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Rate Limit Rules

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Delete Rate Limit Rules

delete

Delete all Rate Limit Rules in a configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rules deleted successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
delete
DELETE /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Accept: */*

{
  "message": "Successfully deleted entry"
}

Get specific Rate Limit Rule

get

Get a Rate Limit Rule from the specified configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
entry_idstringRequired
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rule retrieved successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
get
GET /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules/{entry_id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Accept: */*

{
  "action": "text",
  "active": true,
  "description": "text",
  "exclude": {
    "relation": "OR",
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "global": true,
  "id": "text",
  "include": {
    "relation": "OR",
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "is_action_ban": true,
  "key": 1,
  "last_activated": 1,
  "name": "text",
  "pairwith": null,
  "tags": [
    "text"
  ],
  "threshold": 1,
  "timeframe": 1,
  "ttl": 1
}

Delete single Rate Limit Rule

delete

Delete an individual Rate Limit Rule from the specified configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
entry_idstringRequired
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rule deleted successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
delete
DELETE /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules/{entry_id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Accept: */*

{
  "message": "Successfully deleted entry"
}

Get Rate Limit Rules version list

get

Get list of versions of Rate Limit Rules in a configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rules version list retrieved successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
get
GET /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules/versions HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Accept: */*

{
  "total": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "author": "text",
      "email": "name@gmail.com",
      "message": "text",
      "date": "2025-05-17T07:32:19.270Z",
      "version": "42bcc1282349db1e5791484c3d69420b1d8a8bc1",
      "parents": [
        "f44073242093228b45bff7eb7a065559fa9b46aa"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Get version of Rate Limit Rule

get

Get a specific version of a Rate Limit Rule

Path parameters
configstringRequired
versionstringRequired
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rule retrieved successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
get
GET /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules/versions/{version} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Accept: */*

{
  "total": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "action": "text",
      "active": true,
      "description": "text",
      "exclude": {
        "relation": "OR",
        "tags": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "global": true,
      "id": "text",
      "include": {
        "relation": "OR",
        "tags": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "is_action_ban": true,
      "key": 1,
      "last_activated": 1,
      "name": "text",
      "pairwith": null,
      "tags": [
        "text"
      ],
      "threshold": 1,
      "timeframe": 1,
      "ttl": 1
    }
  ]
}

Revert a Rate Limit Rule to the specified version

put

Set a previous Rate Limit Rule version to be the current one

Path parameters
configstringRequired
versionstringRequired
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rule reversion was successful
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
put
PUT /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules/versions/{version}/revert HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Accept: */*

{
  "message": "Successfully updated entry"
}
  • GETGet Rate Limit Rules
  • PUTModify Rate Limit Rules
  • POSTCreate Rate Limit Rules
  • DELETEDelete Rate Limit Rules
  • GETGet specific Rate Limit Rule
  • PUTModify a single Rate Limit Rule
  • POSTCreate single Rate Limit Rule
  • DELETEDelete single Rate Limit Rule
  • GETGet Rate Limit Rules version list
  • GETGet version of Rate Limit Rule
  • PUTRevert a Rate Limit Rule to the specified version

Get Rate Limit Rules

get

Get all Rate Limit Rules in a configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rules retrieved successfully
application/json
get
GET /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Accept: */*
200

Rate Limit Rules retrieved successfully

{
  "total": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "action": "text",
      "active": true,
      "description": "text",
      "exclude": {
        "relation": "OR",
        "tags": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "global": true,
      "id": "text",
      "include": {
        "relation": "OR",
        "tags": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "is_action_ban": true,
      "key": 1,
      "last_activated": 1,
      "name": "text",
      "pairwith": null,
      "tags": [
        "text"
      ],
      "threshold": 1,
      "timeframe": 1,
      "ttl": 1
    }
  ]
}

Modify Rate Limit Rules

put

Update an existing set of Rate Limit Rules for a configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
Body
actionstringRequired
activebooleanRequired
descriptionstringOptional
globalbooleanRequired
idstringRequired
is_action_banbooleanOptional
keyany ofOptional
integerOptional
or
numberOptional
or
booleanOptional
or
anyOptional
or
last_activatedintegerOptional
namestringRequired
pairwithanyOptional
tagsstring[]Optional
thresholdintegerRequired
timeframeintegerRequired
ttlintegerOptional
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rules updated successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
put
PUT /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 298

[
  {
    "action": "text",
    "active": true,
    "description": "text",
    "exclude": {
      "relation": "OR",
      "tags": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "global": true,
    "id": "text",
    "include": {
      "relation": "OR",
      "tags": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "is_action_ban": true,
    "key": 1,
    "last_activated": 1,
    "name": "text",
    "pairwith": null,
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ],
    "threshold": 1,
    "timeframe": 1,
    "ttl": 1
  }
]
{
  "message": "Successfully updated entry"
}

Create Rate Limit Rules

post

Create a complete set of Rate Limit Rules for a configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
Body
actionstringRequired
activebooleanRequired
descriptionstringOptional
globalbooleanRequired
idstringRequired
is_action_banbooleanOptional
keyany ofOptional
integerOptional
or
numberOptional
or
booleanOptional
or
anyOptional
or
last_activatedintegerOptional
namestringRequired
pairwithanyOptional
tagsstring[]Optional
thresholdintegerRequired
timeframeintegerRequired
ttlintegerOptional
Responses
201
Rate Limit Rules created successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
post
POST /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 298

[
  {
    "action": "text",
    "active": true,
    "description": "text",
    "exclude": {
      "relation": "OR",
      "tags": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "global": true,
    "id": "text",
    "include": {
      "relation": "OR",
      "tags": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "is_action_ban": true,
    "key": 1,
    "last_activated": 1,
    "name": "text",
    "pairwith": null,
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ],
    "threshold": 1,
    "timeframe": 1,
    "ttl": 1
  }
]
{
  "message": "Successfully created entry"
}

Modify a single Rate Limit Rule

put

Update an individual Rate Limit Rule within a configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
entry_idstringRequired
Body
actionstringRequired
activebooleanRequired
descriptionstringOptional
globalbooleanRequired
idstringRequired
is_action_banbooleanOptional
keyany ofOptional
integerOptional
or
numberOptional
or
booleanOptional
or
anyOptional
or
last_activatedintegerOptional
namestringRequired
pairwithanyOptional
tagsstring[]Optional
thresholdintegerRequired
timeframeintegerRequired
ttlintegerOptional
Responses
200
Rate Limit Rule updated successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
put
PUT /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules/{entry_id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 296

{
  "action": "text",
  "active": true,
  "description": "text",
  "exclude": {
    "relation": "OR",
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "global": true,
  "id": "text",
  "include": {
    "relation": "OR",
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "is_action_ban": true,
  "key": 1,
  "last_activated": 1,
  "name": "text",
  "pairwith": null,
  "tags": [
    "text"
  ],
  "threshold": 1,
  "timeframe": 1,
  "ttl": 1
}
{
  "message": "Successfully updated entry"
}

Create single Rate Limit Rule

post

Create an individual Rate Limit Rule within a configuration

Path parameters
configstringRequired
entry_idstringRequired
Body
actionstringRequired
activebooleanRequired
descriptionstringOptional
globalbooleanRequired
idstringRequired
is_action_banbooleanOptional
keyany ofOptional
integerOptional
or
numberOptional
or
booleanOptional
or
anyOptional
or
last_activatedintegerOptional
namestringRequired
pairwithanyOptional
tagsstring[]Optional
thresholdintegerRequired
timeframeintegerRequired
ttlintegerOptional
Responses
201
Rate Limit Rule created successfully
application/json
422
Validation Error
application/json
post
POST /api/v4.0/conf/{config}/rate-limit-rules/{entry_id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 296

{
  "action": "text",
  "active": true,
  "description": "text",
  "exclude": {
    "relation": "OR",
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "global": true,
  "id": "text",
  "include": {
    "relation": "OR",
    "tags": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "is_action_ban": true,
  "key": 1,
  "last_activated": 1,
  "name": "text",
  "pairwith": null,
  "tags": [
    "text"
  ],
  "threshold": 1,
  "timeframe": 1,
  "ttl": 1
}
{
  "message": "Successfully created entry"
}