# Cloudflare Gateway Adblocking Serverless adblocking via Cloudflare Zero Trust Gateway ### What is this? This is a serverless adblocking solution that uses Cloudflare's Zero Trust Gateway to block ads by parsing a hosts file and creating a firewall rule to block the domains. It can be used as an alternative to Pi-Hole or other adblocking solutions. This project was heavily inspired by [this blog post](https://blog.marcolancini.it/2022/blog-serverless-ad-blocking-with-cloudflare-gateway/) ### Prerequisites * Python > 3.10 * A Cloudflare account with Zero Trust enabled * A Cloudflare API tolken with the following permissions: * Zero Trust: Edit * Account Firewall Access Rules: Edit * Access: Apps and Policies: Edit * A device with the WARP client installed and configured to use a Zero Trust account ### Installation #### From PyPi `pip install cloudflare-gateway-adblocking` ### Usage #### Setting Cloudflare credentials ##### Environment variables The following environment variables can be used to set the Cloudflare credentials: * `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` * `CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN` These can either be set in the environment or in a `.env` file in the current working directory. #### Command line flags The following command line flags can be used to set the Cloudflare credentials: * Cloudflare Account ID: `--account-id` / `-a` * Cloudflare Token: `--token` / `-t` #### Passing blocklists Blocklists can be passed to the program via the command line flag `--blocklist` / `-b`. This flag can either point to a hosts file or a directory containing hosts files. If this flag is not passed, the program will look for a file or directory named `blocklists` in the current working directory. # Passing whitelists Whitelists can be passed to the program via the command line flag `--whitelist` / `-w`. This flag can either point to a hosts file or a directory containing hosts files. If this flag is not passed, then if a file or directory named `whitelists` exists in the current working directory, it will be used. Domains in this whitelist will be excluded from the blocklists. #### Uploading blocklists and creating a firewall policy To upload the blocklists to Cloudflare and create a firewall policy, use the `upload` subcommand. For example: `cloudflare-gateway-adblocking upload` #### Deleting blocklists and firewall policy To delete the blocklists from Cloudflare and delete the firewall policy, use the `delete` subcommand. For example: `cloudflare-gateway-adblocking delete` ### Help For help, use the `--help` flag.