Delete an account or zone ruleset rule
DELETE/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}
Deletes an existing rule from an account or zone ruleset.
Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
Example:
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
Example:
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
Example:
Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Path Parameters
Query Parameters
Delete an account or zone ruleset rule
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/$ACCOUNTS_OR_ZONES/$ACCOUNT_OR_ZONE_ID/rulesets/$RULESET_ID/rules/$RULE_ID \
-X DELETE \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"{
"errors": [
{
"message": "something bad happened",
"code": 10000,
"source": {
"pointer": "/rules/0/action"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"message": "something bad happened",
"code": 10000,
"source": {
"pointer": "/rules/0/action"
}
}
],
"result": {
"id": "2f2feab2026849078ba485f918791bdc",
"kind": "root",
"last_updated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"name": "My ruleset",
"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom",
"rules": [
{
"last_updated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"version": "1",
"id": "id",
"action": "action",
"action_parameters": {
"response": {
"content": "{\n \"success\": false,\n \"error\": \"you have been blocked\"\n}",
"content_type": "application/json",
"status_code": 400
}
},
"categories": [
"directory-traversal"
],
"description": "Block the request.",
"enabled": true,
"exposed_credential_check": {
"password_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\\\"password\\\"][0])",
"username_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\\\"username\\\"][0])"
},
"expression": "expression",
"logging": {
"enabled": true
},
"ratelimit": {
"characteristics": [
"cf.colo.id"
],
"period": 60,
"counting_expression": "http.request.body.raw eq \"abcd\"",
"mitigation_timeout": 600,
"requests_per_period": 1000,
"requests_to_origin": true,
"score_per_period": 400,
"score_response_header_name": "my-score"
},
"ref": "ref"
}
],
"version": "1",
"description": "A description for my ruleset."
},
"success": true
}Returns Examples
{
"errors": [
{
"message": "something bad happened",
"code": 10000,
"source": {
"pointer": "/rules/0/action"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"message": "something bad happened",
"code": 10000,
"source": {
"pointer": "/rules/0/action"
}
}
],
"result": {
"id": "2f2feab2026849078ba485f918791bdc",
"kind": "root",
"last_updated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"name": "My ruleset",
"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom",
"rules": [
{
"last_updated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"version": "1",
"id": "id",
"action": "action",
"action_parameters": {
"response": {
"content": "{\n \"success\": false,\n \"error\": \"you have been blocked\"\n}",
"content_type": "application/json",
"status_code": 400
}
},
"categories": [
"directory-traversal"
],
"description": "Block the request.",
"enabled": true,
"exposed_credential_check": {
"password_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\\\"password\\\"][0])",
"username_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\\\"username\\\"][0])"
},
"expression": "expression",
"logging": {
"enabled": true
},
"ratelimit": {
"characteristics": [
"cf.colo.id"
],
"period": 60,
"counting_expression": "http.request.body.raw eq \"abcd\"",
"mitigation_timeout": 600,
"requests_per_period": 1000,
"requests_to_origin": true,
"score_per_period": 400,
"score_response_header_name": "my-score"
},
"ref": "ref"
}
],
"version": "1",
"description": "A description for my ruleset."
},
"success": true
}