0j1k2m3",
  "domain": "example.com",
  "mode": "remote",
  "detectedMode": null
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "domain": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "mode": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "auto",
        "local",
        "secondary",
        "remote"
      ]
    },
    "detectedMode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "enum": [
        "auto",
        "local",
        "secondary",
        "remote",
        null
      ]
    }
  }
}

Request Body Use external mail provider

{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "mode": "remote"
}