Create Zone Hold

POST/zones/{zone_id}/hold

Enforce a zone hold on the zone, blocking the creation and activation of zones with this zone’s hostname. Zone holds cannot be enabled on CDN-only zones.

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)

Zone Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

zone_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

include_subdomains: optional boolean

If provided, the zone hold will extend to block any subdomain of the given zone, as well as SSL4SaaS Custom Hostnames. For example, a zone hold on a zone with the hostname ‘example.com’ and include_subdomains=true will block ‘example.com’, ‘staging.example.com’, ‘api.staging.example.com’, etc.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

result: ZoneHold { hold, hold_after, include_subdomains }

hold: optional boolean

hold_after: optional string

include_subdomains: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful

Create Zone Hold

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/hold \
    -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "hold": true,
    "hold_after": "2023-01-31T15:56:36+00:00",
    "include_subdomains": "include_subdomains"
  },
  "success": true
}

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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "hold": true,
    "hold_after": "2023-01-31T15:56:36+00:00",
    "include_subdomains": "include_subdomains"
  },
  "success": true
}