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Update a DEX Rule

PATCH/accounts/{account_id}/dex/rules/{rule_id}

Update a DEX Rule

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)
Cloudflare DEX Write
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string
maxLength32
rule_id: string

API Resource UUID tag.

maxLength36
Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
description: optional string
match: optional string

The wirefilter expression to match.

name: optional string

The name of the Rule.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
messages: array of object { 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.

result: optional object { id, created_at, match, 4 more }
id: string

API Resource UUID tag.

maxLength36
created_at: string
match: string
name: string
description: optional string
targeted_tests: optional array of object { data, enabled, name, test_id }
data: object { host, kind, method }

The configuration object which contains the details for the WARP client to conduct the test.

host: string

The desired endpoint to test.

kind: "http" or "traceroute"

The type of test.

One of the following:
"http"
"traceroute"
method: optional "GET"

The HTTP request method type.

enabled: boolean
name: string
test_id: string
updated_at: optional string

Update a DEX Rule

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/dex/rules/$RULE_ID \
    -X PATCH \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{}'
{
  "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": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "created_at": "2023-07-16 15:00:00+00",
    "match": "match",
    "name": "name",
    "description": "description",
    "targeted_tests": [
      {
        "data": {
          "host": "https://dash.cloudflare.com",
          "kind": "http",
          "method": "GET"
        },
        "enabled": true,
        "name": "name",
        "test_id": "test_id"
      }
    ],
    "updated_at": "2023-07-16 15:00:00+00"
  }
}
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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "created_at": "2023-07-16 15:00:00+00",
    "match": "match",
    "name": "name",
    "description": "description",
    "targeted_tests": [
      {
        "data": {
          "host": "https://dash.cloudflare.com",
          "kind": "http",
          "method": "GET"
        },
        "enabled": true,
        "name": "name",
        "test_id": "test_id"
      }
    ],
    "updated_at": "2023-07-16 15:00:00+00"
  }
}