Get Available Match Comparison Types - Deprecated

This article explains the legacy version of Rate Limiting that underwent end-of-life on June 30, 2021. Our new version of WAF expands upon all of the capabilities offered by WAF (Legacy) and Rate Limiting (Legacy) with a simplified and centralized setup. Please upgrade to the latest version of WAF at your earliest convenience.

This deprecated endpoint was discontinuedIdentifies an endpoint that is no longer in service. This type of endpoint should not be used. All scripts that include this type of endpoint must be updated to use a different endpoint. on 12/9/2019. If you have not already updated your scripts and applications to leverage the Get Configuration (Version 1.0) and Update Configuration (Version 1.0) endpoints, then we strongly encourage you to do so immediately.

Indicates the available endpoints for defining a match between a match condition and a match value.

Learn more about match types.

This endpoint only supports JSON.

Request

A request to retrieve match types is described below.

HTTP Method	Request URI
GET	https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/defend/rate_limiting/config_options/rules/operators

Define the following term when submitting the above request:

VariableA variable represents a value that must be replaced. A variable consists of either a URL segment (e.g., "0001" in /0001/) or a query string value (e.g., "3" in mediaTypes=3).	Description
AccountNumber Required	Replace this variable with a customer account number. This account number may be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC.

Request Headers

This endpointIdentifies a request's connection point to our REST API service. only takes advantage of common request headers.

Request Body

Request body parameters are not required by this endpoint.

Response

The response to the above request includes an HTTP status code, response headers, and a response body.

Status Code

A status code indicates whether the request was successfully performed.

Response Headers

The response for this endpoint only includes standard HTTP response headers.

View common response headers.

Response Body

The response body for a successful request contains the following response parameters for each available match type:

Name	Data Type	Description
friendly_name	String	Identifies a match type by its name.
help	String	Provides a brief description of the match type's purpose.
multi_value	Boolean	Indicates whether the match condition may be set to multiple values. Valid values are: True: Yes False: No
type	String	Identifies a match type by its technical name.

Errors

The response body for an unsuccessful request will contain an error response that provides additional information.

View common error messages.

Sample Request and Response

A sample JSON request is shown below.

A sample JSON response is shown below.

[{
		"friendly_name" : "Exact Match",
		"type" : "STREQ",
		"help" : "Matches exactly the string provided.",
		"multi_value" : false
	}, {
		"friendly_name" : "Multiple Exact Match",
		"type" : "PM",
		"help" : "Matches exactly one of the strings provided.",
		"multi_value" : true
	}
]