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[**Route /images to an S3 Bucket using Terraform** Route requests with a URI path starting with `/images` to a specific AWS S3 bucket with Cloud Connector using Terraform.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/route-images-to-aws-s3-using-terraform/)

[**Route /images to an S3 Bucket** Route requests with a URI path starting with `/images` to a specific AWS S3 bucket using Cloud Connector.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/route-images-to-s3/)

[**Send EU visitors to a Google Cloud Storage bucket** Route all traffic from EU visitors to a Google Cloud Storage bucket using Cloud Connector.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/send-eu-visitors-to-gcs/)

[**Serve /static-assets from Azure Blob Storage** Route requests with a URI path starting with `/static-assets` to an Azure Blob Storage container using Cloud Connector.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/serve-static-assets-from-azure/)

[**Disable Brotli compression** Create a compression rule to turn off Brotli compression for all incoming requests of a given zone.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/disable-all-brotli/)

[**Disable compression for AVIF images** Create a compression rule to turn off compression for AVIF images, based on either the content type or the file extension specified in the request.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/disable-compression-avif/)

[**Enable Zstandard compression for default content types** Create a compression rule to turn on Zstandard compression for response content types where Cloudflare applies compression by default.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/enable-zstandard/)

[**Use Gzip compression for CSV files** Create a compression rule to set Gzip compression as the preferred compression method for CSV files.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/gzip-for-csv/)

[**Use only Brotli compression for a specific path** Create a compression rule to set Brotli as the only supported compression algorithm for a specific URI path.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/only-brotli-url-path/)

[**Define a single configuration rule using Terraform** Create a configuration rule using Terraform to turn off Email Obfuscation and Browser Integrity Check for API requests in a given zone.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/configuration-rules/examples/define-single-configuration-terraform/)

[**Change the HTTP Host header and DNS record** Create an origin rule to change the HTTP `Host` header and the resolved DNS record.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/examples/change-http-host-header/)

[**Change the destination port** Create an origin rule to change the destination port.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/examples/change-port/)

[**Define a single origin rule using Terraform** Create an origin rule using Terraform to override the `Host` header, the resolved hostname, and the destination port of API requests.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/examples/define-single-origin-terraform/)

[**A/B testing with same-URL direct access** Set up an A/B test by controlling what response is served based on cookies.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/ab-testing-same-url/)

[**Append dates to cookies to use with A/B testing** Dynamically set a cookie expiration and test group.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/append-dates-to-cookies/)

[**Auth with headers** Allow or deny a request based on a known pre-shared key in a header. This is not meant to replace the WebCrypto API.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/auth-with-headers/)

[**Send Bot Management information to origin** Send Bots information to your origin. Refer to Bot Management variables for a full list of available fields.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/bot-data-to-origin/)

[**Send suspect bots to a honeypot** Use the bot score field to send bots to a honeypot.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/bots-to-honeypot/)

[**Bulk redirect based on a map object** Redirect requests to certain URLs based on a mapped object to the request's URL.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/bulk-redirect-map/)

[**Country code redirect** Redirect a response based on the country code in the header of a visitor.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/country-code-redirect/)

[**Custom cache** Store, retrieve, and remove assets from cache programmatically. Use this template to optimize performance and implement custom caching strategies.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/custom-cache/)

[**Debugging logs** Send debugging information in an errored response to a logging service.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/debugging-logs/)

[**Define CORS headers** Adjust Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) headers and handle preflight requests.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/define-cors-headers/)

[**Follow redirects from the origin** Modify the fetch request to follow redirects from the origin, ensuring the client receives the final response.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/follow-redirects/)

[**Add HEX timestamp to a request header** Add a custom header to requests sent to the origin server with the current timestamp in hexadecimal format for debugging, tracking, or custom routing purposes.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/hex-timestamp/)

[**Validate JSON web tokens (JWT)** Extract a JWT from the Authorization header, verify its HMAC-SHA256 signature using the WebCrypto API, and validate its claims.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/jwt-validation/)

[**Maintenance page** Serve a custom maintenance page instead of fetching content from the origin server or cache. Ideal for downtime notifications, planned maintenance, or emergency messages.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/maintenance/)

[**Override a Set-Cookie header with a certain value** Get a specific `Set-Cookie` header and update it with a certain value.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/override-set-cookies-value/)

[**Redirect 403 Forbidden to a different page** If origin responded with `403 Forbidden` error code, redirect to different page.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/redirect-forbidden-status/)

[**Redirect from one domain to another** Redirect all requests from one domain to another domain.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/redirect-replaced-domain/)

[**Remove fields from API response** If origin responds with `JSON`, parse the response and delete fields to return a modified response.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/remove-fields-api-response/)

[**Remove query strings before sending request to origin** Remove certain query strings from a request before passing to the origin.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/remove-query-strings/)

[**Remove response headers** Remove from response all headers that start with a certain name.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/remove-response-headers/)

[**Return information about the incoming request** Respond with information about the incoming request provided by Cloudflare’s global network.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/return-incoming-request-properties/)

[**Rewrite links on HTML pages** Dynamically rewrite links in HTML responses. This is useful for site migrations and branding updates.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/rewrite-site-links/)

[**Change origin and modify paths** Route requests to a different origin, prepend a directory to the URL path, and remove specific segments.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/route-and-rewrite/)

[**Set security headers** Set common security headers such as X-XSS-Protection, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/security-headers/)

[**Send timestamp to origin as a custom header** Convert timestamp to hexadecimal format and send it as a custom header to the origin.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/send-timestamp-to-origin/)

[**Route to a different origin based on origin response** If response to the original request is not `200 OK` or a redirect, send to another origin.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/serve-different-origin/)

[**Sign requests** Verify a signed request using the HMAC and SHA-256 algorithms or return a 403.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/signing-requests/)

[**Slow down suspicious requests** Define a delay to be used when incoming requests match a rule you consider suspicious based on the bot score.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/slow-suspicious-requests/)

[**Add a wildcard CORS response header** Create a CORS response header transform rule to add an `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` HTTP header to the response with wildcard as static value. (`cookiename=value`).](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-cors-header/)

[**Add a request header with the current bot score** Create a request header transform rule to add a `X-Bot-Score` HTTP header to the request with the current bot score.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-request-header-bot-score/)

[**Add request header with a static value** Create a request header transform rule to add an `X-Source` HTTP header to the request with a static value (`Cloudflare`).](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-request-header-static-value/)

[**Add a request header for subrequests from other zones** Create a request header transform rule to add an HTTP header when the Workers subrequest comes from a different zone.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-request-header-subrequest-other-zone/)

[**Add a response header with a static value** Create a response header transform rule to add a `set-cookie` HTTP header to the response with a static value (`cookiename=value`).](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-response-header-static-value/)

[**Normalize encoded slashes in URL path** Create a URL rewrite rule (part of Transform Rules) to normalize encoded forward slashes (`%2F`) in the request path to standard slashes (`/`).](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/normalize-encoded-slash/)

[**Remove a request header** Create a request header transform rule (part of Transform Rules) to remove the `cf-connecting-ip` HTTP header from the request.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/remove-request-header/)

[**Remove a response header** Create a response header transform rule (part of Transform Rules) to remove the `cf-connecting-ip` HTTP header from the response.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/remove-response-header/)

[**Rewrite blog archive URLs** Create a transform rule to rewrite the URL format `/posts/<YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>-<TITLE>` to the new format `/posts/<YYYY>/<MM>/<DD>/<TITLE>`.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-archive-urls-new-format/)

[**Rewrite path of moved section of a website** Create a URL rewrite rule (part of Transform Rules) to rewrite everything under `/blog/<PATH>` to `/marketing/<PATH>`.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-moved-section/)

[**Rewrite path of archived blog posts** Create a URL rewrite rule (part of Transform Rules) to rewrite any requests for `/news/2012/...` URI paths to `/archive/news/2012/...`.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-path-archived-posts/)

[**Rewrite path for object storage bucket** Create a URL rewrite rule (part of Transform Rules) to rewrite any requests for `/files/...` URI paths to `/...`.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-path-object-storage/)

[**Rewrite image paths with several URL segments** Create a URL rewrite rule (part of Transform Rules) to rewrite any requests for `/images/<FOLDER1>/<FOLDER2>/<FILENAME>` to `/img/<FILENAME>`.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-several-url-different-url/)

[**Rewrite URL query string** Create a transform rule to rewrite the request path from `/blog` to `/blog?sort-by=date`.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-url-string-visitors/)

[**Rewrite page path for visitors in specific countries** Create two URL rewrite rules (part of Transform Rules) to rewrite the path of the welcome page for visitors in specific countries.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-welcome-for-countries/)

[**Set a response header with the current bot score** Create a response header transform rule (part of Transform Rules) to set an `X-Bot-Score` HTTP header in the response with the current bot score.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/set-response-header-bot-score/)

[**Set response header with a static value** Create a response header transform rule (part of Transform Rules) to set an `X-Bot-Score` HTTP header in the response to a static value (`Cloudflare`).](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/set-response-header-static-value/)

[**Perform mobile redirects** Create a redirect rule to redirect visitors using mobile devices to a different hostname.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/perform-mobile-redirects/)

[**Redirect admin area requests to HTTPS** Create a redirect rule to redirect requests for the administration area of `store.example.com` to HTTPS, keeping the original path and query string.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-admin-https/)

[**Redirect requests from one domain to another** Create a redirect rule to redirect all requests to a different domain, maintaining all functionality, except for the discontinued HTTP service (port 80).](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-another-domain/)

[**Redirect requests from one country to a domain** Create a redirect rule to redirect all website visitors from the United Kingdom to a different domain, maintaining the current functionality in the same paths.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-country/)

[**Redirect requests for a domain to a new domain** Create a redirect rule to redirect all URLs for a domain to point to the root of a new domain, including any subdomains of the old domain.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-different-domain-root/)

[**Redirect requests to a different hostname** Create a redirect rule to redirect all requests for `smallshop.example.com` to a different hostname using HTTPS, keeping the original path and query string.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-different-hostname/)

[**Redirect local visitors to specific subdomains** Create a redirect rule to redirect United Kingdom and France visitors from the `example.com` website's root path (`/`) to their localized subdomains `https://gb.example.com` and `https://fr.example.com`, respectively.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-country-subdomains/)

[**Redirect visitors to a new page URL** Create a redirect rule to redirect visitors from `/contact-us/` to the page's new path `/contacts/`.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-new-url/)

[**Redirect from root to WWW** Create a redirect rule to forward HTTPS requests from the root (also known as the “apex” or “naked” domain) to the WWW subdomain.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-root-to-www/)

[**Redirect from WWW to root** Create a redirect rule to forward HTTPS requests from the WWW subdomain to the root (also known as the “apex” or “naked” domain).](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-www-to-root/)

[**Remove locale from URL path** Create a redirect rule to redirect visitors from an old URL format with locale information to a new URL format.](https://0285ca83.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/remove-locale-url/)

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