Update Firewall Rule API - Not Reflecting Expression Changes

[PeterPennywacker]

Hi All

I’m having the same issue as this guy with regards to modifying a single Cloudflare firewall rule via the API.

Specifically, the contents of the expression aren’t updating. Other changes I make do seem to take effect. For example, the description of the rule updates properly. See below:

I’m following this documentation: Cloudflare API Documentation

Any idea what I’m missing here?

[cbrandt]

Hello,

I was able to reproduce the same error, API does change from paused to not paused, but does not update the expression of the filter object. Could you please open a ticket so that we can escalate the issue? Please visit https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support then pick Technical - Website > Security > Firewall Rules and describe the issue with a link to this topic.

EDIT: I actually found the solution, which is to use the update filter API endpoint, instead of the update firewall rule endpoint. Please see the solution for a similar topic:

Firewall rule is not editible from API

Heh…I know the feeling. Until someone told me it’s actually the “filter” part that needs editing, which I’d never heard of. Now you have a new rabbit hole to go down: https://api.cloudflare.com/#filters-properties Here’s mine: curl -X PUT \ -H "X-Auth-Email: [email protected]" \ -H "X-Auth-Key: AUTH_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "id": "'"$filter"'", "paused": false, "description": "RULE_NAME", "expression": "(http.user_agent contains \"Ahr…

https://api.cloudflare.com/#filters-update-filters