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Get Rate Rule

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Retrieves a list of rate rules. A rate rule determines the maximum number of requests that will be allowed within a given time period.

Request

A request to retrieve all rate rules is described below.

HTTP Method Request URI

GET

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 response elements:

Name Data Type Description

condition_groups

Array

Objects

Contains the set of condition groups associated with a rule.

customer_id

String

Identifies your account by its customer account number.

disabled

Boolean

Indicates whether this rate rule will be enforced. Valid values are:

  • true: Disabled. This rate limit will not be applied to traffic.
  • false: Enabled. Traffic is restricted to this rate limit.

duration_sec

Integer

Indicates the length, in seconds, of the rolling window that tracks the number of requests eligible for rate limiting.

The rate limit formula is calculated through the num and duration_sec properties as indicated below.

num requests per duration_sec

Valid values are:

1 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 300

id

String

Indicates the system-defined ID for the rate rule.

keys

Array

String values

Indicates the method by requests will be grouped for the purposes of this rate rule. Valid values are:

  • Missing / Empty Array: If the keys property is not defined or set to an empty array, all requests will be treated as a single group for the purpose of rate limiting.
  • IP: Indicates that requests will be grouped by IP address. Each unique IP address is considered a separate group.
  • USER_AGENT: Indicates that requests will be grouped by a client's user agent. Each unique combination of IP address and user agent is considered a separate group.

last_modified_by

String

Reserved for future use.

last_modified_date

String

Indicates the timestamp at which this rate rule was last modified.

Syntax:

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss:ffffffZ

Learn more.

name

String

Indicates the name of the rate rule.

num

Integer

Indicates the rate limit value. This value identifies the number of requests that will trigger rate limiting.

The rate limit formula is calculated through the num and duration_sec properties as indicated below.

num requests per duration_sec

version

Integer

Reserved for future use.

condition_groups Array

The condition_groups array describes each condition group using the following properties:

Name Data Type Description

conditions

Array

Objects

Contains a list of match conditions. This array describes each condition within a condition group using the following properties:

target Object

The target object describes the type of match condition.

op Object

The op object contains the match condition's properties.

id

String

Indicates the system-defined alphanumeric ID of a condition group.

Example:

abcDEFgh

name

String

Indicates the name of a condition group.
target Object

The target object describes the type of match condition using the following properties:

Name Data Type Description

type

String

Determines how requests will be identified. Valid values are:

FILE_EXT | GEOIdentifies the country from which the request originated by its 2 character country code. | REMOTE_ADDR | REMOTE_ASN | REQUEST_HEADERS | REQUEST_METHOD | REQUEST_URIRequest URL Path: Match against the request's URL path. Define a URL path that starts directly after the hostname. Exclude the protocol, hostname, and query string when defining this property.

value

String

type: REQUEST_HEADERS Only

Indicates the name of the request header through which requests will be identified. Valid values are:

Host | Referer | User-Agent
op Object

The op object describes each match condition using the following properties:

Name Data Type Description

is_case_insensitive

Boolean

Indicates whether the comparison between the requestThe attribute (e.g., hostname, URL path, IP address, etc.) of the request that will be compared is determined by the variable array. and the values property is case-sensitive. Valid values are:

  • True: Case-insensitive
  • False: Case-sensitive

is_negated

Boolean

Indicates whether this match condition will be satisfied when the requestThe attribute (e.g., hostname, URL path, IP address, etc.) of the request that will be compared is determined by the variable array. matches or does not match the value defined by the values property. Valid values are:

  • True: Does not match
  • False: Matches

type

String

Indicates how the system will interpret the comparison between the requestThe attribute (e.g., hostname, URL path, IP address, etc.) of the request that will be compared is determined by the variable array. and the values property.

Learn more about match types.

Valid values are:

  • EM: Requires that the request's attribute be set to one of the value(s) defined in the values property.

  • IPMATCH: Requires that the request's IP address either be contained by an IP block or be an exact match to an IP address defined in the values property.

    Only use IPMATCH with the REMOTE_ADDR match condition.

  • RX: Requires that the request's attribute be an exact match to the regular expression defined in the value property.

value

String

type: RX Only

Identifies a regular expression used to identify requests that are eligible for rate limiting.

values

Array

String values

type: EM and IPMATCH Only

Identifies one or more values used to identify requests that are eligible for rate limiting.

If you are matching requests by IP address, make sure to use standard IPv4 and CIDR notation.

Errors

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

View common error messages.

Sample Request and Response (JSON)

A sample JSON request is shown below.

GET https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/0001/waf/v1.0/limit/vTma2xvK 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: 164

{
	"customer_id": "0001",
	"duration_sec": 5,
	"id": "vTma2xvK",
	"last_modified_date": "2020-05-30T00:50:12.868998Z",
	"name": "My Rate Limit",
	"num": 10
}