# `bird email suppressions add`

## Usage

```bash
bird email suppressions add [flags]
```

## Description

Create an email suppression

Add an email address to the workspace suppression list to stop delivery to it. The record is created with reason `manual`, which blocks every message category, transactional mail included. Adding is idempotent, so an address that already carries a manual suppression comes back unchanged.

Build the request from flags, a JSON SuppressionCreate body via --body-file ("-" reads
stdin), or both — a flag overrides the matching body field. Run --example to
print a ready-to-edit body, or --dry-run to print the resolved request without
sending it.

## Examples

```bash
# print the body shape (no credentials needed)
bird email suppressions add --example

# the body it prints:
```

```json
{
  "email": "jane@example.com"
}
```

## Options

#### Request

| Name                | Description                                                  |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `--body-file`       | Read the JSON request body from this file; "-" reads stdin   |
| `--example`         | Print a complete example request body, then exit             |
| `--dry-run`         | Print the resolved request without sending it, then exit     |
| `--idempotency-key` | Deduplication key; a retry with the same key won't act twice |

#### Options

| Name                | Description                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--email`           | The address to stop sending to. Normalized before storage and matching: lowercased and trimmed of surrounding whitespace. (required; or in --body-file) |
| `--response-schema` | Print the fields this command returns, then exit                                                                                                        |

## Related

| Name                                                                              | Description                 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| [`bird email suppressions get`](/docs/cli/reference/email-suppressions-get)       | Get an email suppression    |
| [`bird email suppressions list`](/docs/cli/reference/email-suppressions-list)     | List email suppressions     |
| [`bird email suppressions remove`](/docs/cli/reference/email-suppressions-remove) | Delete an email suppression |

## Related resources

- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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