Create an account or zone dataset

POST/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/logs/explorer/datasets

Create a new Log Explorer dataset for the account or zone.

List available account or zone datasets to see the dataset types and fields you can use.

The fields property is optional. If not specified, all available fields will be enabled.

For dataset field definitions, see: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/logpush/logpush-job/datasets/

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Logs Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: optional string

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

zone_id: optional string

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

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

dataset: string

Dataset type name to create (e.g. http_requests).

fields: optional array of object { enabled, name }

Controls which fields the API ingests. Defaults to all available fields when absent.

enabled: boolean

Whether the API includes this field in log ingest.

name: string

Field name in lowercase.

filter: optional string

Optional Logpush filter predicate to restrict which events are ingested. If provided, replaces the dataset’s default filter entirely. See Logpush filters for syntax and examples.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

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 string

success: boolean

result: optional Dataset { created_at, dataset, dataset_id, 7 more }

A Log Explorer dataset summary. List endpoints return this type and omit field configuration; use the single-dataset endpoint to retrieve it.

created_at: string

RFC3339 timestamp recording when the API created this dataset.

formatdate-time

dataset: string

Dataset type name (e.g. http_requests).

dataset_id: string

Unique dataset ID.

deletion_protection: boolean

Whether deletion is blocked. Set to false before deleting the dataset.

enabled: boolean

Whether log ingest is currently active for this dataset.

object_id: string

Public ID of the account or zone that owns this dataset.

object_type: "account" or "zone"

Whether this dataset belongs to an account or a zone.

One of the following:

"account"

"zone"

updated_at: string

RFC3339 timestamp recording when the API last updated this dataset.

formatdate-time

fields: optional array of object { enabled, name }

The field configuration for this dataset.

enabled: boolean

Whether the API includes this field in log ingest.

name: string

Field name in lowercase.

filter: optional string

The Logpush filter predicate applied to this dataset. Omitted when no filter is set.

Create an account or zone dataset

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/$ACCOUNTS_OR_ZONES/$ACCOUNT_OR_ZONE_ID/logs/explorer/datasets \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "dataset": "dataset"
        }'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "dataset": "dataset",
    "dataset_id": "dataset_id",
    "deletion_protection": true,
    "enabled": true,
    "object_id": "object_id",
    "object_type": "account",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "fields": [
      {
        "enabled": true,
        "name": "name"
      }
    ],
    "filter": "filter"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "dataset": "dataset",
    "dataset_id": "dataset_id",
    "deletion_protection": true,
    "enabled": true,
    "object_id": "object_id",
    "object_type": "account",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "fields": [
      {
        "enabled": true,
        "name": "name"
      }
    ],
    "filter": "filter"
  }
}