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title: Create and manage widgets using Cloudflare API
description: Create and manage Turnstile widgets using the Cloudflare API.
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# Create and manage widgets using Cloudflare API

Use the [Cloudflare API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/turnstile/) for programmatic widget management and automation.

## Prerequisites

Before you begin, you must have:

* A Cloudflare API token with `Account:Turnstile:Edit` permissions
* An account ID found in your Cloudflare dashboard

### Create a widget via the API

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required: 
* `Turnstile Sites Write`
* `Account Settings Write`

Create a Turnstile Widget

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/challenges/widgets" \  --request POST \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \  --json '{    "domains": [        "example.com"    ],    "mode": "managed",    "name": "My Example Turnstile Widget"  }'
```

### Manage widgets via the API

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required: 
* `Turnstile Sites Write`
* `Turnstile Sites Read`
* `Account Settings Write`
* `Account Settings Read`

List Turnstile Widgets

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/challenges/widgets" \  --request GET \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required: 
* `Turnstile Sites Write`
* `Turnstile Sites Read`
* `Account Settings Write`
* `Account Settings Read`

Turnstile Widget Details

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/challenges/widgets/$SITEKEY" \  --request GET \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required: 
* `Turnstile Sites Write`
* `Account Settings Write`

Update a Turnstile Widget

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/challenges/widgets/$SITEKEY" \  --request PUT \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \  --json '{    "domains": [        "203.0.113.1",        "cloudflare.com",        "blog.example.com"    ],    "mode": "invisible",    "name": "blog.cloudflare.com login form",    "clearance_level": "interactive"  }'
```

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required: 
* `Turnstile Sites Write`
* `Account Settings Write`

Rotate Secret for a Turnstile Widget

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/challenges/widgets/$SITEKEY/rotate_secret" \  --request POST \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \  --json '{    "invalidate_immediately": false  }'
```

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required: 
* `Turnstile Sites Write`
* `Account Settings Write`

Delete a Turnstile Widget

```
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/challenges/widgets/$SITEKEY" \  --request DELETE \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

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