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Zero Trust
DLP
Data Tag Categories

Creates a new data tag category.

client.zeroTrust.dlp.dataTagCategories.create(DataTagCategoryCreateParams { account_id, name, description, 2 more } params, RequestOptionsoptions?): DataTagCategoryCreateResponse { id, created_at, name, 4 more }
POST/accounts/{account_id}/dlp/data_tag_categories

Creates a new data tag category.

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)
Zero Trust Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
params: DataTagCategoryCreateParams { account_id, name, description, 2 more }
account_id: string

Path param

name: string

Body param

description?: string | null

Body param

tags?: Array<Tag>

Body param: Tags to create with the category. Mutually exclusive with template_id.

name: string
description?: string | null
template_id?: string | null

Body param

formatuuid
ReturnsExpand Collapse
DataTagCategoryCreateResponse { id, created_at, name, 4 more }
id: string
formatuuid
created_at: string
formatdate-time
name: string
tags: Array<Tag>
id: string
formatuuid
created_at: string
formatdate-time
name: string
updated_at: string
formatdate-time
description?: string | null
updated_at: string
formatdate-time
description?: string | null
template_id?: string | null
formatuuid

Creates a new data tag category.

import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const dataTagCategory = await client.zeroTrust.dlp.dataTagCategories.create({
  account_id: 'account_id',
  name: 'name',
});

console.log(dataTagCategory.id);
{
  "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": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "name": "name",
    "tags": [
      {
        "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
        "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "description": "description"
      }
    ],
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "description": "description",
    "template_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e"
  }
}
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": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "name": "name",
    "tags": [
      {
        "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
        "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "description": "description"
      }
    ],
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "description": "description",
    "template_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e"
  }
}