DigitalOcean Firewalls API Reference
Use the DigitalOcean API to create, configure, list, and delete Cloud Firewalls.
Firewalls Reference
Validated on 19 Jun 2018 • Last edited on 17 Apr 2025
DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls are a network-based, stateful firewall service for Droplets provided at no additional cost. Cloud firewalls block all traffic that isn’t expressly permitted by a rule.
The DigitalOcean API lets you manage DigitalOcean resources programmatically using conventional HTTP requests. All the functionality available in the DigitalOcean Control Panel is also available through the API.
doctl is a command-line interface for the DigitalOcean API and supports many of the same actions.