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PUT examples

​​ Update multiple rules

This example updates several firewall rules using a single API call.

You can include up to 25 rules in the JSON object array (-d flag) to update as a batch. The batch is handled as a transaction.

Request
curl -X PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules" \
-H "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '[
{
"id": "<RULE_ID>",
"paused": false,
"description": "Challenge site",
"action": "challenge",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID>",
"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
"paused": false,
"description": "not /api"
}
}
]'
Response
{
"result": [
{
"id": "<RULE_ID>",
"paused": false,
"description": "Challenge site",
"action": "challenge",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID>",
"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
"paused": false,
"description": "not /api"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}

​​ Update a single rule

This example updates the firewall rule with ID <RULE_ID>.

You must include the following fields in the request body:

  • id
  • action
  • filter.id

All other fields are optional.

Request
curl -X PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules/<RULE_ID>" \
-H "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"id": "<RULE_ID>",
"paused": false,
"description": "Do not challenge login from office IPv6",
"action": "allow",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID>",
"expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
"paused": false,
"description": "Login from office"
}
}'
Response
{
"result": {
"id": "<RULE_ID>",
"paused": false,
"description": "Do not challenge login from office IPv6",
"action": "allow",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID>",
"expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
"paused": false,
"description": "Login from office"
}
},
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}