Delete Rate Rule

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Deletes a rate rule that determines the maximum number of requests that will be allowed within a given time period.

Request

A request to delete a rate rule is described below.

HTTP Method	Request URI
DELETE	https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/waf/v1.0/limit/Rate Rule 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.
Rate Rule ID Required	Replace this variable with the system-defined ID of the desired rate rule. Use the Get All Rate Rules endpoint to retrieve a list of rate rules and their 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.

A sample JSON response is shown below.

{
	"id": "vTma2xvK",
	"status": "success",
	"success": true
}