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Radar
Attacks
Layer3

Get layer 3 attacks by bytes time series

GET/radar/attacks/layer3/timeseries

Retrieves layer 3 attacks over time.

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Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
User Details WriteUser Details Read
Query ParametersExpand Collapse
aggInterval: optional "15m" or "1h" or "1d" or "1w"

Aggregation interval of the results (e.g., in 15 minutes or 1 hour intervals). Refer to Aggregation intervals.

One of the following:
"15m"
"1h"
"1d"
"1w"
asn: optional array of string

Filters results by Autonomous System. Specify one or more Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) as a comma-separated list. Prefix with - to exclude ASNs from results. For example, -174, 3356 excludes results from AS174, but includes results from AS3356.

continent: optional array of string

Filters results by continent. Specify a comma-separated list of alpha-2 codes. Prefix with - to exclude continents from results. For example, -EU,NA excludes results from EU, but includes results from NA.

dateEnd: optional array of string

End of the date range (inclusive).

dateRange: optional array of string

Filters results by date range. For example, use 7d and 7dcontrol to compare this week with the previous week. Use this parameter or set specific start and end dates (dateStart and dateEnd parameters).

dateStart: optional array of string

Start of the date range.

direction: optional "ORIGIN" or "TARGET"

Specifies whether the location filter applies to the source or target location.

One of the following:
"ORIGIN"
"TARGET"
format: optional "JSON" or "CSV"

Format in which results will be returned.

One of the following:
"JSON"
"CSV"
ipVersion: optional array of "IPv4" or "IPv6"

Filters results by IP version (Ipv4 vs. IPv6).

One of the following:
"IPv4"
"IPv6"
location: optional array of string

Filters results by location. Specify a comma-separated list of alpha-2 codes. Prefix with - to exclude locations from results. For example, -US,PT excludes results from the US, but includes results from PT.

metric: optional "BYTES" or "BYTES_OLD"

Measurement units, eg. bytes.

One of the following:
"BYTES"
"BYTES_OLD"
name: optional array of string

Array of names used to label the series in the response.

normalization: optional "PERCENTAGE_CHANGE" or "MIN0_MAX"

Normalization method applied to the results. Refer to Normalization methods.

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE_CHANGE"
"MIN0_MAX"
protocol: optional array of "UDP" or "TCP" or "ICMP" or "GRE"

Filters the results by layer 3/4 protocol.

One of the following:
"UDP"
"TCP"
"ICMP"
"GRE"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
result: object { meta }
meta: object { aggInterval, confidenceInfo, dateRange, 3 more }

Metadata for the results.

aggInterval: "FIFTEEN_MINUTES" or "ONE_HOUR" or "ONE_DAY" or 2 more

Aggregation interval of the results (e.g., in 15 minutes or 1 hour intervals). Refer to Aggregation intervals.

One of the following:
"FIFTEEN_MINUTES"
"ONE_HOUR"
"ONE_DAY"
"ONE_WEEK"
"ONE_MONTH"
confidenceInfo: object { annotations, level }
annotations: array of object { dataSource, description, endDate, 4 more }
dataSource: "ALL" or "AI_BOTS" or "AI_GATEWAY" or 22 more

Data source for annotations.

One of the following:
"ALL"
"AI_BOTS"
"AI_GATEWAY"
"BGP"
"BOTS"
"CONNECTION_ANOMALY"
"CT"
"DNS"
"DNS_MAGNITUDE"
"DNS_AS112"
"DOS"
"EMAIL_ROUTING"
"EMAIL_SECURITY"
"FW"
"FW_PG"
"HTTP"
"HTTP_CONTROL"
"HTTP_CRAWLER_REFERER"
"HTTP_ORIGINS"
"IQI"
"LEAKED_CREDENTIALS"
"NET"
"ROBOTS_TXT"
"SPEED"
"WORKERS_AI"
description: string
endDate: string
formatdate-time
eventType: "EVENT" or "GENERAL" or "OUTAGE" or 3 more

Event type for annotations.

One of the following:
"EVENT"
"GENERAL"
"OUTAGE"
"PARTIAL_PROJECTION"
"PIPELINE"
"TRAFFIC_ANOMALY"
isInstantaneous: boolean

Whether event is a single point in time or a time range.

linkedUrl: string
formaturi
startDate: string
formatdate-time
level: number

Provides an indication of how much confidence Cloudflare has in the data.

dateRange: array of object { endTime, startTime }
endTime: string

Adjusted end of date range.

formatdate-time
startTime: string

Adjusted start of date range.

formatdate-time
lastUpdated: string

Timestamp of the last dataset update.

formatdate-time
normalization: "PERCENTAGE" or "MIN0_MAX" or "MIN_MAX" or 5 more

Normalization method applied to the results. Refer to Normalization methods.

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE"
"MIN0_MAX"
"MIN_MAX"
"RAW_VALUES"
"PERCENTAGE_CHANGE"
"ROLLING_AVERAGE"
"OVERLAPPED_PERCENTAGE"
"RATIO"
units: array of object { name, value }

Measurement units for the results.

name: string
value: string
success: boolean

Get layer 3 attacks by bytes time series

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/attacks/layer3/timeseries \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "aggInterval": "FIFTEEN_MINUTES",
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "success": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "aggInterval": "FIFTEEN_MINUTES",
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "success": true
}