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Get Zone Precursor Config

client.precursor.get(PrecursorGetParams { zone_id, cloudflareVersion } params, RequestOptionsoptions?): PrecursorConfig { mode, rules, show_interstitial }
GET/zones/{zone_id}/precursor

Retrieve a zone’s Precursor configuration: the detection mode, whether to show_interstitial, and the ordered list of rules.

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
ParametersExpand Collapse
params: PrecursorGetParams { zone_id, cloudflareVersion }
zone_id: string

Path param: Identifier.

maxLength32
cloudflareVersion?: "1.0"

Header param: Selects the split Precursor API schema.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
PrecursorConfig { mode, rules, show_interstitial }
mode?: "off" | "monitor" | "arm"

Controls Precursor detection for the zone. off disables detection, monitor records detections without affecting bot scores, and arm allows detections to affect bot scores.

One of the following:
"off"
"monitor"
"arm"
rules?: Array<Rule>

The ordered list of Precursor rules for the zone.

expression: string

The filter expression that determines which requests the rule matches.

maxLength4000
show_interstitial: boolean

Whether Precursor shows an interstitial when it takes action on a request.

id?: string

The read-only identifier that Cloudflare assigns to the rule.

description?: string

An informative description of the rule.

enabled?: boolean

Whether the rule is active.

show_interstitial?: boolean

Whether Precursor shows an interstitial when it takes action on a request.

Get Zone Precursor Config

import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const precursorConfig = await client.precursor.get({ zone_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353' });

console.log(precursorConfig.mode);
{
  "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": {
    "mode": "arm",
    "rules": [
      {
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path eq \"/shop\"",
        "show_interstitial": true,
        "id": "3a03d665bac043e3a684e0d385a4b1e2",
        "description": "Show an interstitial on the shop page",
        "enabled": true
      }
    ],
    "show_interstitial": false
  }
}
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": {
    "mode": "arm",
    "rules": [
      {
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path eq \"/shop\"",
        "show_interstitial": true,
        "id": "3a03d665bac043e3a684e0d385a4b1e2",
        "description": "Show an interstitial on the shop page",
        "enabled": true
      }
    ],
    "show_interstitial": false
  }
}