API commands
Cloudflare Waiting Rooms redirect visitors to virtual waiting rooms when they are trying to access web pages that have high volumes of traffic.
The Cloudflare Waiting Room API provides an interface for programmatically managing waiting rooms.
Request URL format
To invoke a Cloudflare Waiting Room API operation, append the endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
For authentication instructions, refer to Getting Started: Requests in the Cloudflare API documentation.
For help with endpoints and pagination, refer to Getting Started: Endpoints.
Manage your waiting room
| Operation | Method + URL stub | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| List Waiting Rooms | GET zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms |
List all waiting rooms for a zone. |
| Create Waiting Room | POST zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms |
Create a waiting room. |
| Waiting Room Details | GET zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier} |
Fetch a waiting room. |
| Update a Waiting Room | PUT zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier} |
Update a waiting room. |
| Delete a Waiting Room | DELETE zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier} |
Delete a waiting room. |
| Patch a Waiting Room | PATCH zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier} |
Patch a configured waiting room. |
Fetch the current status of a waiting room
| Operation | Method + URL stub | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Get the current status of a waiting room | GET zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier}/status |
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