Create Zone Hold

zones.holds.create() -> ZoneHold

POST/zones/{zone_id}/hold

Enforce a zone hold on the zone, blocking the creation and activation of zones with this zone's hostname.

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)

Zone Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

zone_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32

include_subdomains: Optional[bool]

If provided, the zone hold will extend to block any subdomain of the given zone, as well as SSL4SaaS Custom Hostnames. For example, a zone hold on a zone with the hostname 'example.com' and include_subdomains=true will block 'example.com', 'staging.example.com', 'api.staging.example.com', etc.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class ZoneHold: …

hold: Optional[bool]

hold_after: Optional[str]

include_subdomains: Optional[str]

Create Zone Hold

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
zone_hold = client.zones.holds.create(
    zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(zone_hold.hold)

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "hold": true,
    "hold_after": "2023-01-31T15:56:36+00:00",
    "include_subdomains": "include_subdomains"
  },
  "success": true
}

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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "hold": true,
    "hold_after": "2023-01-31T15:56:36+00:00",
    "include_subdomains": "include_subdomains"
  },
  "success": true
}