Add Profile by Template

This article explains the legacy version of WAF 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.

WAF Essential cannot be configured via our APIs. However, you may leverage our APIs to retrieve WAF and Rate Limiting event log data.

Creates a WAF profile based on a specific template.

Use the Update Profile endpoint to fine-tune the configuration of a profile created through this endpoint.

Request

A request to create a profile is described below.

HTTP Method Request URI

POST

https://api.transactcdn.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/waf/config/profiles/bytemplate

Define the following variable 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 left-hand corner of the TCC.

Request Headers

This endpointIdentifies a request's connection point to our REST API service. only takes advantage of common request headers.

Request Body

Pass the following request body parameters:

Name Data Type Description

name

Required

String

Defines the name that will be assigned to the new profile.

template_id

Required

String

Identifies a template by its system-defined ID. This template determines the configuration that will be applied to the new profile.

Use the Get Available Templates endpoint to retrieve a list of templates and their IDs. Use the Get Template endpoint to view a template's configuration.

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 parameters:

Name Data Type Description

id

String

Identifies the new WAF profile by its system-defined ID.

status

String

Returns "success" when a WAF profile is created.

success

Boolean

Indicates whether the WAF profile was created.

Valid values are:

  • true
  • false

Errors

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

View common error messages.

Sample Request and Response

A sample JSON request is shown below.

POST https://api.transactcdn.com/v2/mcc/customers/0001/waf/config/profiles/bytemplate HTTP/1.1

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

Accept: application/json

Content-Type: application/json

Host:api.transactcdn.com

Content-Length: 87

{
	"name" : "Site C Profile",
	"template_id" : "03_Trustwave_OWASP_Integrated.json"
}

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: 93

{
	"id": "41abd111-2fcd-4333-8cfb-1a2bcd34e45f",
	"status": "success",
	"success": true
}