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Create transformer

logpush.transformers.create() -> TransformerCreateResponse

POST/accounts/{account_id}/logpush/transformers

Creates a new custom log transformer for an account.

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)

Logs Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32

code: str

The SQL transformer query. Maximum 32 KB. The query must contain a FROM clause referencing a valid logpush dataset.

maxLength32768

name: str

Customer-provided name for identification.

maxLength255

description: Optional[str]

Optional customer-provided description.

maxLength4096

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class TransformerCreateResponse: …

id: Optional[int]

The transformer ID.

minimum1

associated_jobs: Optional[List[AssociatedJob]]

Logpush jobs that reference this transformer.

id: Optional[int]

The logpush job ID.

name: Optional[str]

The logpush job destination name.

object_tag: Optional[str]

The zone or account tag.

object_type: Optional[Literal["zone", "account"]]

Whether the job is zone-scoped or account-scoped.

One of the following:

"zone"

"account"

created_at: Optional[datetime]

When the transformer was created (RFC 3339).

formatdate-time

dataset: Optional[str]

The dataset this transformer operates on, derived from the SQL query’s FROM clause. Informational only. May be absent if the dataset cannot be determined from the query.

description: Optional[str]

Optional customer-provided description.

maxLength4096

name: Optional[str]

Customer-provided name for identification.

maxLength255

updated_at: Optional[datetime]

When the transformer was last modified (RFC 3339).

formatdate-time

Create transformer

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
transformer = client.logpush.transformers.create(
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    code="SELECT ClientIP, RayID FROM http_requests",
    name="redact-pii",
)
print(transformer.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": 42,
    "associated_jobs": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "s3-export",
        "object_tag": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
        "object_type": "zone"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2026-08-01T12:00:00Z",
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "description": "Redacts PII fields from HTTP request logs.",
    "name": "redact-pii",
    "updated_at": "2026-08-10T15:30:00Z"
  }
}

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": 42,
    "associated_jobs": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "s3-export",
        "object_tag": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
        "object_type": "zone"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2026-08-01T12:00:00Z",
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "description": "Redacts PII fields from HTTP request logs.",
    "name": "redact-pii",
    "updated_at": "2026-08-10T15:30:00Z"
  }
}