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Security Center

Insights

Classification

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Updates Security Center Insight Classification

PATCH/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/security-center/insights/{issue_id}/classification

Updates the user classification for a Security Center insight. Valid values are ‘false_positive’ or ‘accept_risk’. To reset, set classification to null. Cannot change directly between classification values - must reset to null first.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

issue_id: string

account_id: optional string

The Account ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Zone ID.

zone_id: optional string

The Zone ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Account ID.

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

classification: optional "false_positive" or "accept_risk" or "other"

User-defined classification for the insight. Can be ‘false_positive’, ‘accept_risk’, ‘other’, or null.

One of the following:

"false_positive"

"accept_risk"

"other"

rationale: optional string

Rationale for the classification change. Required when classification is ‘accept_risk’ or ‘other’.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

Updates Security Center Insight Classification

HTTP

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

Terraform

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/$ACCOUNTS_OR_ZONES/$ACCOUNT_OR_ZONE_ID/security-center/insights/$ISSUE_ID/classification \
    -X PATCH \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "classification": "false_positive"
        }'

200 example

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}