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Firewall
WAF
Overrides

Create a WAF override

Deprecated
firewall.waf.overrides.create(OverrideCreateParams**kwargs)
POST/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/waf/overrides

This endpoint has been deprecated and returns 410 Gone. Please use the Rulesets API instead.

Previously created a URI-based WAF override for a zone.

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)
Zone Settings Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: str

Defines an identifier.

maxLength32
urls: Sequence[OverrideURL]

The URLs to include in the current WAF override. You can use wildcards. Each entered URL will be escaped before use, which means you can only use simple wildcard patterns.

Create a WAF override

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
client.firewall.waf.overrides.create(
    zone_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    urls=["shop.example.com/*"],
)
Returns Examples