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Filters

Create filters

Deprecated
filters.create(FilterCreateParams**kwargs) -> SyncSinglePage[FirewallFilter]
POST/zones/{zone_id}/filters

Creates one or more filters.

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)
Firewall Services Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: str

Defines an identifier.

maxLength32
body: Iterable[FirewallFilterParam]
id: Optional[str]

The unique identifier of the filter.

maxLength32
minLength32
description: Optional[str]

An informative summary of the filter.

maxLength500
expression: Optional[str]

The filter expression. For more information, refer to Expressions.

paused: Optional[bool]

When true, indicates that the filter is currently paused.

ref: Optional[str]

A short reference tag. Allows you to select related filters.

maxLength50
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class FirewallFilter: …
id: Optional[str]

The unique identifier of the filter.

maxLength32
minLength32
description: Optional[str]

An informative summary of the filter.

maxLength500
expression: Optional[str]

The filter expression. For more information, refer to Expressions.

paused: Optional[bool]

When true, indicates that the filter is currently paused.

ref: Optional[str]

A short reference tag. Allows you to select related filters.

maxLength50

Create filters

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
page = client.filters.create(
    zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    body=[{}],
)
page = page.result[0]
print(page.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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b61",
      "description": "Restrict access from these browsers on this address range.",
      "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \".*wp-login.php\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \".*xmlrpc.php\") and ip.addr ne 172.16.22.155",
      "paused": false,
      "ref": "FIL-100"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}
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": [
    {
      "id": "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b61",
      "description": "Restrict access from these browsers on this address range.",
      "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \".*wp-login.php\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \".*xmlrpc.php\") and ip.addr ne 172.16.22.155",
      "paused": false,
      "ref": "FIL-100"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}