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

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Account identifier tag.

maxLength32

minLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

id: string

Identifier

maxLength32

minLength32

name: string

Account name, limited to 65 UTF-8 bytes.

managed_by: optional object { parent_org_id, parent_org_name, root_org_id, should_display_parent_orgs }

Parent container details

parent_org_id: optional string

ID of the parent Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

parent_org_name: optional string

Name of the parent Organization, if one exists

root_org_id: optional string

ID of the root Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

should_display_parent_orgs: optional boolean

Indicates whether the parent Organization hierarchy should be displayed

settings: optional object { abuse_contact_email, enforce_twofactor }

Account settings

abuse_contact_email: optional string

Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.

enforce_twofactor: optional boolean

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

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 Account { id, name, type, 4 more }

id: string

Identifier

maxLength32

minLength32

name: string

Account name

type: "standard" or "enterprise"

One of the following:

"standard"

"enterprise"

created_on: optional string

Timestamp for the creation of the account

formatdate-time

legacy_flags: optional object { enterprise_zone_quota }

Legacy account flags.

enterprise_zone_quota: optional object { available, current, maximum }

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

available: optional number

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

current: optional number

Current number of Enterprise zones.

maximum: optional number

Maximum number of Enterprise zones allowed.

managed_by: optional object { parent_org_id, parent_org_name, root_org_id, should_display_parent_orgs }

Parent container details

parent_org_id: optional string

ID of the parent Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

parent_org_name: optional string

Name of the parent Organization, if one exists

root_org_id: optional string

ID of the root Organization, if one exists

maxLength32

should_display_parent_orgs: optional boolean

Indicates whether the parent Organization hierarchy should be displayed

settings: optional object { abuse_contact_email, enforce_twofactor }

Account settings

abuse_contact_email: optional string

Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.

enforce_twofactor: optional boolean

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

Update Account

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID \
    -X PUT \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
          "name": "Demo Account"
        }'

{
  "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
    }
  }
}