API Reference

Zero Trust

Gateway

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Create Zero Trust account

zero_trust.gateway.create(GatewayCreateParams**kwargs) -> GatewayCreateResponse

POST/accounts/{account_id}/gateway

Create a Zero Trust account for an existing Cloudflare 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)

Zero Trust Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: str

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class GatewayCreateResponse: …

id: Optional[str]

Specify the Cloudflare account ID.

maxLength32

gateway_tag: Optional[str]

Specify the gateway internal ID.

maxLength32

provider_name: Optional[str]

Specify the provider name (usually Cloudflare).

Create Zero Trust account

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
)
gateway = client.zero_trust.gateway.create(
    account_id="699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
)
print(gateway.id)

200 example

{
  "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": "699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
    "gateway_tag": "f174e90afafe4643bbbc4a0ed4fc8415",
    "provider_name": "Cloudflare"
  }
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "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": "699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
    "gateway_tag": "f174e90afafe4643bbbc4a0ed4fc8415",
    "provider_name": "Cloudflare"
  }
}