How we used our new GraphQL Analytics API to build Firewall Analytics

Firewall Analytics is the first product in the Cloudflare dashboard to utilize the new GraphQL Analytics API. All Cloudflare dashboard products are built using the same public APIs that we provide to our customers, allowing us to understand the challenges they face when interfacing with our APIs. This parity helps us build and shape our products, most recently the new GraphQL Analytics API that we’re thrilled to release today.

By defining the data we want, along with the response format, our GraphQL Analytics API has enabled us to prototype new functionality and iterate quickly from our beta user feedback. It is helping us deliver more insightful analytics tools within the Cloudflare dashboard to our customers.

Our user research and testing for Firewall Analytics surfaced common use cases in our customers' workflow:

• Identifying spikes in firewall activity over time
• Understanding the common attributes of threats
• Drilling down into granular details of an individual event to identify potential false positives

We can address all of these use cases using our new GraphQL Analytics API.

GraphQL Basics

Before we look into how to address each of these use cases, let's take a look at the format of a GraphQL query and how our Continue reading