Cloudflare (Wrangler CLI)

Manage Cloudflare Workers and associated services via the

wrangler

Prerequisites

• Node.js v20+ required
• Install:

  npm install -g wrangler

  or use project-local

  npx wrangler

• Auth:

  wrangler login

  (opens browser for OAuth)
• Verify:

  wrangler whoami

Quick Reference

Workers

# Initialize new worker
wrangler init <name>

# Local development
wrangler dev [script]

# Deploy
wrangler deploy [script]

# List deployments
wrangler deployments list

# View deployment
wrangler deployments view [deployment-id]

# Rollback
wrangler rollback [version-id]

# Delete worker
wrangler delete [name]

# Tail logs (live)
wrangler tail [worker]

Secrets

# Add/update secret (interactive)
wrangler secret put <key>

# Add secret from stdin
echo "value" | wrangler secret put <key>

# List secrets
wrangler secret list

# Delete secret
wrangler secret delete <key>

# Bulk upload from JSON file
wrangler secret bulk secrets.json

KV (Key-Value Store)

# Create namespace
wrangler kv namespace create <name>

# List namespaces
wrangler kv namespace list

# Delete namespace
wrangler kv namespace delete --namespace-id <id>

# Put key
wrangler kv key put <key> <value> --namespace-id <id>

# Get key
wrangler kv key get <key> --namespace-id <id>

# Delete key
wrangler kv key delete <key> --namespace-id <id>

# List keys
wrangler kv key list --namespace-id <id>

# Bulk operations (JSON file)
wrangler kv bulk put <file> --namespace-id <id>
wrangler kv bulk delete <file> --namespace-id <id>

D1 (SQL Database)

# Create database
wrangler d1 create <name>

# List databases
wrangler d1 list

# Database info
wrangler d1 info <name>

# Execute SQL
wrangler d1 execute <database> --command "SELECT * FROM users"

# Execute SQL file
wrangler d1 execute <database> --file schema.sql

# Local execution (for dev)
wrangler d1 execute <database> --local --command "..."

# Export database
wrangler d1 export <name> --output backup.sql

# Delete database
wrangler d1 delete <name>

# Migrations
wrangler d1 migrations create <database> <name>
wrangler d1 migrations apply <database>
wrangler d1 migrations list <database>

R2 (Object Storage)

# Create bucket
wrangler r2 bucket create <name>

# List buckets
wrangler r2 bucket list

# Delete bucket
wrangler r2 bucket delete <name>

# Upload object
wrangler r2 object put <bucket>/<key> --file <path>

# Download object
wrangler r2 object get <bucket>/<key> --file <path>

# Delete object
wrangler r2 object delete <bucket>/<key>

Queues

# Create queue
wrangler queues create <name>

# List queues
wrangler queues list

# Delete queue
wrangler queues delete <name>

Configuration Files

Wrangler supports both TOML and JSON/JSONC config formats:

• wrangler.toml

  — traditional format

• wrangler.json

  or

  wrangler.jsonc

  — newer, with JSON schema support

⚠️ Important: If both exist, JSON takes precedence. Pick one format to avoid confusion where edits to TOML are ignored.

JSONC format (with schema autocomplete)

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json",
  "name": "my-worker",
  "main": "src/index.ts",
  "compatibility_date": "2024-12-30"
}

TOML format

name = "my-worker"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-12-30"

With bindings:

name = "my-worker"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-12-30"

# KV binding
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "MY_KV"
id = "xxx"

# D1 binding
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "my-db"
database_id = "xxx"

# R2 binding
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "BUCKET"
bucket_name = "my-bucket"

# Environment variables
[vars]
API_URL = "https://api.example.com"

# Secrets (set via `wrangler secret put`)
# Referenced as env.SECRET_NAME in worker code

Static assets (for frameworks like Next.js):

name = "my-site"
main = ".open-next/worker.js"
compatibility_date = "2024-12-30"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

[assets]
directory = ".open-next/assets"
binding = "ASSETS"

Common Patterns

Deploy with environment

wrangler deploy -e production
wrangler deploy -e staging

Custom domain (via dashboard or API)

Custom domains must be configured in the Cloudflare dashboard under Worker Settings > Domains & Routes, or via the Cloudflare API. Wrangler doesn't directly manage custom domains.

Local development with bindings

# Creates local D1/KV/R2 for dev
wrangler dev --local

Checking deployment status

wrangler deployments list
wrangler deployments view

What Wrangler Does NOT Do

• DNS management — Use the Cloudflare dashboard or API for DNS records
• Custom domains — Configure via dashboard (Worker Settings > Domains & Routes) or API
• SSL certificates — Managed automatically by Cloudflare when custom domains are added
• Firewall/WAF rules — Use dashboard or API

For DNS/domain management, see the

cloudflare

Troubleshooting

wrangler login

wrangler.toml

wrangler.jsonc

-c path/to/config

wrangler.json

wrangler.jsonc

wrangler.toml

Resources

• Wrangler Docs
• Workers Docs
• D1 Docs
• R2 Docs
• KV Docs