# Cloudflare WAF API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-waf-api/  
**Provider:** Cloudflare — https://apis.io/providers/cloudflare/  
**Base URL:** https://api.cloudflare.com  
**Documentation:** https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/

Cloudflare WAF API is one of 87 APIs that [Cloudflare](https://apis.io/providers/cloudflare/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Rules, Security, and Web Application Firewall. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a getting-started guide.

The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall API checks incoming web and API requests and filters undesired traffic using rulesets. It supports managed rules, custom rules, rate limiting rules, and provides endpoints for deploying and managing rulesets via the Rulesets API.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/
- **GettingStarted** — https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/get-started/

## Other Cloudflare APIs (12)

- [Cloudflare Load Balancing API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-load-balancing-api/)
- [Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-graphql-analytics-api/)
- [Cloudflare Magic Transit API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-magic-transit-api/)
- [Cloudflare Email Routing API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-email-routing-api/)
- [Cloudflare Waiting Room API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-waiting-room-api/)
- [Cloudflare Spectrum API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-spectrum-api/)
- [Cloudflare API Shield API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-api-shield-api/)
- [Cloudflare Zero Trust API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-zero-trust-api/)
- [Cloudflare Registrar API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-registrar-api/)
- [Cloudflare Workflows API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-workflows-api/)
- [Cloudflare Browser Rendering API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-browser-rendering-api/)
- [Cloudflare Realtime API](https://apis.io/apis/cloudflare/cloudflare-realtime-api/)

## Tags

Rules, Security, Web Application Firewall

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