Updating a Policy

Function

This API is used to update a policy. The request body can contain only the part to be updated.

URI

PATCH /v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID

policy_id

Yes

String

Policy ID. It can be obtained by calling the API Querying Protection Policies.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).

Content-Type

Yes

String

Content type. Default value: application/json;charset=utf8

Default: application/json;charset=utf8

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

No

String

Array of details of policies

action

No

PolicyAction object

PolicyAction

options

No

PolicyOption object

PolicyOption

robot_action

No

Action object

Feature-based anti-crawler protection mode. This parameter is unavailable for newly created protection policies. The default protection mode is Log only.

level

No

Integer

Protection level

  • 1: WAF detects wget, cURL, and more but does not detect XSS and command injection attacks in the header, so you may miss more vulnerabilities that actually exist. If you find out that configured protection rules are affecting your services, adjust the protection level to 1.

  • 2: Medium. WAF detects remote file inclusion, third-party software vulnerabilities, web shell, and cp and ftp commands. This is the default value.

  • 3: If you need a stricter protection level, set this parameter to 3. This may increase the false positive rate but decrease the false negative rate, such as nc, nmap, and kill.

full_detection

No

Boolean

Detection mode in the precise protection rule

  • true: full detection. WAF blocks all requests that hit the configured precise protection rule when it finishes all threat detections.

  • false: instant detection. WAF immediately ends threat detection and blocks the request that hits the configured precise protection rule.

Table 4 PolicyAction

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

category

No

String

Protection level. The value can be:

  • block: WAF blocks attacks.

  • log: WAF only logs detected attacks.

Enumeration values:

  • block

  • log

Table 5 PolicyOption

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

webattack

No

Boolean

Basic web protection includes many specific checks under Advanced Settings, and there is a specific parameter allocated for each check, for example, common for General Check. To enable any of these checks, keep this parameter enabled first. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

common

No

Boolean

Whether general check is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

anticrawler

No

Boolean

Whether to enable the JavaScript anti-crawler function.

  • true: Enabled

  • false: Disabled

crawler_engine

No

Boolean

Whether the search engine is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

crawler_scanner

No

Boolean

Whether the scanner check in anti-crawler detection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

crawler_script

No

Boolean

Whether the JavaScript anti-crawler is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

crawler_other

No

Boolean

Whether other crawler check is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

webshell

No

Boolean

Whether webshell check is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

cc

No

Boolean

Whether the CC attack protection rule is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

custom

No

Boolean

Whether precise protection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

whiteblackip

No

Boolean

Whether blacklist and whitelist protection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

geoip

No

Boolean

Whether geolocation access control is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

ignore

No

Boolean

Whether false alarm masking is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

privacy

No

Boolean

Whether data masking is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

antitamper

No

Boolean

Whether the web tamper protection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

antileakage

No

Boolean

Whether the information leakage prevention is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

followed_action

No

Boolean

Whether the Known Attack Source protection is enabled.. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

bot_enable

No

Boolean

Feature-based anti-crawler. This feature includes many specific anti-crawler checks, such as crawler_engine, crawler_scanner, crawler_script, and crawler_other. To enable any of these checks, keep anti-crawler protection enabled. The value can be:

  • true: Enabled

  • false: Disabled

crawler

No

Boolean

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

precise

No

Boolean

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

modulex_enabled

No

Boolean

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

Enumeration values:

  • true

  • false

Table 6 Action

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

category

No

String

Protective action for feature-based anti-crawler rules:

  • log: WAF only logs discovered attacks.

  • block: WAF blocks discovered attacks.

Enumeration values:

  • log

  • block

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Policy ID

name

String

Array of details of policies

action

PolicyAction object

PolicyAction

options

PolicyOption object

PolicyOption

level

Integer

Protection level

  • 1: WAF detects wget, cURL, and more but does not detect XSS and command injection attacks in the header, so you may miss more vulnerabilities that actually exist. If you find out that configured protection rules are affecting your services, adjust the protection level to 1.

  • 2: Medium. WAF detects remote file inclusion, third-party software vulnerabilities, web shell, and cp and ftp commands. This is the default value.

  • 3: If you need a stricter protection level, set this parameter to 3. This may increase the false positive rate but decrease the false negative rate, such as nc, nmap, and kill.

full_detection

Boolean

Detection mode in the precise protection rule

  • true: full detection. WAF blocks all requests that hit the configured precise protection rule when it finishes all threat detections.

  • false: instant detection. WAF immediately ends threat detection and blocks the request that hits the configured precise protection rule.

bind_host

Array of BindHost objects

Basic information about the protected domain.

hosts

Array of strings

Array of IDs of protected domain names. The ID of a protected domain name is unique and generated by WAF when you add the domain name to WAF. To obtain the IDs, call the API Querying Domain Names Protected by Dedicated WAF Engines. To add a domain name to WAF, call the API Adding a Protected Domain Name.

robot_action

Action object

Feature-based anti-crawler protection mode. This parameter is unavailable for newly created protection policies. The default protection mode is Log only.

extend

PolicyExtend object

Switch for enabling or disabling Deep Inspection and Header Inspection in Basic Web Protection.

share_info

ShareInfo object

Whether to share a policy. This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

modulex_options

ModulexOptions object

Whether to enabling intelligent CC protection. This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

timestamp

Integer

Time a policy is created

Table 8 PolicyAction

Parameter

Type

Description

category

String

Protection level. The value can be:

  • block: WAF blocks attacks.

  • log: WAF only logs detected attacks.

Enumeration values:

  • block

  • log

Table 9 PolicyOption

Parameter

Type

Description

webattack

Boolean

Basic web protection includes many specific checks under Advanced Settings, and there is a specific parameter allocated for each check, for example, common for General Check. To enable any of these checks, keep this parameter enabled first. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

common

Boolean

Whether general check is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

anticrawler

Boolean

Whether to enable the JavaScript anti-crawler function.

  • true: Enabled

  • false: Disabled

crawler_engine

Boolean

Whether the search engine is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

crawler_scanner

Boolean

Whether the scanner check in anti-crawler detection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

crawler_script

Boolean

Whether the JavaScript anti-crawler is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

crawler_other

Boolean

Whether other crawler check is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

webshell

Boolean

Whether webshell check is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

cc

Boolean

Whether the CC attack protection rule is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

custom

Boolean

Whether precise protection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

whiteblackip

Boolean

Whether blacklist and whitelist protection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

geoip

Boolean

Whether geolocation access control is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

ignore

Boolean

Whether false alarm masking is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

privacy

Boolean

Whether data masking is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

antitamper

Boolean

Whether the web tamper protection is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

antileakage

Boolean

Whether the information leakage prevention is enabled. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

followed_action

Boolean

Whether the Known Attack Source protection is enabled.. The value can be:

  • true: enabled

  • false: disabled

bot_enable

Boolean

Feature-based anti-crawler. This feature includes many specific anti-crawler checks, such as crawler_engine, crawler_scanner, crawler_script, and crawler_other. To enable any of these checks, keep anti-crawler protection enabled. The value can be:

  • true: Enabled

  • false: Disabled

crawler

Boolean

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

precise

Boolean

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

modulex_enabled

Boolean

This parameter is reserved and can be ignored currently.

Enumeration values:

  • true

  • false

Table 10 BindHost

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Domain name ID. It is the unique identifier generated by WAF for a domain name when you add the domain name to WAF

hostname

String

Domain name

waf_type

String

WAF mode of the domain name. The value is premium.

Table 11 Action

Parameter

Type

Description

category

String

Protective action for feature-based anti-crawler rules:

  • log: WAF only logs discovered attacks.

  • block: WAF blocks discovered attacks.

Enumeration values:

  • log

  • block

Table 12 PolicyExtend

Parameter

Type

Description

extend

String

Protection statuses for advanced settings in basic web protection. By default, this parameter is left blank, and the Deep Inspection and Header Inspection are disabled.

  • If deep_decode is set to true, the Deep Inspection is enabled.

  • If check_all_headers is set to true, the Header Inspection is enabled.

  • If deep_decode and check_all_headers are set to true, the Deep Inspection and Header Inspection are disabled.

Table 13 ShareInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

share_count

Integer

Total number of the users who share the address group.

accept_count

Integer

Number of users who accept the sharing

process_status

Integer

Status

Table 14 ModulexOptions

Parameter

Type

Description

global_rate_enabled

Boolean

Status of the global rate limiting function (counting requests to all WAF instances when limiting traffic).

  • false: Disabled.

  • true: Enabled.

global_rate_mode

String

Protection mode of the global rate limiting function. WAF logs the event only.

  • block: WAF blocks requests.

Enumeration values:

  • log

  • block

precise_rules_enabled

Boolean

Status of the intelligent precise protection.

  • false: Disabled.

  • true: Enabled.

precise_rules_mode

String

Protection mode of the intelligent precise protection.

  • log: WAF logs the event only.

  • block: WAF blocks requests.

Enumeration values:

  • log

  • block

precise_rules_managed_mode

String

Management mode of the intelligent precise protection.

  • auto: Automatic

Enumeration values:

  • auto

precise_rules_aging_mode

String

Aging mode of the intelligent precise protection.

  • auto: Automatic

Enumeration values:

  • auto

precise_rules_retention

Integer

Maximum age of the intelligent precise protection.

cc_rules_enabled

Boolean

Status of the intelligent CC attack protection.

  • false: Disabled.

  • true: Enabled.

cc_rules_mode

String

Protection mode of the intelligent CC attack protection rule.

  • log: WAF logs the event only.

  • block: WAF blocks requests.

Enumeration values:

  • log

  • block

cc_rules_managed_mode

String

Management mode of the intelligent CC attack protection.

  • auto: Automatic

Enumeration values:

  • auto

cc_rules_aging_mode

String

Aging mode of the intelligent CC attack protection.

  • auto: Automatic

Enumeration values:

  • auto

cc_rules_retention

Integer

Maximum age of the intelligent CC attack protection.

Status code: 400

Table 15 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code

error_msg

String

Error message

Status code: 401

Table 16 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code

error_msg

String

Error message

Status code: 500

Table 17 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code

error_msg

String

Error message

Example Requests

PATCH https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}?

{
  "options" : {
    "whiteblackip" : true
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "id" : "38ff0cb9a10e4d5293c642bc0350fa6d",
  "name" : "demo",
  "level" : 2,
  "action" : {
    "category" : "log"
  },
  "options" : {
    "webattack" : true,
    "common" : true,
    "crawler" : true,
    "crawler_engine" : false,
    "crawler_scanner" : true,
    "crawler_script" : false,
    "crawler_other" : false,
    "webshell" : false,
    "cc" : true,
    "custom" : true,
    "precise" : false,
    "whiteblackip" : true,
    "geoip" : true,
    "ignore" : true,
    "privacy" : true,
    "antitamper" : true,
    "anticrawler" : false,
    "antileakage" : false,
    "followed_action" : false,
    "bot_enable" : true
  },
  "hosts" : [ "c0268b883a854adc8a2cd352193b0e13" ],
  "timestamp" : 1650529538732,
  "full_detection" : false,
  "bind_host" : [ {
    "id" : "c0268b883a854adc8a2cd352193b0e13",
    "hostname" : "www.demo.com",
    "waf_type" : "cloud"
  } ],
  "share_info" : {
    "is_receiver" : false,
    "provider_display" : {
      "share_count" : 0,
      "accept_count" : 0,
      "process_status" : 0
    }
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

400

Request failed.

401

The token does not have required permissions.

500

Internal server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.