Update Account

accounts.update() -> Account

PUT/accounts/{account_id}

Update an existing account. Account names are limited to 65 UTF-8 bytes.

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)

Account Settings Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: str

Account identifier tag.

maxLength32

minLength32

id: str

Identifier

maxLength32

minLength32

name: str

Account name, limited to 65 UTF-8 bytes.

managed_by: Optional[ManagedBy]

Parent container details

parent_org_id: Optional[str]

ID of the parent Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

parent_org_name: Optional[str]

Name of the parent Organization, if one exists

root_org_id: Optional[str]

ID of the root Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

should_display_parent_orgs: Optional[bool]

Indicates whether the parent Organization hierarchy should be displayed

settings: Optional[Settings]

Account settings

abuse_contact_email: Optional[str]

Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.

enforce_twofactor: Optional[bool]

Indicates whether membership in this account requires that Two-Factor Authentication is enabled

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class Account: …

id: str

Identifier

maxLength32

minLength32

name: str

Account name

type: Literal["standard", "enterprise"]

One of the following:

"standard"

"enterprise"

created_on: Optional[datetime]

Timestamp for the creation of the account

formatdate-time

legacy_flags: Optional[LegacyFlags]

Legacy account flags.

enterprise_zone_quota: Optional[LegacyFlagsEnterpriseZoneQuota]

Enterprise zone quota for standard and enterprise accounts. Accounts without a quota have a maximum of 0.

available: Optional[int]

Number of additional Enterprise zones available. Returns 0 if the quota is not allocated or is exhausted.

current: Optional[int]

Current number of Enterprise zones.

maximum: Optional[int]

Maximum number of Enterprise zones allowed.

managed_by: Optional[ManagedBy]

Parent container details

parent_org_id: Optional[str]

ID of the parent Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

parent_org_name: Optional[str]

Name of the parent Organization, if one exists

root_org_id: Optional[str]

ID of the root Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

should_display_parent_orgs: Optional[bool]

Indicates whether the parent Organization hierarchy should be displayed

settings: Optional[Settings]

Account settings

abuse_contact_email: Optional[str]

Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.

enforce_twofactor: Optional[bool]

Indicates whether membership in this account requires that Two-Factor Authentication is enabled

Update Account

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
account = client.accounts.update(
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    name="Demo Account",
)
print(account.id)

{
  "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": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "name": "Demo Account",
    "type": "standard",
    "created_on": "2014-03-01T12:21:02Z",
    "legacy_flags": {
      "enterprise_zone_quota": {
        "available": 168,
        "current": 82,
        "maximum": 250
      }
    },
    "managed_by": {
      "parent_org_id": "4536bcfad5faccb111b47003c79917fa",
      "parent_org_name": "Demo Parent Organization",
      "root_org_id": "46f0a1ce86ec3d91fae00db3b8b48cee",
      "should_display_parent_orgs": true
    },
    "settings": {
      "abuse_contact_email": "abuse_contact_email",
      "enforce_twofactor": true
    }
  }
}

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": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "name": "Demo Account",
    "type": "standard",
    "created_on": "2014-03-01T12:21:02Z",
    "legacy_flags": {
      "enterprise_zone_quota": {
        "available": 168,
        "current": 82,
        "maximum": 250
      }
    },
    "managed_by": {
      "parent_org_id": "4536bcfad5faccb111b47003c79917fa",
      "parent_org_name": "Demo Parent Organization",
      "root_org_id": "46f0a1ce86ec3d91fae00db3b8b48cee",
      "should_display_parent_orgs": true
    },
    "settings": {
      "abuse_contact_email": "abuse_contact_email",
      "enforce_twofactor": true
    }
  }
}