Cloudflare

Cloudflare

Cloudflare manages zones (domains). Each zone has DNS records, firewall rules, SSL settings. Zone id required for most ops.

Data Model

• Zones — domains. zone_id for all zone-scoped ops.
• DNS records — in zone. Update/delete need record id.
• Firewall rules — WAF. Evaluated in order.
• SSL — full, flexible, etc.
• Cache — purge all or by URL.
• Bot management — Bot Fight Mode.

Gotchas

• zone_id required: Nearly every call is zone-scoped—resolve the zone uuid from your account’s zone roster first.
• DNS record id: Updates and deletes need the stable record id returned alongside existing rows.
• Firewall rule order: Evaluation is positional—insert critical blocks ahead of permissive catch-alls.