Firewall rules JSON object

Firewall rule example JSON response

A JSON response for the Firewall Rules API has this structure:

{
  "id": "772bf1026a72c400ea576db1ffa16407",
  "filter": {
    "id": "6f58318e7fa2477a23112e8118c66f61",
    "expression": "http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\"",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "WordPress login paths",
    "ref": ""
  },
  "action": "challenge",
  "priority": 1000,
  "paused": false,
  "description": "Protect blog login page",
  "ref": ""
}

This table summarizes the object properties:

Name	Description	Constraints
`id` `String`	A UUIDv4 identifier generated by Cloudflare.	Unique, read only Length: 32 characters
`filter` `Object`	A Cloudflare Filter object that contains an expression for evaluating this rule.
`action` `String`	The action to take when a request satisfies the filter expression for this rule.	log bypass allow challenge js_challenge managed_challenge block
`priority` `Number`	Determines the order of evaluation for the rule relative to others. Lower values indicate greater priority. Rules without a value are evaluated last. For guidance, refer to Avoiding priority conflicts.	Read only Maximum length: 32
`paused` `Boolean`	Returns `true` when the rule is not active. Use `ref` to enable/disable the rule.	Default: `false`
`description` `String`	An informative summary of the rule.	Maximum length: 500 characters
`ref` `String`	A short string for tagging rules.	Maximum length: 50 characters

Avoiding priority conflicts

Priority plays a key role in configuring firewall rules. With Cloudflare Filters, it is possible to construct conflicting rules such as:

Allow requests from the office IP range, and
Block requests with a specific user agent.

Requests from the office IP range using the user agent to block would trigger both rules, but we cannot both allow and block the request. To solve this problem, firewall rules follows a strict ordering depending on action and priority.

Cloudflare prioritizes rules in descending order, such that priority 1 is first and rules with no priority are last. For rules of equal priority, Cloudflare orders them by action according to their order of precedence . In the example above, if no priority is set, the rule allow request from the office IP range would apply because the allow action has a higher precedence than block.

To reduce the risk of unintended behavior, it is best to explicitly specify the desired priority for potentially conflicting rules.

Firewall rules JSON object

​​ Firewall rule example JSON response

​​ Avoiding priority conflicts

Firewall rule example JSON response

Avoiding priority conflicts