---
title: "Add Droplets to a Firewall"
method: POST
path: "/v2/firewalls/{firewall_id}/droplets"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Firewalls"]
---

# Add Droplets to a Firewall

`POST /v2/firewalls/{firewall_id}/droplets`

To assign a Droplet to a firewall, send a POST request to
`/v2/firewalls/$FIREWALL_ID/droplets`. In the body of the request, there
should be a `droplet_ids` attribute containing a list of Droplet IDs.

No response body will be sent back, but the response code will indicate
success. Specifically, the response code will be a 204, which means that the
action was successful with no returned body data.

## Path parameters

- `firewall_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- object
  - `droplet_ids` integer[], required — An array containing the IDs of the Droplets to be assigned to the firewall.

## Response `204`

The action was successful and the response body is empty.

## Other responses

- `400` — There was an error parsing the request body.
- `401` — Authentication failed due to invalid credentials.
- `404` — The resource was not found.
- `429` — The API rate limit has been exceeded.
- `500` — There was a server error.
- `default` — There was an unexpected error.

---

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