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title: Update a Zone Lockdown rule
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# Update a Zone Lockdown rule
PUT/zones/{zone\_id}/firewall/lockdowns/{lock\_downs\_id}
Updates an existing Zone Lockdown rule.
##### 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)
`Firewall Services Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
zone\_id: string
Defines an identifier.
maxLength32
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lock\_downs\_id: string
The unique identifier of the Zone Lockdown rule.
maxLength32
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
configurations: Configuration { , }
A list of IP addresses or CIDR ranges that will be allowed to access the URLs specified in the Zone Lockdown rule. You can include any number of ip or ip_range configurations.
One of the following:
LockdownIPConfiguration object {target, value }
target: optional "ip"
The configuration target. You must set the target to ip when specifying an IP address in the Zone Lockdown rule.
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value: optional string
The IP address to match. This address will be compared to the IP address of incoming requests.
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LockdownCIDRConfiguration object {target, value }
target: optional "ip\_range"
The configuration target. You must set the target to ip_range when specifying an IP address range in the Zone Lockdown rule.
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value: optional string
The IP address range to match. You can only use prefix lengths /16 and /24.
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urls: array of [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.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20firewall.lockdowns%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20urls%20%3E%20(schema)>)
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errors: array of ResponseInfo { 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 ResponseInfo { 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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result: Lockdown { id, configurations, created\_on, 4 more }
id: string
The unique identifier of the Zone Lockdown rule.
maxLength32
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configurations: Configuration { , }
A list of IP addresses or CIDR ranges that will be allowed to access the URLs specified in the Zone Lockdown rule. You can include any number of ip or ip_range configurations.
One of the following:
LockdownIPConfiguration object {target, value }
target: optional "ip"
The configuration target. You must set the target to ip when specifying an IP address in the Zone Lockdown rule.
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value: optional string
The IP address to match. This address will be compared to the IP address of incoming requests.
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LockdownCIDRConfiguration object {target, value }
target: optional "ip\_range"
The configuration target. You must set the target to ip_range when specifying an IP address range in the Zone Lockdown rule.
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value: optional string
The IP address range to match. You can only use prefix lengths /16 and /24.
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created\_on: string
The timestamp of when the rule was created.
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description: string
An informative summary of the rule.
maxLength1024
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modified\_on: string
The timestamp of when the rule was last modified.
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paused: boolean
When true, indicates that the rule is currently paused.
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urls: array of LockdownURL
The URLs to include in the rule definition. You can use wildcards. Each entered URL will be escaped before use, which means you can only use simple wildcard patterns.
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success: true
Defines whether the API call was successful.
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### Update a Zone Lockdown rule
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/firewall/lockdowns/$LOCK_DOWNS_ID \
-X PUT \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"configurations": [
{}
],
"urls": [
"shop.example.com/*"
]
}'
```
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"
}
}
],
"result": {
"id": "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b59",
"configurations": [
{
"target": "ip",
"value": "198.51.100.4"
}
],
"created_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
"description": "Restrict access to these endpoints to requests from a known IP address",
"modified_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
"paused": false,
"urls": [
"api.mysite.com/some/endpoint*"
]
},
"success": true
}
```
##### 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"
}
}
],
"result": {
"id": "372e67954025e0ba6aaa6d586b9e0b59",
"configurations": [
{
"target": "ip",
"value": "198.51.100.4"
}
],
"created_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
"description": "Restrict access to these endpoints to requests from a known IP address",
"modified_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
"paused": false,
"urls": [
"api.mysite.com/some/endpoint*"
]
},
"success": true
}
```