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title: Common API calls
description: Example API requests for managing Advanced DNS Protection rules and settings.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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# Common API calls

The following sections contain example requests for common API calls. For a list of available API endpoints, refer to [Endpoints](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/#endpoints).

## Get all DNS protection rules

The following example retrieves the currently configured rules for Advanced DNS Protection.

Request

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules" \--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```
---{  "result": [    {      "id": "<RULE_ID>",      "scope": "<SCOPE>",      "name": "<NAME>",      "mode": "<MODE>",      "profile_sensitivity": "<SENSITIVITY>",      "rate_sensitivity": "<RATE>",      "burst_sensitivity": "<BURST>",      "created_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",      "modified_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",      }    ],  "success": true,  "errors": [],  "messages": []}
```

### Create DNS protection rule

The following example creates an Advanced DNS Protection rule with a global scope.

Request

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules" \--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \--data '{  "scope": "global",  "name": "global",  "mode": "<MODE>",  "rate_sensitivity": "<RATE>",  "burst_sensitivity": "<BURST>",  "profile_sensitivity": "<SENSITIVITY>"}'
```

```
{  "result": {    "id": "<RULE_ID>",    "scope": "global",    "name": "global",    "mode": "<MODE>",    "rate_sensitivity": "<RATE>",    "burst_sensitivity": "<BURST>",    "profile_sensitivity": "<SENSITIVITY>",    "created_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",    "modified_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",  },  "success": true,  "errors": [],  "messages": []}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

### Update DNS protection rule

The following example updates an existing DNS protection rule with ID `{rule_id}`.

The request body can contain only the fields you want to update (from `mode`, `profile_sensitivity`, `rate_sensitivity`, and `burst_sensitivity`).

Request

```
curl --request PATCH \"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules/{rule_id}" \--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \--data '{  "mode": "<NEW_MODE>",  "profile_sensitivity": "<NEW_SENSITIVITY>",  "rate_sensitivity": "<NEW_RATE>",  "burst_sensitivity": "<NEW_BURST>"}'
```

```
{  "result": {    "id": "<RULE_ID>",    "scope": "<SCOPE>",    "name": "<NAME>",    "mode": "<NEW_MODE>",    "profile_sensitivity": "<NEW_SENSITIVITY>",    "rate_sensitivity": "<NEW_RATE>",    "burst_sensitivity": "<NEW_BURST>",    "created_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",    "modified_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",  },  "success": true,  "errors": [],  "messages": []}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

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