Get account audit logs

GET/accounts/{account_id}/audit_logs

Gets a list of audit logs for an account. Can be filtered by who made the change, on which zone, and the timeframe of the change.

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)

Account Settings WriteAccount Settings Read

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Identifier

maxLength32

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

id: optional string

Finds a specific log by its ID.

action: optional object { type }

type: optional string

Filters by the action type.

actor: optional object { email, ip }

email: optional string

Filters by the email address of the actor that made the change.

formatemail

ip: optional string

Filters by the IP address of the request that made the change by specific IP address or valid CIDR Range.

before: optional string or string

Limits the returned results to logs older than the specified date. A full-date that conforms to RFC3339.

One of the following:

FullDate = string

Limits the returned results to logs older than the specified date. A full-date that conforms to RFC3339.

DateTime = string

Limits the returned results to logs older than the specified date. A date-time that conforms to RFC3339.

direction: optional "desc" or "asc"

Changes the direction of the chronological sorting.

One of the following:

"desc"

"asc"

export: optional boolean

Indicates that this request is an export of logs in CSV format.

hide_user_logs: optional boolean

Indicates whether or not to hide user level audit logs.

page: optional number

Defines which page of results to return.

minimum1

per_page: optional number

Sets the number of results to return per page.

maximum1000

minimum1

since: optional string or string

Limits the returned results to logs newer than the specified date. A full-date that conforms to RFC3339.

One of the following:

FullDate = string

Limits the returned results to logs newer than the specified date. A full-date that conforms to RFC3339.

DateTime = string

Limits the returned results to logs newer than the specified date. A date-time that conforms to RFC3339.

zone: optional object { name }

name: optional string

Filters by the name of the zone associated to the change.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

object { errors, messages, result, success }

errors: optional array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: optional array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

result: optional array of AuditLog { id, action, actor, 7 more }

id: optional string

A string that uniquely identifies the audit log.

action: optional object { result, type }

result: optional boolean

A boolean that indicates if the action attempted was successful.

type: optional string

A short string that describes the action that was performed.

actor: optional object { id, email, ip, type }

id: optional string

The ID of the actor that performed the action. If a user performed the action, this will be their User ID.

email: optional string

The email of the user that performed the action.

formatemail

ip: optional string

The IP address of the request that performed the action.

type: optional "user" or "admin" or "Cloudflare"

The type of actor, whether a User, Cloudflare Admin, or an Automated System.

One of the following:

"user"

"admin"

"Cloudflare"

interface: optional string

The source of the event.

metadata: optional unknown

An object which can lend more context to the action being logged. This is a flexible value and varies between different actions.

newValue: optional string

The new value of the resource that was modified.

oldValue: optional string

The value of the resource before it was modified.

owner: optional object { id }

id: optional string

Identifier

maxLength32

resource: optional object { id, type }

id: optional string

An identifier for the resource that was affected by the action.

type: optional string

A short string that describes the resource that was affected by the action.

when: optional string

A UTC RFC3339 timestamp that specifies when the action being logged occured.

formatdate-time

success: optional boolean

AaaAPIResponseCommon = object { errors, messages, success }

errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful

Get account audit logs

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/audit_logs \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

{
  "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": [
    {
      "id": "d5b0f326-1232-4452-8858-1089bd7168ef",
      "action": {
        "result": true,
        "type": "change_setting"
      },
      "actor": {
        "id": "f6b5de0326bb5182b8a4840ee01ec774",
        "email": "michelle@example.com",
        "ip": "198.41.129.166",
        "type": "user"
      },
      "interface": "API",
      "metadata": {
        "name": "security_level",
        "type": "firewall",
        "value": "high",
        "zone_name": "example.com"
      },
      "newValue": "low",
      "oldValue": "high",
      "owner": {
        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
      },
      "resource": {
        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
        "type": "zone"
      },
      "when": "2017-04-26T17:31:07Z"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
    {
      "id": "d5b0f326-1232-4452-8858-1089bd7168ef",
      "action": {
        "result": true,
        "type": "change_setting"
      },
      "actor": {
        "id": "f6b5de0326bb5182b8a4840ee01ec774",
        "email": "michelle@example.com",
        "ip": "198.41.129.166",
        "type": "user"
      },
      "interface": "API",
      "metadata": {
        "name": "security_level",
        "type": "firewall",
        "value": "high",
        "zone_name": "example.com"
      },
      "newValue": "low",
      "oldValue": "high",
      "owner": {
        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
      },
      "resource": {
        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
        "type": "zone"
      },
      "when": "2017-04-26T17:31:07Z"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}