## Create Waiting Room Rule

**post** `/zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms/{waiting_room_id}/rules`

Only available for the Waiting Room Advanced subscription. Creates a rule for a waiting room.

### Path Parameters

- `zone_id: string`

  Identifier.

- `waiting_room_id: string`

### Body Parameters

- `rules: object { action, expression, description, enabled }`

  - `action: "bypass_waiting_room"`

    The action to take when the expression matches.

    - `"bypass_waiting_room"`

  - `expression: string`

    Criteria defining when there is a match for the current rule.

  - `description: optional string`

    The description of the rule.

  - `enabled: optional boolean`

    When set to true, the rule is enabled.

### Returns

- `errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `success: true`

  Whether the API call was successful.

  - `true`

- `result: optional array of WaitingRoomRule`

  - `id: optional string`

    The ID of the rule.

  - `action: optional "bypass_waiting_room"`

    The action to take when the expression matches.

    - `"bypass_waiting_room"`

  - `description: optional string`

    The description of the rule.

  - `enabled: optional boolean`

    When set to true, the rule is enabled.

  - `expression: optional string`

    Criteria defining when there is a match for the current rule.

  - `last_updated: optional string`

  - `version: optional string`

    The version of the rule.

- `result_info: optional object { count, page, per_page, total_count }`

  - `count: optional number`

    Total number of results for the requested service.

  - `page: optional number`

    Current page within paginated list of results.

  - `per_page: optional number`

    Number of results per page of results.

  - `total_count: optional number`

    Total results available without any search parameters.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/waiting_rooms/$WAITING_ROOM_ID/rules \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "action": "bypass_waiting_room",
          "expression": "ip.src in {10.20.30.40}",
          "description": "allow all traffic from 10.20.30.40",
          "enabled": true
        }'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "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": "25756b2dfe6e378a06b033b670413757",
      "action": "bypass_waiting_room",
      "description": "allow all traffic from 10.20.30.40",
      "enabled": true,
      "expression": "ip.src in {10.20.30.40}",
      "last_updated": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
      "version": "1"
    }
  ],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}
```