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Get top layer 3 attack pairs (origin and target locations)

client.radar.attacks.layer3.top.attacks(TopAttacksParams { continent, dateEnd, dateRange, 11 more } query?, RequestOptionsoptions?): TopAttacksResponse { meta, top_0 }
GET/radar/attacks/layer3/top/attacks

Retrieves the top layer 3 attacks from origin to target location. Values are a percentage out of the total layer 3 attacks (with billing country). You can optionally limit the number of attacks by origin/target location (useful if all the top attacks are from or to the same location).

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ParametersExpand Collapse
query: TopAttacksParams { continent, dateEnd, dateRange, 11 more }
continent?: Array<string>

Filters results by continent. Specify a comma-separated list of alpha-2 codes. Prefix with - to exclude continents from results. For example, -EU,NA excludes results from EU, but includes results from NA.

dateEnd?: Array<string>

End of the date range (inclusive).

dateRange?: Array<string>

Filters results by date range. For example, use 7d and 7dcontrol to compare this week with the previous week. Use this parameter or set specific start and end dates (dateStart and dateEnd parameters).

dateStart?: Array<string>

Start of the date range.

format?: "JSON" | "CSV"

Format in which results will be returned.

One of the following:
"JSON"
"CSV"
ipVersion?: Array<"IPv4" | "IPv6">

Filters results by IP version (Ipv4 vs. IPv6).

One of the following:
"IPv4"
"IPv6"
limit?: number

Limits the number of objects returned in the response.

exclusiveMinimum
minimum0
limitDirection?: "ORIGIN" | "TARGET"

Specifies whether the limitPerLocation applies to the source or target location.

One of the following:
"ORIGIN"
"TARGET"
limitPerLocation?: number

Limits the number of attacks per origin/target (refer to limitDirection parameter) location.

exclusiveMinimum
minimum0
location?: Array<string>

Filters results by location. Specify a comma-separated list of alpha-2 codes. Prefix with - to exclude locations from results. For example, -US,PT excludes results from the US, but includes results from PT.

magnitude?: "MITIGATED_BYTES" | "MITIGATED_ATTACKS"

Orders results based on attack magnitude, defined by total mitigated bytes or total mitigated attacks.

One of the following:
"MITIGATED_BYTES"
"MITIGATED_ATTACKS"
name?: Array<string>

Array of names used to label the series in the response.

normalization?: "PERCENTAGE" | "MIN_MAX"

Normalization method applied to the results. Refer to Normalization methods.

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE"
"MIN_MAX"
protocol?: Array<"UDP" | "TCP" | "ICMP" | "GRE">

Filters the results by layer 3/4 protocol.

One of the following:
"UDP"
"TCP"
"ICMP"
"GRE"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
TopAttacksResponse { meta, top_0 }
meta: Meta { confidenceInfo, dateRange, lastUpdated, 2 more }

Metadata for the results.

confidenceInfo: ConfidenceInfo | null
annotations: Array<Annotation>
dataSource: "ALL" | "AI_BOTS" | "AI_GATEWAY" | 22 more

Data source for annotations.

One of the following:
"ALL"
"AI_BOTS"
"AI_GATEWAY"
"BGP"
"BOTS"
"CONNECTION_ANOMALY"
"CT"
"DNS"
"DNS_MAGNITUDE"
"DNS_AS112"
"DOS"
"EMAIL_ROUTING"
"EMAIL_SECURITY"
"FW"
"FW_PG"
"HTTP"
"HTTP_CONTROL"
"HTTP_CRAWLER_REFERER"
"HTTP_ORIGINS"
"IQI"
"LEAKED_CREDENTIALS"
"NET"
"ROBOTS_TXT"
"SPEED"
"WORKERS_AI"
description: string
endDate: string
formatdate-time
eventType: "EVENT" | "GENERAL" | "OUTAGE" | 3 more

Event type for annotations.

One of the following:
"EVENT"
"GENERAL"
"OUTAGE"
"PARTIAL_PROJECTION"
"PIPELINE"
"TRAFFIC_ANOMALY"
isInstantaneous: boolean

Whether event is a single point in time or a time range.

linkedUrl: string
formaturi
startDate: string
formatdate-time
tags?: Array<string>
level: number

Provides an indication of how much confidence Cloudflare has in the data.

dateRange: Array<DateRange>
endTime: string

Adjusted end of date range.

formatdate-time
startTime: string

Adjusted start of date range.

formatdate-time
lastUpdated: string

Timestamp of the last dataset update.

formatdate-time
normalization: "PERCENTAGE" | "MIN0_MAX" | "MIN_MAX" | 5 more

Normalization method applied to the results. Refer to Normalization methods.

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE"
"MIN0_MAX"
"MIN_MAX"
"RAW_VALUES"
"PERCENTAGE_CHANGE"
"ROLLING_AVERAGE"
"OVERLAPPED_PERCENTAGE"
"RATIO"
units: Array<Unit>

Measurement units for the results.

name: string
value: string
top_0: Array<Top0>
originCountryAlpha2: string
originCountryName: string
value: string

Get top layer 3 attack pairs (origin and target locations)

import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const response = await client.radar.attacks.layer3.top.attacks();

console.log(response.meta);
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "tags": [
              "BOT_CLASS"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    },
    "top_0": [
      {
        "originCountryAlpha2": "FR",
        "originCountryName": "France",
        "value": "4.323214"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "tags": [
              "BOT_CLASS"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    },
    "top_0": [
      {
        "originCountryAlpha2": "FR",
        "originCountryName": "France",
        "value": "4.323214"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}