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Update Zone Precursor Config

client.Precursor.Update(ctx, params) (*PrecursorConfig, error)
PUT/zones/{zone_id}/precursor

Updates the Precursor configuration for a zone.

mode controls whether Precursor detection is off, monitoring, or armed. show_interstitial controls the zone-level response when armed. rules is the ordered list of overrides for matching requests.

This is a partial update: only the fields present in the request body are changed.

  • Sending an empty array ([]) clears all rules.
  • At least one of mode, show_interstitial, or rules must be present; an empty body ({}) is rejected with 400.
  • Rule id is read-only (assigned by Cloudflare) and ignored on input.
  • Rule show_interstitial is required and controls the response for requests that match that rule.
  • Rule expression is limited to 4000 characters. The limit applies to each rule individually, not to the combined size of all rules.
Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
ParametersExpand Collapse
params PrecursorUpdateParams
ZoneID param.Field[string]

Path param: Identifier.

maxLength32
PrecursorConfig param.Field[PrecursorConfig]

Body param

CloudflareVersion param.Field[PrecursorUpdateParamsCloudflareVersion]Optional

Header param: Selects the split Precursor API schema.

const PrecursorUpdateParamsCloudflareVersion1_0 PrecursorUpdateParamsCloudflareVersion = "1.0"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
type PrecursorConfig struct{…}
Mode PrecursorConfigModeOptional

Controls Precursor detection for the zone. off disables detection, monitor records detections without affecting bot scores, and arm allows detections to affect bot scores.

One of the following:
const PrecursorConfigModeOff PrecursorConfigMode = "off"
const PrecursorConfigModeMonitor PrecursorConfigMode = "monitor"
const PrecursorConfigModeArm PrecursorConfigMode = "arm"
Rules []PrecursorConfigRuleOptional

The ordered list of Precursor rules for the zone.

Expression string

The filter expression that determines which requests the rule matches.

maxLength4000
ShowInterstitial bool

Whether Precursor shows an interstitial when it takes action on a request.

ID stringOptional

The read-only identifier that Cloudflare assigns to the rule.

Description stringOptional

An informative description of the rule.

Enabled boolOptional

Whether the rule is active.

ShowInterstitial boolOptional

Whether Precursor shows an interstitial when it takes action on a request.

Update Zone Precursor Config

package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/option"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/precursor"
)

func main() {
  client := cloudflare.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIToken("Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY"),
  )
  precursorConfig, err := client.Precursor.Update(context.TODO(), precursor.PrecursorUpdateParams{
    ZoneID: cloudflare.F("023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"),
    PrecursorConfig: precursor.PrecursorConfigParam{

    },
    CloudflareVersion: cloudflare.F(precursor.PrecursorUpdateParamsCloudflareVersion1_0),
  })
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", precursorConfig.Mode)
}
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "mode": "arm",
    "rules": [
      {
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path eq \"/shop\"",
        "show_interstitial": true,
        "id": "3a03d665bac043e3a684e0d385a4b1e2",
        "description": "Show an interstitial on the shop page",
        "enabled": true
      }
    ],
    "show_interstitial": false
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "mode": "arm",
    "rules": [
      {
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path eq \"/shop\"",
        "show_interstitial": true,
        "id": "3a03d665bac043e3a684e0d385a4b1e2",
        "description": "Show an interstitial on the shop page",
        "enabled": true
      }
    ],
    "show_interstitial": false
  }
}