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Zero Trust
Access
Applications
CAs

Create a short-lived certificate CA

zero_trust.access.applications.cas.create(strapp_id, CACreateParams**kwargs) -> CA
POST/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/access/apps/{app_id}/ca

Generates a new short-lived certificate CA and public key.

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)
Access: Apps and Policies Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
app_id: str

UUID.

maxLength36
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.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class CA: …
id: Optional[str]

The ID of the CA.

maxLength48
aud: Optional[str]

The Application Audience (AUD) tag. Identifies the application associated with the CA.

maxLength64
public_key: Optional[str]

The public key to add to your SSH server configuration.

Create a short-lived certificate CA

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
ca = client.zero_trust.access.applications.cas.create(
    app_id="f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    account_id="account_id",
)
print(ca.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": "7eddae4619b50ab1361ba8ae9bd72269a432fea041529ed9",
    "aud": "737646a56ab1df6ec9bddc7e5ca84eaf3b0768850f3ffb5d74f1534911fe3893",
    "public_key": "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx= open-ssh-ca@cloudflareaccess.org"
  }
}
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": "7eddae4619b50ab1361ba8ae9bd72269a432fea041529ed9",
    "aud": "737646a56ab1df6ec9bddc7e5ca84eaf3b0768850f3ffb5d74f1534911fe3893",
    "public_key": "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx= open-ssh-ca@cloudflareaccess.org"
  }
}