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Firewall
Rules

Update priority of a firewall rule

Deprecated
firewall.rules.edit(strrule_id, RuleEditParams**kwargs) -> SyncSinglePage[FirewallRule]
PATCH/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules/{rule_id}

Updates the priority of an existing firewall rule.

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Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Firewall Services Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: str

Defines an identifier.

maxLength32
rule_id: str

The unique identifier of the firewall rule.

maxLength32
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class FirewallRule: …
id: Optional[str]

The unique identifier of the firewall rule.

maxLength32
action: Optional[Action]

The action to apply to a matched request. The log action is only available on an Enterprise plan.

One of the following:
"block"
"challenge"
"js_challenge"
"managed_challenge"
"allow"
"log"
"bypass"
description: Optional[str]

An informative summary of the firewall rule.

maxLength500
filter: Optional[Filter]
One of the following:
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
class DeletedFilter: …
id: str

The unique identifier of the filter.

maxLength32
minLength32
deleted: bool

When true, indicates that the firewall rule was deleted.

paused: Optional[bool]

When true, indicates that the firewall rule is currently paused.

priority: Optional[float]

The priority of the rule. Optional value used to define the processing order. A lower number indicates a higher priority. If not provided, rules with a defined priority will be processed before rules without a priority.

maximum2147483647
minimum0
products: Optional[List[Product]]
One of the following:
"zoneLockdown"
"uaBlock"
"bic"
"hot"
"securityLevel"
"rateLimit"
"waf"
ref: Optional[str]

A short reference tag. Allows you to select related firewall rules.

maxLength50

Update priority of a firewall rule

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.firewall.rules.edit(
    rule_id="372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b60",
    zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
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": "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b60",
      "action": "block",
      "description": "Blocks traffic identified during investigation for MIR-31",
      "filter": {
        "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"
      },
      "paused": false,
      "priority": 50,
      "products": [
        "waf"
      ],
      "ref": "MIR-31"
    }
  ],
  "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": "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b60",
      "action": "block",
      "description": "Blocks traffic identified during investigation for MIR-31",
      "filter": {
        "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"
      },
      "paused": false,
      "priority": 50,
      "products": [
        "waf"
      ],
      "ref": "MIR-31"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}