--- title: Get variants setting --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python) [Cache](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/cache) [Variants](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/cache/subresources/variants) Copy Markdown Open in **Claude**Open in **ChatGPT**Open in **Cursor** --- **Copy Markdown****View as Markdown** # Get variants setting cache.variants.get(VariantGetParams\*\*kwargs) -> [VariantGetResponse]() GET/zones/{zone\_id}/cache/variants Variant support enables caching variants of images with certain file extensions in addition to the original. This only applies when the origin server sends the ‘Vary: Accept’ response header. If the origin server sends ‘Vary: Accept’ but does not serve the variant requested, the response will not be cached. This will be indicated with BYPASS cache status in the response headers. ##### Security
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##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required) `Zone Settings Write``Zone Settings Read``Zone Read``Zone Write` ##### ParametersExpand Collapse zone\_id: str Identifier. maxLength32 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20cache.variants%20%3E%20(method)%20get%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20zone_id%20%3E%20(schema)>) ##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
class VariantGetResponse: … id: Literal\["variants"] The identifier of the caching setting. Link to this property editable: bool Whether the setting is editable. Link to this property
value: Value Value of the zone setting. avif: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for avif. Link to this property bmp: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for bmp. Link to this property gif: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for gif. Link to this property jp2: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for jp2. Link to this property jpeg: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for jpeg. Link to this property jpg: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for jpg. Link to this property jpg2: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for jpg2. Link to this property png: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for png. Link to this property tif: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for tif. Link to this property tiff: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for tiff. Link to this property webp: Optional\[List\[str]] List of strings with the MIME types of all the variants that should be served for webp. Link to this property
Link to this property modified\_on: Optional\[datetime] Last time this setting was modified. formatdate-time Link to this property
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20cache.variants%20%3E%20(model)%20variant_get_response%20%3E%20(schema)>) ### Get variants setting Python HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform ``` import os from cloudflare import Cloudflare client = Cloudflare( api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"), # This is the default and can be omitted ) variant = client.cache.variants.get( zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", ) print(variant.id) ``` 200 example ``` { "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": "variants", "editable": true, "value": { "avif": [ "image/webp", "image/jpeg" ], "bmp": [ "image/webp", "image/jpeg" ], "gif": [ "image/webp", "image/jpeg" ], "jp2": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "jpeg": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "jpg": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "jpg2": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "png": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "tif": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "tiff": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "webp": [ "image/jpeg", "image/avif" ] }, "modified_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z" } } ``` ##### Returns Examples 200 example ``` { "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": "variants", "editable": true, "value": { "avif": [ "image/webp", "image/jpeg" ], "bmp": [ "image/webp", "image/jpeg" ], "gif": [ "image/webp", "image/jpeg" ], "jp2": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "jpeg": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "jpg": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "jpg2": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "png": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "tif": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "tiff": [ "image/webp", "image/avif" ], "webp": [ "image/jpeg", "image/avif" ] }, "modified_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z" } } ```