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title: GET examples
description: Retrieve filters or rules with GET API requests.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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# GET examples

## Get all rules

This example returns all the firewall rules in the zone with ID `{zone_id}`.

Request

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules" \--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Response

```
{  "result": [    {      "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",      "paused": false,      "description": "allow API traffic without challenge",      "action": "allow",      "priority": null,      "filter": {        "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>",        "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",        "paused": false,        "description": "/api"      }    },    {      "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",      "paused": false,      "description": "do not challenge login from office",      "action": "allow",      "priority": null,      "filter": {        "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",        "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",        "paused": false,        "description": "Login from office"      }    },    {      "id": "<RULE_ID_3>",      "paused": false,      "description": "challenge login",      "action": "challenge",      "priority": null,      "filter": {        "id": "<FILTER_ID_3>",        "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",        "paused": false,        "description": "Login"      }    },    {      "id": "<RULE_ID_4>",      "paused": false,      "description": "Non-interactive challenge site",      "action": "js_challenge",      "priority": null,      "filter": {        "id": "<FILTER_ID_4>",        "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",        "paused": false,        "description": "not /api"      }    }  ],  "success": true,  "errors": [],  "messages": [],  "result_info": {    "page": 1,    "per_page": 25,    "count": 4,    "total_count": 4,    "total_pages": 1  }}
```

## Get rule by ID

This example returns the firewall rule with ID `{rule_id}`.

Request

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules/{rule_id}" \--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Response

```
{  "result": {    "id": "<RULE_ID>",    "paused": false,    "description": "do not challenge login from office",    "action": "allow",    "priority": null,    "filter": {      "id": "<FILTER_ID>",      "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",      "paused": false,      "description": "Login from office"    }  },  "success": true,  "errors": [],  "messages": []}
```

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