cf-email-cli

A Node.js CLI tool for managing Cloudflare Email Routing programmatically. Easily create, list, and delete email destinations and routing rules, as well as fetch required DNS records.

Features

• Create, list, and delete destination emails
• Create, list, and delete routing rules
• Show required DNS records for Cloudflare Email Routing
• Pretty-print tables for easy readability
• Fully scriptable for batch or automated tasks

Installation

# Install globally via npm
npm install -g cf-email-cli

After installing, you can run cf-email anywhere in your terminal.

Environment Variables

Set these environment variables before using the CLI:

export CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN="your-api-token"
export CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID="your-account-id"
export CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_ID="your-zone-id"

• CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN — API token with Email Routing permissions
• CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID — Cloudflare account ID
• CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_ID — Cloudflare zone ID for your domain

Usage

Create a destination email

cf-email create-destination -e [email protected]

List all destination emails

cf-email list-destinations

Delete a destination email

cf-email delete-destination -i DEST_ID

Create a routing rule

cf-email create-rule -a [email protected] -d DEST_ID

List routing rules

cf-email list-rules

Delete a routing rule

cf-email delete-rule -i RULE_ID

Show required DNS records

cf-email dns-records

Example Workflow

1. Create a destination email:

cf-email create-destination -e [email protected]

2. Create an alias that forwards to that destination:

cf-email create-rule -a [email protected] -d DEST_ID

3. Verify DNS records:

cf-email dns-records

Batch Alias Creation

You can script multiple aliases in one go with a shell loop or Node.js script:

for alias in info sales support; do
  cf-email create-rule -a "[email protected]" -d DEST_ID
done

This will create routing rules for info@, sales@, and support@ forwarding to the same destination.

Development

• CLI code is in bin/cf-email.js
• API wrappers in lib/api.js
• Pretty tables use cli-table3
• Commands use commander

Run locally with:

node bin/cf-email.js <command>

Publishing

npm version patch
npm publish

License

MIT © [Tom Tarpey]