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title: Get Fallback Origin for Custom Hostnames
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# Get Fallback Origin for Custom Hostnames
GET/zones/{zone\_id}/custom\_hostnames/fallback\_origin
Retrieves the current fallback origin configuration for custom hostnames on a zone. The fallback origin handles traffic when specific custom hostname origins are unavailable.
##### 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)
`SSL and Certificates Write``SSL and Certificates Read`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
zone\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
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errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
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result: optional object {created\_at, errors, origin, 2 more }
created\_at: optional string
This is the time the fallback origin was created.
formatdate-time
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errors: optional array of string
These are errors that were encountered while trying to activate a fallback origin.
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origin: optional string
Your origin hostname that requests to your custom hostnames will be sent to.
maxLength255
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status: optional "initializing"or "pending\_deployment"or "pending\_deletion"or 3 more
Status of the fallback origin’s activation.
One of the following:
"initializing"
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"pending\_deployment"
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"pending\_deletion"
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"active"
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"deployment\_timed\_out"
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"deletion\_timed\_out"
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updated\_at: optional string
This is the time the fallback origin was updated.
formatdate-time
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### Get Fallback Origin for Custom Hostnames
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/custom_hostnames/fallback_origin \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
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": {
"created_at": "2019-10-28T18:11:23.37411Z",
"errors": [
"DNS records are not setup correctly. Origin should be a proxied A/AAAA/CNAME dns record"
],
"origin": "fallback.example.com",
"status": "pending_deployment",
"updated_at": "2020-03-16T18:11:23.531995Z"
}
}
```
##### 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": {
"created_at": "2019-10-28T18:11:23.37411Z",
"errors": [
"DNS records are not setup correctly. Origin should be a proxied A/AAAA/CNAME dns record"
],
"origin": "fallback.example.com",
"status": "pending_deployment",
"updated_at": "2020-03-16T18:11:23.531995Z"
}
}
```