This article explains the legacy version of
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.
Describes each available action type. An action type determines the type of action that will take place on rate limited requests.
This endpoint only supports JSON.
A request to retrieve the set of available action types is described below.
HTTP Method | Request URI |
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GET |
https://api.transactcdn.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/defend/rate_limiting/config_options/enforcements |
Define the following term when submitting the above request:
Description | |
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Required |
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This endpointIdentifies a request's connection point to our REST API service. only takes advantage of common request headers.
Request body parameters are not required by this endpoint.
The response to the above request includes an HTTP status code, response headers, and a response body.
A status code indicates whether the request was successfully performed.
The response for this endpoint only includes standard HTTP response headers.
The response body for a successful request contains the following response parameters for each available action type returned by this endpoint:
Name | Data Type | Description |
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friendly_name |
String |
Identifies an action type by its name. |
type |
String |
Identifies an action type by its technical name. |
help |
String |
Provides a brief description of the action type’s purpose. |
parameters |
Array |
This response parameter describes each setting associated with a specific action type. The set of settings included in this response parameter varies by action type. |
name |
String |
parameters array Identifies a setting by its internal name. |
base64_encoded |
Boolean |
parameters array Indicates whether the value associated with this setting is Base64 encoded. If this response parameter is set to "true," then this setting's value is Base64 encoded. |
default |
Integer |
parameters array Indicates the setting's default value. |
required |
Boolean |
parameters array Indicates whether this setting must be defined when the parent action type is assigned to a rule. |
friendly_name |
String |
parameters array Identifies a setting by its name. |
type |
String |
parameters array Indicates the setting's data type. Valid values are:
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help |
String |
parameters array Provides a brief description for the setting. |
The response body for an unsuccessful request will contain an error response that provides additional information.
A sample JSON request is shown below.
GET https://api.transactcdn.com/v2/mcc/customers/0001/defend/rate_limiting/config_options/enforcements HTTP/1.1
Authorization: TOK:12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Host:api.transactcdn.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: 1400
[{ "friendly_name" : "Redirect (HTTP 302)", "type" : "redirect-302", "help" : "Sends the client an HTTP 302 redirect to the given URL.", "parameters" : [{ "type" : "string", "required" : true, "friendly_name" : "URL", "name" : "url", "help" : "The URL to redirect to." } ] }, { "friendly_name" : "Custom Response", "type" : "custom-response", "help" : "Sends the client a custom response.", "parameters" : [{ "name" : "response_body_base64", "base64_encoded" : true, "required" : false, "friendly_name" : "Response Body", "type" : "string", "help" : "The response to send the client." }, { "name" : "status", "default" : 404, "required" : true, "friendly_name" : "HTTP Status Code", "type" : "int", "help" : "The HTTP Status Code to send the client (e.g. 404)" }, { "type" : "dict", "required" : false, "friendly_name" : "Custom Response Headers", "name" : "response_headers", "help" : "A set of custom headers to send in the response, \"header-name\": \"value\"" } ] }, { "friendly_name" : "Drop Request", "type" : "drop-request", "help" : "Sends the client a 503 and Retry-After header.", "parameters" : [] }, { "friendly_name" : "Alert Only", "type" : "nop", "help" : "Take no action.", "parameters" : [] } ]