Delete Bot Rule Set

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Deletes a bot rule set.

Request

A request to delete a bot rule set is described below.

HTTP Method Request URI

DELETE

https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/waf/v1.0/bots/Bot Rule Set ID

Define the following variables 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.

Bot Rule Set ID

Required

Replace this variable with the system-defined ID for the desired bot rule set.

Use the Get All Bot Rule Sets endpoint to retrieve a list of bot rule sets and their system-defined IDs

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 parameters:

Name Data Type Description

id

String

Indicates the system-defined ID for the resource.

status

String

Returns success.

success

Boolean

Returns true.

Errors

The response body for an unsuccessful request contains the following parameters:

Name Data Type Description

success

Boolean

Returns false.

errors

Array

Objects

Contains one or more error(s).

errors Array

The errors array describes each error that occurred using the following properties:

Name Data Type Description

code

Integer

Indicates the HTTP status code for the error.

message

String

Indicates the description for the error that occurred.

Sample Request and Response (JSON)

A sample JSON request is shown below.

DELETE https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/0001/waf/v1.0/bots/pfJKToQF HTTP/1.1

Authorization: TOK:12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab

Accept: application/json

Content-Type: application/json

Host: api.edgecast.com

A sample JSON response is shown below.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Cache-Control: private

Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:00:00 GMT

Content-Length: 65

{
	"id": "pfJKToQF",
	"status": "success",
	"success": true
}