Cloudflare API

cloudflare.com

REST and GraphQL API for managing Cloudflare services including DNS, CDN, Workers, R2, certificates, and Zero Trust configuration.

The Cloudflare API API uses bearer token authentication; rate limits: Global limit 1,200 requests/5 minutes per user/account token; 200/second per IP; GraphQL max 320/5 min; exceeding returns HTTP 429. Verified 2026-07-12 with per-field source links.

Cloud & Infrastructure Verified 2026-07-12 medium confidence

Base URL

https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4

developers.cloudflare.com ↗

Auth

bearer_token

developers.cloudflare.com ↗

Free tier

not documented null

no source

Pricing model

not documented null

no source

Pricing

not documented null

no source

Rate limits

Global limit 1,200 requests/5 minutes per user/account token; 200/second per IP; GraphQL max 320/5 min; exceeding returns HTTP 429

developers.cloudflare.com ↗

OpenAPI spec

https://github.com/cloudflare/api-schemas/blob/main/openapi.json

github.com ↗

MCP server

Cloudflare offers a Code Mode MCP Server and domain-specific MCP servers (links referenced in docs sidebar)

developers.cloudflare.com ↗