Create an IP Access rule

POST

https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_identifier}/firewall/access_rules/rules

Last modified:2022-12-16 13:48:33

Creates a new IP Access rule for an account. The rule will apply to all zones in the account.

Note: To create an IP Access rule that applies to a single zone, refer to the IP Access rules for a zone endpoints.

Request

Path Params

account_identifier

string

required

Body Params application/json

configuration

schemas-configuration

required

The rule configuration.

target

optional

The configuration target. You must set the target to ip when specifying an IP address in the rule.

Allowed value:

Example:

value

string

optional

The IP address to match. This address will be compared to the IP address of incoming requests.

Example:

198.51.100.4

mode

enum<string>

required

The action to apply to a matched request.

Allowed values:

blockchallengewhitelistjs_challengemanaged_challenge

Example:

challenge

notes

string

optional

An informative summary of the rule, typically used as a reminder or explanation.

Example:

This rule is enabled because of an event that occurred on date X.

Example

{
    "configuration": {
        "target": "ip",
        "value": "198.51.100.4"
    },
    "mode": "challenge",
    "notes": "This rule is enabled because of an event that occurred on date X."
}

Request samples

Shell

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Dart

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts//firewall/access_rules/rules' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "configuration": {
        "target": "ip",
        "value": "198.51.100.4"
    },
    "mode": "challenge",
    "notes": "This rule is enabled because of an event that occurred on date X."
}'

Responses

🟢200Create an IP Access rule response

application/json

Body

allOf {2}

optional

object (api-response-single)

optional

errors

array [object {2}]

messages

required

Example:

[]

messages

array [object {2}]

messages

required

Example:

[]

result

required

success

enum<boolean>

required

Whether the API call was successful

Allowed value:

true

Example:

true

object

optional

result

object

optional

Example

{
    "errors": [],
    "messages": [],
    "result": {},
    "success": true
}

🟢200Create an IP Access rule response failure

Modified at 2022-12-16 13:48:33

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