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POST example

This example creates several firewall rules using a single API call.

Request
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
{
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_1>"
},
"action": "allow",
"description": "Do not challenge login from office"
},
{
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_2>"
},
"action": "challenge",
"description": "Challenge login"
},
{
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_3>"
},
"action": "js_challenge",
"description": "JS challenge site"
},
{
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_4>"
},
"action": "allow",
"description": "Allow API traffic without challenge"
}
]'
Response
{
"result": [
{
"id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
"paused": false,
"description": "Do not challenge login from office",
"action": "allow",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_1>",
"expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
"paused": false,
"description": "Login from office"
}
},
{
"id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
"paused": false,
"description": "Challenge login",
"action": "challenge",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",
"expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
"paused": false,
"description": "Login"
}
},
{
"id": "<RULE_ID_3>",
"paused": false,
"description": "JS challenge site",
"action": "js_challenge",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_3>",
"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
"paused": false,
"description": "not /api"
}
},
{
"id": "<RULE_ID_4>",
"paused": false,
"description": "Allow API traffic without challenge",
"action": "allow",
"priority": null,
"filter": {
"id": "<FILTER_ID_4>",
"expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
"paused": false,
"description": "/api"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}