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title: Create target environment
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# Create target environment
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/vuln\_scanner/target\_environments
Creates a new target environment for the account.
##### 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
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
name: string
Human-readable name.
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target: object {type, zone\_tag }
Identifies the Cloudflare asset to scan. Uses a type discriminator. Currently the service supports only zone targets.
type: "zone"
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zone\_tag: string
Cloudflare zone tag. The zone must belong to the account.
maxLength32
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description: optional string
Optional description.
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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 {id, name, target, description }
id: string
Target environment identifier.
formatuuid
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name: string
Human-readable name.
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target: object {type, zone\_tag }
Identifies the Cloudflare asset to scan. Uses a type discriminator. Currently the service supports only zone targets.
type: "zone"
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zone\_tag: string
Cloudflare zone tag. The zone must belong to the account.
maxLength32
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description: optional string
Optional description providing additional context.
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result\_info: optional unknown
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### Create target environment
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/vuln_scanner/target_environments \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"name": "Production Zone",
"target": {
"type": "zone",
"zone_tag": "d8e8fca2dc0f896fd7cb4cb0031ba249"
},
"description": "Main production environment"
}'
```
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": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
"name": "Production Zone",
"target": {
"type": "zone",
"zone_tag": "d8e8fca2dc0f896fd7cb4cb0031ba249"
},
"description": "Main production environment"
},
"result_info": {}
}
```
##### 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": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
"name": "Production Zone",
"target": {
"type": "zone",
"zone_tag": "d8e8fca2dc0f896fd7cb4cb0031ba249"
},
"description": "Main production environment"
},
"result_info": {}
}
```