API Reference

Rulesets

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Delete an account or zone ruleset

rulesets.delete(strruleset_id, RulesetDeleteParams**kwargs)

DELETE/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}

Deletes all versions of an existing account or zone ruleset.

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)

Mass URL Redirects WriteMagic Firewall WriteL4 DDoS Managed Ruleset WriteTransform Rules WriteSelect Configuration WriteAccount WAF WriteAccount Rulesets WriteLogs Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

ruleset_id: str

The unique ID of the ruleset.

account_id: Optional[str]

The Account ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Zone ID.

zone_id: Optional[str]

The Zone ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Account ID.

Delete an account or zone ruleset

Python

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

Terraform

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
client.rulesets.delete(
    ruleset_id="2f2feab2026849078ba485f918791bdc",
    account_id="account_id",
)

Returns Examples