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Timeseries Groups

Get time series distribution of AI bots HTTP requests by dimension.

Deprecated
GET/radar/ai/bots/timeseries_groups/{dimension}

Retrieves the distribution of HTTP requests from AI bots, grouped by the specified dimension over time.

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Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
User Details WriteUser Details Read
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
dimension: "USER_AGENT" or "CRAWL_PURPOSE" or "INDUSTRY" or 2 more

Specifies the attribute by which to group the results.

One of the following:
"USER_AGENT"
"CRAWL_PURPOSE"
"INDUSTRY"
"VERTICAL"
"CONTENT_TYPE"
Query ParametersExpand Collapse
aggInterval: optional "15m" or "1h" or "1d" or "1w"

Aggregation interval of the results (e.g., in 15 minutes or 1 hour intervals). Refer to Aggregation intervals.

One of the following:
"15m"
"1h"
"1d"
"1w"
asn: optional array of string

Filters results by Autonomous System. Specify one or more Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) as a comma-separated list. Prefix with - to exclude ASNs from results. For example, -174, 3356 excludes results from AS174, but includes results from AS3356.

contentType: optional array of "HTML" or "IMAGES" or "JSON" or 13 more

Filters results by content type category.

One of the following:
"HTML"
"IMAGES"
"JSON"
"JAVASCRIPT"
"CSS"
"PLAIN_TEXT"
"FONTS"
"XML"
"YAML"
"VIDEO"
"AUDIO"
"MARKDOWN"
"DOCUMENTS"
"BINARY"
"SERIALIZATION"
"OTHER"
continent: optional array of string

Filters results by continent. Specify a comma-separated list of alpha-2 codes. Prefix with - to exclude continents from results. For example, -EU,NA excludes results from EU, but includes results from NA.

crawlPurpose: optional array of string

Filters results by bot crawl purpose.

dateEnd: optional array of string

End of the date range (inclusive).

dateRange: optional array of string

Filters results by date range. For example, use 7d and 7dcontrol to compare this week with the previous week. Use this parameter or set specific start and end dates (dateStart and dateEnd parameters).

dateStart: optional array of string

Start of the date range.

format: optional "JSON" or "CSV"

Format in which results will be returned.

One of the following:
"JSON"
"CSV"
industry: optional array of string

Filters results by industry.

limitPerGroup: optional number

Limits the number of objects per group to the top items within the specified time range. When item count exceeds the limit, extra items appear grouped under an “other” category.

location: optional array of string

Filters results by location. Specify a comma-separated list of alpha-2 codes. Prefix with - to exclude locations from results. For example, -US,PT excludes results from the US, but includes results from PT.

name: optional array of string

Array of names used to label the series in the response.

normalization: optional "PERCENTAGE" or "MIN0_MAX"

Normalization method applied to the results. Refer to Normalization methods.

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE"
"MIN0_MAX"
userAgent: optional array of string

Filters results by user agent.

vertical: optional array of string

Filters results by vertical.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
result: { meta, serie_0 }
meta: { aggInterval, confidenceInfo, dateRange, 3 more }

Metadata for the results.

aggInterval: "FIFTEEN_MINUTES" or "ONE_HOUR" or "ONE_DAY" or 2 more

Aggregation interval of the results (e.g., in 15 minutes or 1 hour intervals). Refer to Aggregation intervals.

One of the following:
"FIFTEEN_MINUTES"
"ONE_HOUR"
"ONE_DAY"
"ONE_WEEK"
"ONE_MONTH"
confidenceInfo: { annotations, level }
annotations: array of { dataSource, description, endDate, 4 more }
dataSource: "ALL" or "AI_BOTS" or "AI_GATEWAY" or 22 more

Data source for annotations.

One of the following:
"ALL"
"AI_BOTS"
"AI_GATEWAY"
"BGP"
"BOTS"
"CONNECTION_ANOMALY"
"CT"
"DNS"
"DNS_MAGNITUDE"
"DNS_AS112"
"DOS"
"EMAIL_ROUTING"
"EMAIL_SECURITY"
"FW"
"FW_PG"
"HTTP"
"HTTP_CONTROL"
"HTTP_CRAWLER_REFERER"
"HTTP_ORIGINS"
"IQI"
"LEAKED_CREDENTIALS"
"NET"
"ROBOTS_TXT"
"SPEED"
"WORKERS_AI"
description: string
endDate: string
formatdate-time
eventType: "EVENT" or "GENERAL" or "OUTAGE" or 3 more

Event type for annotations.

One of the following:
"EVENT"
"GENERAL"
"OUTAGE"
"PARTIAL_PROJECTION"
"PIPELINE"
"TRAFFIC_ANOMALY"
isInstantaneous: boolean

Whether event is a single point in time or a time range.

linkedUrl: string
formaturi
startDate: string
formatdate-time
level: number

Provides an indication of how much confidence Cloudflare has in the data.

dateRange: array of { endTime, startTime }
endTime: string

Adjusted end of date range.

formatdate-time
startTime: string

Adjusted start of date range.

formatdate-time
lastUpdated: string

Timestamp of the last dataset update.

formatdate-time
normalization: "PERCENTAGE" or "MIN0_MAX" or "MIN_MAX" or 5 more

Normalization method applied to the results. Refer to Normalization methods.

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE"
"MIN0_MAX"
"MIN_MAX"
"RAW_VALUES"
"PERCENTAGE_CHANGE"
"ROLLING_AVERAGE"
"OVERLAPPED_PERCENTAGE"
"RATIO"
units: array of { name, value }

Measurement units for the results.

name: string
value: string
serie_0: { timestamps }
timestamps: array of string
success: boolean

Get time series distribution of AI bots HTTP requests by dimension.

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/ai/bots/timeseries_groups/$DIMENSION \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "aggInterval": "FIFTEEN_MINUTES",
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    },
    "serie_0": {
      "timestamps": [
        "2023-08-08T10:15:00Z"
      ]
    }
  },
  "success": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "aggInterval": "FIFTEEN_MINUTES",
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    },
    "serie_0": {
      "timestamps": [
        "2023-08-08T10:15:00Z"
      ]
    }
  },
  "success": true
}