cloudflare 1.0.6

Python wrapper for the CloudFlare v4 API

Installation

Two methods are provided to install this software. Use PyPi (see package details) or GitHub (see package details).

Via PyPI

$ sudo pip install cloudflare
$

Yes - that simple! (the sudo may not be needed in some cases).

Via github

$ git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/python-cloudflare
$ cd python-cloudflare
$ ./setup.py build
$ sudo ./setup.py install
$

Or whatever variance of that you want to use.

CloudFlare API version 4

The CloudFlare API can be found here. Each API call is provided via a similarly named function within the CloudFlare class. A full list is provided below.

Getting Started

A very simple listing of zones within your account; including the IPv6 status of the zone.

import CloudFlare

def main():
    cf = CloudFlare.CloudFlare()
    zones = cf.zones.get(params = {'per_page':50})
    for zone in zones:
        zone_name = zone['name']
        zone_id = zone['id']
        settings_ipv6 = cf.zones.settings.ipv6.get(zone_id)
        ipv6_status = settings_ipv6['value']
        settings_ssl = cf.zones.settings.ssl.get(zone_id)
        ssl_status = settings_ssl['value']
        print zone_id, ssl_status, ipv6_status, zone_name

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

A more complex example follows.

import sys
import CloudFlare

def main():
    zone_name = 'example.com'

    cf = CloudFlare.CloudFlare()

    # query for the zone name and expect only one value back
    try:
        zones = cf.zones.get(params = {'name':zone_name,'per_page':1})
    except CloudFlare.CloudFlareAPIError as e:
        exit('/zones.get %d %s - api call failed' % (e, e))
    except Exception as e:
        exit('/zones.get - %s - api call failed' % (e))

    # extract the zone_id which is needed to process that zone
    zone = zones[0]
    zone_id = zone['id']

    # request the DNS records from that zone
    try:
        dns_records = cf.zones.dns_records.get(zone_id)
    except CloudFlare.CloudFlareAPIError as e:
        exit('/zones/dns_records.get %d %s - api call failed' % (e, e))

    # print the results - first the zone name
    print zone_id, zone_name

    # then all the DNS records for that zone
    for dns_record in dns_records:
        r_name = dns_record['name']
        r_type = dns_record['type']
        r_value = dns_record['content']
        r_id = dns_record['id']
        print '\t', r_id, r_name, r_type, r_value

    exit(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Providing CloudFlare Username and API Key

When you create a CloudFlare class you can pass up to three paramaters.

• Account email

• Account API key

• Optional Debug flag (True/False)

If the account email and API key are not passed when you create the class, then they are retreived from either the users exported shell environment variables or the .cloudflare.cfg or ~/.cloudflare.cfg or ~/.cloudflare/cloudflare.cfg files, in that order.

There is one call that presently doesn’t need any email or token certification (the /ips call); hence you can test without any values saved away.

Using shell environment variables

$ export CF_API_EMAIL='[e-mail]'
$ export CF_API_KEY='00000000000000000000000000000000'
$ export CF_API_CERTKEY='v1.0-...'
$

Using configuration file to store email and keys

$ cat ~/.cloudflare/cloudflare.cfg
[CloudFlare]
email = [e-mail]
token = 00000000000000000000000000000000
certoken = v1.0-...
$

The CF_API_CERTKEY or certtoken values are used for the Origin-CA /certificates API calls.

Included example code

The examples folder contains many examples in both simple and verbose formats.

A DNS zone code example

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import CloudFlare

def main():
    zone_name = sys.argv[1]
    cf = CloudFlare.CloudFlare()
    zone_info = cf.zones.post(data={'jump_start':False, 'name': zone_name})
    zone_id = zone_info['id']

    dns_records = [
        {'name':'foo', 'type':'AAAA', 'content':'2001:d8b::1'},
        {'name':'foo', 'type':'A', 'content':'192.168.0.1'},
        {'name':'duh', 'type':'A', 'content':'10.0.0.1', 'ttl':120},
        {'name':'bar', 'type':'CNAME', 'content':'foo'},
        {'name':'shakespeare', 'type':'TXT', 'content':"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name ..."}
    ]

    for dns_record in dns_records:
        r = cf.zones.dns_records.post(zone_id, data=dns_record)
    exit(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

CLI

All API calls can be called from the command line. The command will convert domain names on-the-fly into zone_identifier’s.

$ cli4 [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [-q|--quiet] [--get|--patch|--post|-put|--delete] [item=value ...] /command...

For API calls that need a set of date or parameters passed there is a item=value format. If you want a numeric value passed, then == can be used to force the value to be treated as a numeric value.

The output from the CLI command is in json format (and human readable).

Simple CLI examples

• cli4 /user/billing/profile

• cli4 /user/invites

• cli4 /zones/:example.com

• cli4 /zones/:example.com/dnssec

• cli4 /zones/:example.com/settings/ipv6

• cli4 --put /zones/:example.com/activation_check

• cli4 /zones/:example.com/keyless_certificates

• cli4 /zones/:example.com/analytics/dashboard

More complex CLI examples

Here is the creation of a DNS entry, followed by a listing of that entry and then the deletion of that entry.

$ $ cli4 --post name="test" type="A" content="10.0.0.1" /zones/:example.com/dns_records
{
    "id": "94e028933c87b4bff3c70a42e6daac4f",
    "name": "test.example.com",
    "type": "A",
    "content": "10.0.0.1",
    ...
}
$

$ cli4 /zones/:example.com/dns_records/:test.example.com | jq '{"id":.id,"name":.name,"type":.type,"content":.content}'
{
  "id": "94e028933c87b4bff3c70a42e6daac4f",
  "name": "test.example.com",
  "type": "A",
  "content": "10.0.0.1"
}

$ cli4 --delete /zones/:example.com/dns_records/:test.example.com | jq -c .
{"id":"94e028933c87b4bff3c70a42e6daac4f"}
$

There’s the ability to handle dns entries with multiple values. This produces more than one API call within the command.

$ cli4 /zones/:example.com/dns_records/:test.example.com | jq -c '.[]|{"id":.id,"name":.name,"type":.type,"content":.content}'
{"id":"bca0c4a5e3691e62841627e4dc3a19ed","name":"test.example.com","type":"A","content":"192.168.0.1"}
{"id":"d94f788e6bf72ba2a54145ad04b34f08","name":"test.example.com","type":"AAAA","content":"2001:d8b::1"}
$

Here are the cache purging commands.

$ cli4 --delete purge_everything=true /zones/:example.com/purge_cache | jq -c .
{"id":"d8afaec3dd2b7f8c1b470e594a21a01d"}
$

$ cli4 --delete files='[http://example.com/css/styles.css]' /zones/:example.com/purge_cache | jq -c .
{"id":"d8afaec3dd2b7f8c1b470e594a21a01d"}
$

$ cli4 --delete files='[http://example.com/css/styles.css,http://example.com/js/script.js] /zones/:example.com/purge_cache | jq -c .
{"id":"d8afaec3dd2b7f8c1b470e594a21a01d"}
$

$ cli4 --delete tags='[tag1,tag2,tag3]' /zones/:example.com/purge_cache | jq -c .
cli4: /zones/:example.com/purge_cache - 1107 Only enterprise zones can purge by tag.
$

A somewhat useful listing of available plans for a specific zone.

$ cli4 /zones/:example.com/available_plans | jq -c '.[]|{"id":.id,"name":.name}'
{"id":"a577b510288e82b26486fd1df47000ec","name":"Pro Website"}
{"id":"1ac039f6c29b691475c3d74fe588d1ae","name":"Business Website"}
{"id":"94f3b7b768b0458b56d2cac4fe5ec0f9","name":"Enterprise Website"}
{"id":"0feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee","name":"Free Website"}
$

DNSSEC CLI examples

$ cli4 /zones/:example.com/dnssec | jq -c '{"status":.status}'
{"status":"disabled"}
$

$ cli4 --patch status=active /zones/:example.com/dnssec | jq -c '{"status":.status}'
{"status":"pending"}
$

$ cli4 /zones/:example.com/dnssec
{
    "algorithm": "13",
    "digest": "41600621c65065b09230ebc9556ced937eb7fd86e31635d0025326ccf09a7194",
    "digest_algorithm": "SHA256",
    "digest_type": "2",
    "ds": "example.com. 3600 IN DS 2371 13 2 41600621c65065b09230ebc9556ced937eb7fd86e31635d0025326ccf09a7194",
    "flags": 257,
    "key_tag": 2371,
    "key_type": "ECDSAP256SHA256",
    "modified_on": "2016-05-01T22:42:15.591158Z",
    "public_key": "mdsswUyr3DPW132mOi8V9xESWE8jTo0dxCjjnopKl+GqJxpVXckHAeF+KkxLbxILfDLUT0rAK9iUzy1L53eKGQ==",
    "status": "pending"
}
$

Implemented API calls

GET	PUT	POST	PATCH	DELETE	API call
GET		POST		DELETE	/certificates
GET					/ips
GET			PATCH		/organizations
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/organizations/:identifier/firewall/access_rules/rules
			PATCH		/organizations/:identifier/invite
GET		POST		DELETE	/organizations/:identifier/invites
GET			PATCH	DELETE	/organizations/:identifier/members
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/organizations/:identifier/railguns
GET					/organizations/:identifier/railguns/:identifier/zones
GET					/organizations/:identifier/roles
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/organizations/:identifier/virtual_dns
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/railguns
GET					/railguns/:identifier/zones
GET			PATCH		/user
GET					/user/billing/history
GET					/user/billing/profile
GET					/user/billing/subscriptions/apps
GET					/user/billing/subscriptions/zones
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/user/firewall/access_rules/rules
GET			PATCH		/user/invites
GET				DELETE	/user/organizations
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/user/virtual_dns
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/zones
	PUT				/zones/:identifier/activation_check
GET					/zones/:identifier/analytics/colos
GET					/zones/:identifier/analytics/dashboard
GET					/zones/:identifier/available_plans
	PUT				/zones/:identifier/custom_certificates/prioritize
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/zones/:identifier/custom_certificates
GET	PUT				/zones/:identifier/custom_pages
GET	PUT	POST		DELETE	/zones/:identifier/dns_records
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/firewall/waf/packages/:identifier/groups
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/firewall/waf/packages/:identifier/rules
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/firewall/waf/packages
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/zones/:identifier/firewall/access_rules/rules
GET		POST	PATCH	DELETE	/zones/:identifier/keyless_certificates
GET	PUT	POST	PATCH	DELETE	/zones/:identifier/pagerules
				DELETE	/zones/:identifier/purge_cache
GET					/zones/:identifier/railguns/:identifier/diagnose
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/railguns
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings
GET					/zones/:identifier/settings/advanced_ddos
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/always_online
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/browser_cache_ttl
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/browser_check
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/cache_level
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/challenge_ttl
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/development_mode
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/email_obfuscation
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/hotlink_protection
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/ip_geolocation
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/ipv6
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/minify
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/mirage
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/mobile_redirect
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/origin_error_page_pass_thru
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/polish
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/prefetch_preload
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/response_buffering
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/rocket_loader
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/security_header
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/security_level
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/server_side_exclude
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/sort_query_string_for_cache
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/ssl
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/tls_1_2_only
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/tls_client_auth
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/true_client_ip_header
GET			PATCH		/zones/:identifier/settings/waf

Adding extra API calls manually

Extra API calls can be added via the configuration file

$ cat ~/.cloudflare/cloudflare.cfg
[CloudFlare]
extras=
        /client/v4/command
        /client/v4/command/:command_identifier
        /client/v4/command/:command_identifier/settings
$

While it’s easy to call anything within CloudFlare’s API, it’s not very useful to add items in here as they will simply return API URL errors. Technically, this is only useful for internal testing within CloudFlare.

Issues

The following error can be caused by an out of date SSL/TLS library and/or out of date Python.

/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:318: SNIMissingWarning: An HTTPS request has been made, but the SNI (Subject Name Indication) extension to TLS is not available on this platform. This may cause the server to present an incorrect TLS certificate, which can cause validation failures. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#snimissingwarning.
  SNIMissingWarning
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:122: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
  InsecurePlatformWarning

The solution can be found here and/or here.

Credit

This is based on work by Felix Wong (gnowxilef) found here. It has been seriously expanded upon.

Copyright

Portions copyright Felix Wong (gnowxilef) 2015 and CloudFlare 2016.