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.transactcdn.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 left-hand corner of the TCC.

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.

DELETE https://api.transactcdn.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.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: 51

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