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Roles and permissions

Cloudflare users with the following roles have access to client-side security in the Cloudflare dashboard:

Administrator
Super Administrator - All Privileges
Page Shield
Page Shield Read (read-only access)
Domain Page Shield
Domain Page Shield Read (read-only access)

The availability of specific features depends on your client-side security bundle. Refer to Availability for more information.

API token permissions

To interact with the client-side security API you need an API token with one of the following permissions:

Dashboard
API

Client-side security > Edit
Client-side security > Read (read-only access)