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Get top layer 3 attack pairs (origin and target locations)

radar.attacks.layer3.top.attacks(TopAttacksParams**kwargs) -> TopAttacksResponse
GET/radar/attacks/layer3/top/attacks

Retrieves the top layer 3 attacks from origin to target location. Values are a percentage out of the total layer 3 attacks (with billing country). You can optionally limit the number of attacks by origin/target location (useful if all the top attacks are from or to the same location).

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ParametersExpand Collapse
continent: Optional[SequenceNotStr[str]]

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.

date_end: Optional[SequenceNotStr[Union[str, datetime]]]

End of the date range (inclusive).

date_range: Optional[SequenceNotStr[str]]

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).

date_start: Optional[SequenceNotStr[Union[str, datetime]]]

Start of the date range.

format: Optional[Literal["JSON", "CSV"]]

Format in which results will be returned.

One of the following:
"JSON"
"CSV"
ip_version: Optional[List[Literal["IPv4", "IPv6"]]]

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

One of the following:
"IPv4"
"IPv6"
limit: Optional[int]

Limits the number of objects returned in the response.

exclusiveMinimum
minimum0
limit_direction: Optional[Literal["ORIGIN", "TARGET"]]

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

One of the following:
"ORIGIN"
"TARGET"
limit_per_location: Optional[int]

Limits the number of attacks per origin/target (refer to limitDirection parameter) location.

exclusiveMinimum
minimum0
location: Optional[SequenceNotStr[str]]

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.

magnitude: Optional[Literal["MITIGATED_BYTES", "MITIGATED_ATTACKS"]]

Orders results based on attack magnitude, defined by total mitigated bytes or total mitigated attacks.

One of the following:
"MITIGATED_BYTES"
"MITIGATED_ATTACKS"
name: Optional[SequenceNotStr[str]]

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

normalization: Optional[Literal["PERCENTAGE", "MIN_MAX"]]

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

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE"
"MIN_MAX"
protocol: Optional[List[Literal["UDP", "TCP", "ICMP", "GRE"]]]

Filters the results by layer 3/4 protocol.

One of the following:
"UDP"
"TCP"
"ICMP"
"GRE"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class TopAttacksResponse: …
meta: Meta

Metadata for the results.

confidence_info: Optional[MetaConfidenceInfo]
annotations: List[MetaConfidenceInfoAnnotation]
data_source: Literal["ALL", "AI_BOTS", "AI_GATEWAY", 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: str
end_date: datetime
formatdate-time
event_type: Literal["EVENT", "GENERAL", "OUTAGE", 3 more]

Event type for annotations.

One of the following:
"EVENT"
"GENERAL"
"OUTAGE"
"PARTIAL_PROJECTION"
"PIPELINE"
"TRAFFIC_ANOMALY"
is_instantaneous: bool

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

linked_url: str
formaturi
start_date: datetime
formatdate-time
level: int

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

date_range: List[MetaDateRange]
end_time: datetime

Adjusted end of date range.

formatdate-time
start_time: datetime

Adjusted start of date range.

formatdate-time
last_updated: datetime

Timestamp of the last dataset update.

formatdate-time
normalization: Literal["PERCENTAGE", "MIN0_MAX", "MIN_MAX", 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: List[MetaUnit]

Measurement units for the results.

name: str
value: str
top_0: List[Top0]
origin_country_alpha2: str
origin_country_name: str
value: str

Get top layer 3 attack pairs (origin and target locations)

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.radar.attacks.layer3.top.attacks()
print(response.meta)
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "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"
        }
      ]
    },
    "top_0": [
      {
        "originCountryAlpha2": "FR",
        "originCountryName": "France",
        "value": "4.323214"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "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"
        }
      ]
    },
    "top_0": [
      {
        "originCountryAlpha2": "FR",
        "originCountryName": "France",
        "value": "4.323214"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}