API Reference

Rulesets

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Delete an account or zone ruleset

client.Rulesets.Delete(ctx, rulesetID, params) error

DELETE/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}

Deletes all versions of an existing account or zone ruleset.

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

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Mass URL Redirects WriteMagic Firewall WriteL4 DDoS Managed Ruleset WriteTransform Rules WriteSelect Configuration WriteAccount WAF WriteAccount Rulesets WriteLogs Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

rulesetID string

The unique ID of the ruleset.

params RulesetDeleteParams

AccountID param.Field[string]Optional

Path param: The Account ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Zone ID.

ZoneID param.Field[string]Optional

Path param: The Zone ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Account ID.

DryRun param.Field[bool]Optional

Query param: Validates the request without persisting changes when set to true. Responses that normally return 200 return result: null; endpoints that normally return 204 continue to return 204.

Delete an account or zone ruleset

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HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

Terraform

package main

import (
  "context"

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

func main() {
  client := cloudflare.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIToken("Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY"),
  )
  err := client.Rulesets.Delete(
    context.TODO(),
    "2f2feab2026849078ba485f918791bdc",
    rulesets.RulesetDeleteParams{

    },
  )
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
}

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