Rate Limiting (Legacy)

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.

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This section describes endpoints in the mcc service.

Configuration

WAF Essential cannot be configured via our APIs. However, you may use our APIs to retrieve event log data. Please contact your account manager to upgrade to the full version of WAF and Rate Limiting.

The endpoints described in this section are designed to assist with the configuration of a rate limiting policy. A brief description for each available endpoint is provided below.

If you haven't already updated your scripts and applications to leverage the following endpoints, then we strongly encourage you to do so immediately.

Endpoint Description

Get Configuration (Version 1.0)

Retrieves your Rate Limiting configuration.

Update Configuration (Version 1.0)

Updates your Rate Limiting configuration.

Event Log

The following endpoints retrieve event log information on rate limited requests:

Endpoint Description

Get Available Event Log Fields

Retrieves a list of the available event log fields.

Get Event Log Entries

Retrieves event log information for a set of rate limited requests.

Get Event Log Entry

Retrieves event log information for a specific rate limited request.

Get Event Log Entry Count

Indicates the total number of rate limited requests that meet the specified criteria.

Get Top Event Log Entries

Indicates the type of records that are most frequently rate limited.