AWS WAF

2015/10/06 - AWS WAF - 28 new api methods

UpdateByteMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Inserts or deletes ByteMatchTuple objects (filters) in a ByteMatchSet. For each ByteMatchTuple object, you specify the following values:

  • Whether to insert or delete the object from the array. If you want to change a ByteMatchSetUpdate object, you delete the existing object and add a new one.

  • The part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to inspect, such as a query string or the value of the User-Agent header.

  • The bytes (typically a string that corresponds with ASCII characters) that you want AWS WAF to look for. For more information, including how you specify the values for the AWS WAF API and the AWS CLI or SDKs, see TargetString in the ByteMatchTuple data type.

  • Where to look, such as at the beginning or the end of a query string.

  • Whether to perform any conversions on the request, such as converting it to lowercase, before inspecting it for the specified string.

For example, you can add a ByteMatchSetUpdate object that matches web requests in which User-Agent headers contain the string BadBot . You can then configure AWS WAF to block those requests.

To create and configure a ByteMatchSet , perform the following steps:

  • Create a ByteMatchSet. For more information, see CreateByteMatchSet.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateByteMatchSet request.

  • Submit an UpdateByteMatchSet request to specify the part of the request that you want AWS WAF to inspect (for example, the header or the URI) and the value that you want AWS WAF to watch for.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.update_byte_match_set(
    ByteMatchSetId='string',
    ChangeToken='string',
    Updates=[
        {
            'Action': 'INSERT'|'DELETE',
            'ByteMatchTuple': {
                'FieldToMatch': {
                    'Type': 'URI'|'QUERY_STRING'|'HEADER'|'METHOD',
                    'Data': 'string'
                },
                'TargetString': b'bytes',
                'TextTransformation': 'NONE'|'COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE'|'HTML_ENTITY_DECODE'|'LOWERCASE'|'CMD_LINE'|'URL_DECODE',
                'PositionalConstraint': 'EXACTLY'|'STARTS_WITH'|'ENDS_WITH'|'CONTAINS'|'CONTAINS_WORD'
            }
        },
    ]
)
type ByteMatchSetId

string

param ByteMatchSetId

[REQUIRED]

The ByteMatchSetId of the ByteMatchSet that you want to update. ByteMatchSetId is returned by CreateByteMatchSet and by ListByteMatchSets.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

type Updates

list

param Updates

[REQUIRED]

An array of ByteMatchSetUpdate objects that you want to insert into or delete from a ByteMatchSet. For more information, see the applicable data types:

  • ByteMatchSetUpdate: Contains Action and ByteMatchTuple

  • ByteMatchTuple: Contains FieldToMatch , PositionalConstraint , TargetString , and TextTransformation

  • FieldToMatch: Contains Data and Type

  • (dict) --

    In an UpdateByteMatchSet request, ByteMatchSetUpdate specifies whether to insert or delete a ByteMatchTuple and includes the settings for the ByteMatchTuple .

    • Action (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      Specifies whether to insert or delete a ByteMatchTuple.

    • ByteMatchTuple (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

      Information about the part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to inspect and the value that you want AWS WAF to search for. If you specify DELETE for the value of Action , the ByteMatchTuple values must exactly match the values in the ByteMatchTuple that you want to delete from the ByteMatchSet .

      • FieldToMatch (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

        The part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to search, such as a specified header or a query string. For more information, see FieldToMatch.

        • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

          The part of the web request that you want AWS WAF to search for a specified string. Parts of a request that you can search include the following:

          • HEADER : A specified request header, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header. If you choose HEADER for the type, specify the name of the header in Data .

          • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicated the type of operation that the request is asking the origin to perform. Amazon CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

          • QUERY_STRING : A query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character, if any.

          • URI : The part of a web request that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

        • Data (string) --

          When the value of Type is HEADER , enter the name of the header that you want AWS WAF to search, for example, User-Agent or Referer . If the value of Type is any other value, omit Data .

          The name of the header is not case sensitive.

      • TargetString (bytes) -- [REQUIRED]

        The value that you want AWS WAF to search for. AWS WAF searches for the specified string in the part of web requests that you specified in FieldToMatch . The maximum length of the value is 50 bytes.

        Valid values depend on the values that you specified for FieldToMatch :

        • HEADER : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the request header that you specified in FieldToMatch, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header.

        • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicates the type of operation specified in the request. CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

        • QUERY_STRING : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character.

        • URI : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the part of a URL that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

        If TargetString includes alphabetic characters A-Z and a-z, note that the value is case sensitive.

        If you're using the AWS WAF API

        Specify a base64-encoded version of the value. The maximum length of the value before you base64-encode it is 50 bytes.

        For example, suppose the value of Type is HEADER and the value of Data is User-Agent . If you want to search the User-Agent header for the value BadBot , you base64-encode BadBot using MIME base64 encoding and include the resulting value, QmFkQm90 , in the value of TargetString .

        If you're using the AWS CLI or one of the AWS SDKs

        The value that you want AWS WAF to search for. The SDK automatically base64 encodes the value.

      • TextTransformation (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        Text transformations eliminate some of the unusual formatting that attackers use in web requests in an effort to bypass AWS WAF. If you specify a transformation, AWS WAF performs the transformation on TargetString before inspecting a request for a match.

        CMD_LINE

        When you're concerned that attackers are injecting an operating system commandline command and using unusual formatting to disguise some or all of the command, use this option to perform the following transformations:

        • Delete the following characters: " ' ^

        • Delete spaces before the following characters: / (

        • Replace the following characters with a space: , ;

        • Replace multiple spaces with one space

        • Convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z)

        COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE

        Use this option to replace the following characters with a space character (decimal 32):

        • f, formfeed, decimal 12

        • t, tab, decimal 9

        • n, newline, decimal 10

        • r, carriage return, decimal 13

        • v, vertical tab, decimal 11

        • non-breaking space, decimal 160

        COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE also replaces multiple spaces with one space.

        HTML_ENTITY_DECODE

        Use this option to replace HTML-encoded characters with unencoded characters. HTML_ENTITY_DECODE performs the following operations:

        • Replaces (ampersand)quot; with "

        • Replaces (ampersand)nbsp; with a non-breaking space, decimal 160

        • Replaces (ampersand)lt; with a "less than" symbol

        • Replaces (ampersand)gt; with >

        • Replaces characters that are represented in hexadecimal format, (ampersand)#xhhhh; , with the corresponding characters

        • Replaces characters that are represented in decimal format, (ampersand)#nnnn; , with the corresponding characters

        LOWERCASE

        Use this option to convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z).

        URL_DECODE

        Use this option to decode a URL-encoded value.

        NONE

        Specify NONE if you don't want to perform any text transformations.

      • PositionalConstraint (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        Within the portion of a web request that you want to search (for example, in the query string, if any), specify where you want AWS WAF to search. Valid values include the following:

        CONTAINS

        The specified part of the web request must include the value of TargetString , but the location doesn't matter.

        CONTAINS_WORD

        The specified part of the web request must include the value of TargetString , and TargetString must contain only alphanumeric characters or underscore (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or _). In addition, TargetString must be a word, which means one of the following:

        • TargetString exactly matches the value of the specified part of the web request, such as the value of a header.

        • TargetString is at the beginning of the specified part of the web request and is followed by a character other than an alphanumeric character or underscore (_), for example, BadBot; .

        • TargetString is at the end of the specified part of the web request and is preceded by a character other than an alphanumeric character or underscore (_), for example, ;BadBot .

        • TargetString is in the middle of the specified part of the web request and is preceded and followed by characters other than alphanumeric characters or underscore (_), for example, -BadBot; .

        EXACTLY

        The value of the specified part of the web request must exactly match the value of TargetString .

        STARTS_WITH

        The value of TargetString must appear at the beginning of the specified part of the web request.

        ENDS_WITH

        The value of TargetString must appear at the end of the specified part of the web request.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the UpdateByteMatchSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

DeleteWebACL (new) Link ¶

Permanently deletes a WebACL. You can't delete a WebACL if it still contains any Rules .

To delete a WebACL , perform the following steps:

  • Update the WebACL to remove Rules , if any. For more information, see UpdateWebACL.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a DeleteWebACL request.

  • Submit a DeleteWebACL request.

Request Syntax

client.delete_web_acl(
    WebACLId='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type WebACLId

string

param WebACLId

[REQUIRED]

The WebACLId of the WebACL that you want to delete. WebACLId is returned by CreateWebACL and by ListWebACLs.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the DeleteWebACL request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

GetSqlInjectionMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Returns the SqlInjectionMatchSet that is specified by SqlInjectionMatchSetId .

Request Syntax

client.get_sql_injection_match_set(
    SqlInjectionMatchSetId='string'
)
type SqlInjectionMatchSetId

string

param SqlInjectionMatchSetId

[REQUIRED]

The SqlInjectionMatchSetId of the SqlInjectionMatchSet that you want to get. SqlInjectionMatchSetId is returned by CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet and by ListSqlInjectionMatchSets.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'SqlInjectionMatchSet': {
        'SqlInjectionMatchSetId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'SqlInjectionMatchTuples': [
            {
                'FieldToMatch': {
                    'Type': 'URI'|'QUERY_STRING'|'HEADER'|'METHOD',
                    'Data': 'string'
                },
                'TextTransformation': 'NONE'|'COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE'|'HTML_ENTITY_DECODE'|'LOWERCASE'|'CMD_LINE'|'URL_DECODE'
            },
        ]
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    The response to a GetSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

    • SqlInjectionMatchSet (dict) --

      Information about the SqlInjectionMatchSet that you specified in the GetSqlInjectionMatchSet request. For more information, see the following topics:

      • SqlInjectionMatchSet: Contains Name , SqlInjectionMatchSetId , and an array of SqlInjectionMatchTuple objects

      • SqlInjectionMatchTuple: Each SqlInjectionMatchTuple object contains FieldToMatch and TextTransformation

      • FieldToMatch: Contains Data and Type

      • SqlInjectionMatchSetId (string) --

        A unique identifier for a SqlInjectionMatchSet . You use SqlInjectionMatchSetId to get information about a SqlInjectionMatchSet (see GetSqlInjectionMatchSet ), update a SqlInjectionMatchSet (see UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet, insert a SqlInjectionMatchSet into a Rule or delete one from a Rule (see UpdateRule ), and delete a SqlInjectionMatchSet from AWS WAF (see DeleteByteMatchSet ).

        SqlInjectionMatchSetId is returned by CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet and by ListSqlInjectionMatchSets.

      • Name (string) --

        The name, if any, of the SqlInjectionMatchSet .

      • SqlInjectionMatchTuples (list) --

        Specifies the parts of web requests that you want to inspect for snippets of malicious SQL code.

        • (dict) --

          Specifies the part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to inspect for snippets of malicious SQL code and, if you want AWS WAF to inspect a header, the name of the header.

          • FieldToMatch (dict) --

            Specifies where in a web request to look for TargetString .

            • Type (string) --

              The part of the web request that you want AWS WAF to search for a specified string. Parts of a request that you can search include the following:

              • HEADER : A specified request header, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header. If you choose HEADER for the type, specify the name of the header in Data .

              • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicated the type of operation that the request is asking the origin to perform. Amazon CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

              • QUERY_STRING : A query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character, if any.

              • URI : The part of a web request that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

            • Data (string) --

              When the value of Type is HEADER , enter the name of the header that you want AWS WAF to search, for example, User-Agent or Referer . If the value of Type is any other value, omit Data .

              The name of the header is not case sensitive.

          • TextTransformation (string) --

            Text transformations eliminate some of the unusual formatting that attackers use in web requests in an effort to bypass AWS WAF. If you specify a transformation, AWS WAF performs the transformation on TargetString before inspecting a request for a match.

            CMD_LINE

            When you're concerned that attackers are injecting an operating system commandline command and using unusual formatting to disguise some or all of the command, use this option to perform the following transformations:

            • Delete the following characters: " ' ^

            • Delete spaces before the following characters: / (

            • Replace the following characters with a space: , ;

            • Replace multiple spaces with one space

            • Convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z)

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE

            Use this option to replace the following characters with a space character (decimal 32):

            • f, formfeed, decimal 12

            • t, tab, decimal 9

            • n, newline, decimal 10

            • r, carriage return, decimal 13

            • v, vertical tab, decimal 11

            • non-breaking space, decimal 160

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE also replaces multiple spaces with one space.

            HTML_ENTITY_DECODE

            Use this option to replace HTML-encoded characters with unencoded characters. HTML_ENTITY_DECODE performs the following operations:

            • Replaces (ampersand)quot; with "

            • Replaces (ampersand)nbsp; with a non-breaking space, decimal 160

            • Replaces (ampersand)lt; with a "less than" symbol

            • Replaces (ampersand)gt; with >

            • Replaces characters that are represented in hexadecimal format, (ampersand)#xhhhh; , with the corresponding characters

            • Replaces characters that are represented in decimal format, (ampersand)#nnnn; , with the corresponding characters

            LOWERCASE

            Use this option to convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z).

            URL_DECODE

            Use this option to decode a URL-encoded value.

            NONE

            Specify NONE if you don't want to perform any text transformations.

ListByteMatchSets (new) Link ¶

Returns an array of ByteMatchSetSummary objects.

Request Syntax

client.list_byte_match_sets(
    NextMarker='string',
    Limit=123
)
type NextMarker

string

param NextMarker

If you specify a value for Limit and you have more ByteMatchSets than the value of Limit , AWS WAF returns a NextMarker value in the response that allows you to list another group of ByteMatchSets . For the second and subsequent ListByteMatchSets requests, specify the value of NextMarker from the previous response to get information about another batch of ByteMatchSets .

type Limit

integer

param Limit

[REQUIRED]

Specifies the number of ByteMatchSet objects that you want AWS WAF to return for this request. If you have more ByteMatchSets objects than the number you specify for Limit , the response includes a NextMarker value that you can use to get another batch of ByteMatchSet objects.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'NextMarker': 'string',
    'ByteMatchSets': [
        {
            'ByteMatchSetId': 'string',
            'Name': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • NextMarker (string) --

      If you have more ByteMatchSet objects than the number that you specified for Limit in the request, the response includes a NextMarker value. To list more ByteMatchSet objects, submit another ListByteMatchSets request, and specify the NextMarker value from the response in the NextMarker value in the next request.

    • ByteMatchSets (list) --

      An array of ByteMatchSetSummary objects.

      • (dict) --

        Returned by ListByteMatchSets. Each ByteMatchSetSummary object includes the Name and ByteMatchSetId for one ByteMatchSet.

        • ByteMatchSetId (string) --

          The ByteMatchSetId for a ByteMatchSet . You use ByteMatchSetId to get information about a ByteMatchSet , update a ByteMatchSet , remove a ByteMatchSet from a Rule , and delete a ByteMatchSet from AWS WAF.

          ByteMatchSetId is returned by CreateByteMatchSet and by ListByteMatchSets.

        • Name (string) --

          A friendly name or description of the ByteMatchSet. You can't change Name after you create a ByteMatchSet .

CreateByteMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Creates a ByteMatchSet . You then use UpdateByteMatchSet to identify the part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to inspect, such as the values of the User-Agent header or the query string. For example, you can create a ByteMatchSet that matches any requests with User-Agent headers that contain the string BadBot . You can then configure AWS WAF to reject those requests.

To create and configure a ByteMatchSet , perform the following steps:

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a CreateByteMatchSet request.

  • Submit a CreateByteMatchSet request.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateByteMatchSet request.

  • Submit an UpdateByteMatchSet request to specify the part of the request that you want AWS WAF to inspect (for example, the header or the URI) and the value that you want AWS WAF to watch for.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.create_byte_match_set(
    Name='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type Name

string

param Name

[REQUIRED]

A friendly name or description of the ByteMatchSet. You can't change Name after you create a ByteMatchSet .

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ByteMatchSet': {
        'ByteMatchSetId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'ByteMatchTuples': [
            {
                'FieldToMatch': {
                    'Type': 'URI'|'QUERY_STRING'|'HEADER'|'METHOD',
                    'Data': 'string'
                },
                'TargetString': b'bytes',
                'TextTransformation': 'NONE'|'COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE'|'HTML_ENTITY_DECODE'|'LOWERCASE'|'CMD_LINE'|'URL_DECODE',
                'PositionalConstraint': 'EXACTLY'|'STARTS_WITH'|'ENDS_WITH'|'CONTAINS'|'CONTAINS_WORD'
            },
        ]
    },
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ByteMatchSet (dict) --

      A ByteMatchSet that contains no ByteMatchTuple objects.

      • ByteMatchSetId (string) --

        The ByteMatchSetId for a ByteMatchSet . You use ByteMatchSetId to get information about a ByteMatchSet (see GetByteMatchSet ), update a ByteMatchSet (see UpdateByteMatchSet, insert a ByteMatchSet into a Rule or delete one from a Rule (see UpdateRule ), and delete a ByteMatchSet from AWS WAF (see DeleteByteMatchSet ).

        ByteMatchSetId is returned by CreateByteMatchSet and by ListByteMatchSets.

      • Name (string) --

        A friendly name or description of the ByteMatchSet. You can't change Name after you create a ByteMatchSet .

      • ByteMatchTuples (list) --

        Specifies the bytes (typically a string that corresponds with ASCII characters) that you want AWS WAF to search for in web requests, the location in requests that you want AWS WAF to search, and other settings.

        • (dict) --

          The bytes (typically a string that corresponds with ASCII characters) that you want AWS WAF to search for in web requests, the location in requests that you want AWS WAF to search, and other settings.

          • FieldToMatch (dict) --

            The part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to search, such as a specified header or a query string. For more information, see FieldToMatch.

            • Type (string) --

              The part of the web request that you want AWS WAF to search for a specified string. Parts of a request that you can search include the following:

              • HEADER : A specified request header, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header. If you choose HEADER for the type, specify the name of the header in Data .

              • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicated the type of operation that the request is asking the origin to perform. Amazon CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

              • QUERY_STRING : A query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character, if any.

              • URI : The part of a web request that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

            • Data (string) --

              When the value of Type is HEADER , enter the name of the header that you want AWS WAF to search, for example, User-Agent or Referer . If the value of Type is any other value, omit Data .

              The name of the header is not case sensitive.

          • TargetString (bytes) --

            The value that you want AWS WAF to search for. AWS WAF searches for the specified string in the part of web requests that you specified in FieldToMatch . The maximum length of the value is 50 bytes.

            Valid values depend on the values that you specified for FieldToMatch :

            • HEADER : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the request header that you specified in FieldToMatch, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header.

            • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicates the type of operation specified in the request. CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

            • QUERY_STRING : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character.

            • URI : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the part of a URL that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

            If TargetString includes alphabetic characters A-Z and a-z, note that the value is case sensitive.

            If you're using the AWS WAF API

            Specify a base64-encoded version of the value. The maximum length of the value before you base64-encode it is 50 bytes.

            For example, suppose the value of Type is HEADER and the value of Data is User-Agent . If you want to search the User-Agent header for the value BadBot , you base64-encode BadBot using MIME base64 encoding and include the resulting value, QmFkQm90 , in the value of TargetString .

            If you're using the AWS CLI or one of the AWS SDKs

            The value that you want AWS WAF to search for. The SDK automatically base64 encodes the value.

          • TextTransformation (string) --

            Text transformations eliminate some of the unusual formatting that attackers use in web requests in an effort to bypass AWS WAF. If you specify a transformation, AWS WAF performs the transformation on TargetString before inspecting a request for a match.

            CMD_LINE

            When you're concerned that attackers are injecting an operating system commandline command and using unusual formatting to disguise some or all of the command, use this option to perform the following transformations:

            • Delete the following characters: " ' ^

            • Delete spaces before the following characters: / (

            • Replace the following characters with a space: , ;

            • Replace multiple spaces with one space

            • Convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z)

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE

            Use this option to replace the following characters with a space character (decimal 32):

            • f, formfeed, decimal 12

            • t, tab, decimal 9

            • n, newline, decimal 10

            • r, carriage return, decimal 13

            • v, vertical tab, decimal 11

            • non-breaking space, decimal 160

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE also replaces multiple spaces with one space.

            HTML_ENTITY_DECODE

            Use this option to replace HTML-encoded characters with unencoded characters. HTML_ENTITY_DECODE performs the following operations:

            • Replaces (ampersand)quot; with "

            • Replaces (ampersand)nbsp; with a non-breaking space, decimal 160

            • Replaces (ampersand)lt; with a "less than" symbol

            • Replaces (ampersand)gt; with >

            • Replaces characters that are represented in hexadecimal format, (ampersand)#xhhhh; , with the corresponding characters

            • Replaces characters that are represented in decimal format, (ampersand)#nnnn; , with the corresponding characters

            LOWERCASE

            Use this option to convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z).

            URL_DECODE

            Use this option to decode a URL-encoded value.

            NONE

            Specify NONE if you don't want to perform any text transformations.

          • PositionalConstraint (string) --

            Within the portion of a web request that you want to search (for example, in the query string, if any), specify where you want AWS WAF to search. Valid values include the following:

            CONTAINS

            The specified part of the web request must include the value of TargetString , but the location doesn't matter.

            CONTAINS_WORD

            The specified part of the web request must include the value of TargetString , and TargetString must contain only alphanumeric characters or underscore (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or _). In addition, TargetString must be a word, which means one of the following:

            • TargetString exactly matches the value of the specified part of the web request, such as the value of a header.

            • TargetString is at the beginning of the specified part of the web request and is followed by a character other than an alphanumeric character or underscore (_), for example, BadBot; .

            • TargetString is at the end of the specified part of the web request and is preceded by a character other than an alphanumeric character or underscore (_), for example, ;BadBot .

            • TargetString is in the middle of the specified part of the web request and is preceded and followed by characters other than alphanumeric characters or underscore (_), for example, -BadBot; .

            EXACTLY

            The value of the specified part of the web request must exactly match the value of TargetString .

            STARTS_WITH

            The value of TargetString must appear at the beginning of the specified part of the web request.

            ENDS_WITH

            The value of TargetString must appear at the end of the specified part of the web request.

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the CreateByteMatchSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

UpdateRule (new) Link ¶

Inserts or deletes Predicate objects in a Rule . Each Predicate object identifies a predicate, such as a ByteMatchSet or an IPSet, that specifies the web requests that you want to allow, block, or count. If you add more than one predicate to a Rule , a request must match all of the specifications to be allowed, blocked, or counted. For example, suppose you add the following to a Rule :

  • A ByteMatchSet that matches the value BadBot in the User-Agent header

  • An IPSet that matches the IP address 192.0.2.44

You then add the Rule to a WebACL and specify that you want to block requests that satisfy the Rule . For a request to be blocked, the User-Agent header in the request must contain the value BadBot and the request must originate from the IP address 192.0.2.44.

To create and configure a Rule , perform the following steps:

  • Create and update the predicates that you want to include in the Rule .

  • Create the Rule . See CreateRule.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateRule request.

  • Submit an UpdateRule request to add predicates to the Rule .

  • Create and update a WebACL that contains the Rule . See CreateWebACL.

If you want to replace one ByteMatchSet or IPSet with another, you delete the existing one and add the new one.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.update_rule(
    RuleId='string',
    ChangeToken='string',
    Updates=[
        {
            'Action': 'INSERT'|'DELETE',
            'Predicate': {
                'Negated': True|False,
                'Type': 'IPMatch'|'ByteMatch'|'SqlInjectionMatch',
                'DataId': 'string'
            }
        },
    ]
)
type RuleId

string

param RuleId

[REQUIRED]

The RuleId of the Rule that you want to update. RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

type Updates

list

param Updates

[REQUIRED]

An array of RuleUpdate objects that you want to insert into or delete from a Rule. For more information, see the applicable data types:

  • RuleUpdate: Contains Action and Predicate

  • Predicate: Contains DataId , Negated , and Type

  • FieldToMatch: Contains Data and Type

  • (dict) --

    Specifies a Predicate (such as an IPSet ) and indicates whether you want to add it to a Rule or delete it from a Rule .

    • Action (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      Specify INSERT to add a Predicate to a Rule . Use DELETE to remove a Predicate from a Rule .

    • Predicate (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

      The ID of the Predicate (such as an IPSet ) that you want to add to a Rule .

      • Negated (boolean) -- [REQUIRED]

        Set Negated to False if you want AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests based on the settings in the specified ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet. For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow or block requests based on that IP address.

        Set Negated to True if you want AWS WAF to allow or block a request based on the negation of the settings in the ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet. For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow, block, or count requests based on all IP addresses except 192.0.2.44 .

      • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        The type of predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatchSet or IPSet .

      • DataId (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        A unique identifier for a predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatchSetId or IPSetId . The ID is returned by the corresponding Create or List command.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the UpdateRule request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

GetWebACL (new) Link ¶

Returns the WebACL that is specified by WebACLId .

Request Syntax

client.get_web_acl(
    WebACLId='string'
)
type WebACLId

string

param WebACLId

[REQUIRED]

The WebACLId of the WebACL that you want to get. WebACLId is returned by CreateWebACL and by ListWebACLs.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'WebACL': {
        'WebACLId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'MetricName': 'string',
        'DefaultAction': {
            'Type': 'BLOCK'|'ALLOW'|'COUNT'
        },
        'Rules': [
            {
                'Priority': 123,
                'RuleId': 'string',
                'Action': {
                    'Type': 'BLOCK'|'ALLOW'|'COUNT'
                }
            },
        ]
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • WebACL (dict) --

      Information about the WebACL that you specified in the GetWebACL request. For more information, see the following topics:

      • WebACL: Contains DefaultAction , MetricName , Name , an array of Rule objects, and WebACLId

      • DefaultAction (Data type is WafAction ): Contains Type

      • Rules : Contains an array of ActivatedRule objects, which contain Action , Priority , and RuleId

      • Action : Contains Type

      • WebACLId (string) --

        A unique identifier for a WebACL . You use WebACLId to get information about a WebACL (see GetWebACL ), update a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL, and delete a WebACL from AWS WAF (see DeleteWebACL ).

        WebACLId is returned by CreateWebACL and by ListWebACLs.

      • Name (string) --

        A friendly name or description of the WebACL . You can't change the name of a WebACL after you create it.

      • MetricName (string) --

      • DefaultAction (dict) --

        The action to perform if none of the Rules contained in the WebACL match. The action is specified by the WafAction object.

        • Type (string) --

          Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule . Valid settings include the following:

          • ALLOW : AWS WAF allows requests

          • BLOCK : AWS WAF blocks requests

          • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL .

      • Rules (list) --

        An array that contains the action for each Rule in a WebACL , the priority of the Rule , and the ID of the Rule .

        • (dict) --

          The ActivatedRule object in an UpdateWebACL request specifies a Rule that you want to insert or delete, the priority of the Rule in the WebACL , and the action that you want AWS WAF to take when a web request matches the Rule ( ALLOW , BLOCK , or COUNT ).

          To specify whether to insert or delete a Rule , use the Action parameter in the WebACLUpdate data type.

          • Priority (integer) --

            Specifies the order in which the Rules in a WebACL are evaluated. Rules with a lower value for Priority are evaluated before Rules with a higher value. The value must be a unique integer. If you add multiple Rules to a WebACL , the values don't need to be consecutive.

          • RuleId (string) --

            The RuleId for a Rule . You use RuleId to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule ), update a Rule (see UpdateRule ), insert a Rule into a WebACL or delete a one from a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL ), or delete a Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule ).

            RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

          • Action (dict) --

            Specifies the action that CloudFront or AWS WAF takes when a web request matches the conditions in the Rule . Valid values for Action include the following:

            • ALLOW : CloudFront responds with the requested object.

            • BLOCK : CloudFront responds with an HTTP 403 (Forbidden) status code.

            • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of requests that match the conditions in the rule and then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL.

            • Type (string) --

              Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule . Valid settings include the following:

              • ALLOW : AWS WAF allows requests

              • BLOCK : AWS WAF blocks requests

              • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL .

UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Inserts or deletes SqlInjectionMatchTuple objects (filters) in a SqlInjectionMatchSet. For each SqlInjectionMatchTuple object, you specify the following values:

  • Action : Whether to insert the object into or delete the object from the array. To change a SqlInjectionMatchTuple , you delete the existing object and add a new one.

  • FieldToMatch : The part of web requests that you want AWS WAF to inspect and, if you want AWS WAF to inspect a header, the name of the header.

  • TextTransformation : Which text transformation, if any, to perform on the web request before inspecting the request for snippets of malicious SQL code.

You use SqlInjectionMatchSet objects to specify which CloudFront requests you want to allow, block, or count. For example, if you're receiving requests that contain snippets of SQL code in the query string and you want to block the requests, you can create a SqlInjectionMatchSet with the applicable settings, and then configure AWS WAF to block the requests.

To create and configure a SqlInjectionMatchSet , perform the following steps:

  • Submit a CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateIPSet request.

  • Submit an UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet request to specify the parts of web requests that you want AWS WAF to inspect for snippets of SQL code.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.update_sql_injection_match_set(
    SqlInjectionMatchSetId='string',
    ChangeToken='string',
    Updates=[
        {
            'Action': 'INSERT'|'DELETE',
            'SqlInjectionMatchTuple': {
                'FieldToMatch': {
                    'Type': 'URI'|'QUERY_STRING'|'HEADER'|'METHOD',
                    'Data': 'string'
                },
                'TextTransformation': 'NONE'|'COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE'|'HTML_ENTITY_DECODE'|'LOWERCASE'|'CMD_LINE'|'URL_DECODE'
            }
        },
    ]
)
type SqlInjectionMatchSetId

string

param SqlInjectionMatchSetId

[REQUIRED]

The SqlInjectionMatchSetId of the SqlInjectionMatchSet that you want to update. SqlInjectionMatchSetId is returned by CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet and by ListSqlInjectionMatchSets.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

type Updates

list

param Updates

[REQUIRED]

An array of SqlInjectionMatchSetUpdate objects that you want to insert into or delete from a SqlInjectionMatchSet. For more information, see the applicable data types:

  • SqlInjectionMatchSetUpdate: Contains Action and SqlInjectionMatchTuple

  • SqlInjectionMatchTuple: Contains FieldToMatch and TextTransformation

  • FieldToMatch: Contains Data and Type

  • (dict) --

    Specifies the part of a web request that you want to inspect for snippets of malicious SQL code and indicates whether you want to add the specification to a SqlInjectionMatchSet or delete it from a SqlInjectionMatchSet .

    • Action (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      Specify INSERT to add a SqlInjectionMatchSetUpdate to a SqlInjectionMatchSet. Use DELETE to remove a SqlInjectionMatchSetUpdate from a SqlInjectionMatchSet .

    • SqlInjectionMatchTuple (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

      Specifies the part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to inspect for snippets of malicious SQL code and, if you want AWS WAF to inspect a header, the name of the header.

      • FieldToMatch (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

        Specifies where in a web request to look for TargetString .

        • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

          The part of the web request that you want AWS WAF to search for a specified string. Parts of a request that you can search include the following:

          • HEADER : A specified request header, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header. If you choose HEADER for the type, specify the name of the header in Data .

          • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicated the type of operation that the request is asking the origin to perform. Amazon CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

          • QUERY_STRING : A query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character, if any.

          • URI : The part of a web request that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

        • Data (string) --

          When the value of Type is HEADER , enter the name of the header that you want AWS WAF to search, for example, User-Agent or Referer . If the value of Type is any other value, omit Data .

          The name of the header is not case sensitive.

      • TextTransformation (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        Text transformations eliminate some of the unusual formatting that attackers use in web requests in an effort to bypass AWS WAF. If you specify a transformation, AWS WAF performs the transformation on TargetString before inspecting a request for a match.

        CMD_LINE

        When you're concerned that attackers are injecting an operating system commandline command and using unusual formatting to disguise some or all of the command, use this option to perform the following transformations:

        • Delete the following characters: " ' ^

        • Delete spaces before the following characters: / (

        • Replace the following characters with a space: , ;

        • Replace multiple spaces with one space

        • Convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z)

        COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE

        Use this option to replace the following characters with a space character (decimal 32):

        • f, formfeed, decimal 12

        • t, tab, decimal 9

        • n, newline, decimal 10

        • r, carriage return, decimal 13

        • v, vertical tab, decimal 11

        • non-breaking space, decimal 160

        COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE also replaces multiple spaces with one space.

        HTML_ENTITY_DECODE

        Use this option to replace HTML-encoded characters with unencoded characters. HTML_ENTITY_DECODE performs the following operations:

        • Replaces (ampersand)quot; with "

        • Replaces (ampersand)nbsp; with a non-breaking space, decimal 160

        • Replaces (ampersand)lt; with a "less than" symbol

        • Replaces (ampersand)gt; with >

        • Replaces characters that are represented in hexadecimal format, (ampersand)#xhhhh; , with the corresponding characters

        • Replaces characters that are represented in decimal format, (ampersand)#nnnn; , with the corresponding characters

        LOWERCASE

        Use this option to convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z).

        URL_DECODE

        Use this option to decode a URL-encoded value.

        NONE

        Specify NONE if you don't want to perform any text transformations.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    The response to an UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSets request.

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

DeleteSqlInjectionMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Permanently deletes a SqlInjectionMatchSet. You can't delete a SqlInjectionMatchSet if it's still used in any Rules or if it still contains any SqlInjectionMatchTuple objects.

If you just want to remove a SqlInjectionMatchSet from a Rule , use UpdateRule.

To permanently delete a SqlInjectionMatchSet from AWS WAF, perform the following steps:

  • Update the SqlInjectionMatchSet to remove filters, if any. For more information, see UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a DeleteSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

  • Submit a DeleteSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

Request Syntax

client.delete_sql_injection_match_set(
    SqlInjectionMatchSetId='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type SqlInjectionMatchSetId

string

param SqlInjectionMatchSetId

[REQUIRED]

The SqlInjectionMatchSetId of the SqlInjectionMatchSet that you want to delete. SqlInjectionMatchSetId is returned by CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet and by ListSqlInjectionMatchSets.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    The response to a request to delete a SqlInjectionMatchSet from AWS WAF.

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the DeleteSqlInjectionMatchSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

UpdateWebACL (new) Link ¶

Inserts or deletes ActivatedRule objects in a WebACL . Each Rule identifies web requests that you want to allow, block, or count. When you update a WebACL , you specify the following values:

  • A default action for the WebACL , either ALLOW or BLOCK . AWS WAF performs the default action if a request doesn't match the criteria in any of the Rules in a WebACL .

  • The Rules that you want to add and/or delete. If you want to replace one Rule with another, you delete the existing Rule and add the new one.

  • For each Rule , whether you want AWS WAF to allow requests, block requests, or count requests that match the conditions in the Rule .

  • The order in which you want AWS WAF to evaluate the Rules in a WebACL . If you add more than one Rule to a WebACL , AWS WAF evaluates each request against the Rules in order based on the value of Priority . (The Rule that has the lowest value for Priority is evaluated first.) When a web request matches all of the predicates (such as ByteMatchSets and IPSets ) in a Rule , AWS WAF immediately takes the corresponding action, allow or block, and doesn't evaluate the request against the remaining Rules in the WebACL , if any.

  • The CloudFront distribution that you want to associate with the WebACL .

To create and configure a WebACL , perform the following steps:

  • Create and update the predicates that you want to include in Rules . For more information, see CreateByteMatchSet, UpdateByteMatchSet, CreateIPSet, UpdateIPSet, CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet, and UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet.

  • Create and update the Rules that you want to include in the WebACL . For more information, see CreateRule and UpdateRule.

  • Create a WebACL . See CreateWebACL.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateWebACL request.

  • Submit an UpdateWebACL request to specify the Rules that you want to include in the WebACL , to specify the default action, and to associate the WebACL with a CloudFront distribution.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.update_web_acl(
    WebACLId='string',
    ChangeToken='string',
    Updates=[
        {
            'Action': 'INSERT'|'DELETE',
            'ActivatedRule': {
                'Priority': 123,
                'RuleId': 'string',
                'Action': {
                    'Type': 'BLOCK'|'ALLOW'|'COUNT'
                }
            }
        },
    ],
    DefaultAction={
        'Type': 'BLOCK'|'ALLOW'|'COUNT'
    }
)
type WebACLId

string

param WebACLId

[REQUIRED]

The WebACLId of the WebACL that you want to update. WebACLId is returned by CreateWebACL and by ListWebACLs.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

type Updates

list

param Updates

An array of updates to make to the WebACL.

An array of WebACLUpdate objects that you want to insert into or delete from a WebACL. For more information, see the applicable data types:

  • WebACLUpdate: Contains Action and ActivatedRule

  • ActivatedRule: Contains Action , Priority , and RuleId

  • WafAction: Contains Type

  • (dict) --

    Specifies whether to insert a Rule into or delete a Rule from a WebACL .

    • Action (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      Specifies whether to insert a Rule into or delete a Rule from a WebACL .

    • ActivatedRule (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

      The ActivatedRule object in an UpdateWebACL request specifies a Rule that you want to insert or delete, the priority of the Rule in the WebACL , and the action that you want AWS WAF to take when a web request matches the Rule ( ALLOW , BLOCK , or COUNT ).

      To specify whether to insert or delete a Rule , use the Action parameter in the WebACLUpdate data type.

      • Priority (integer) -- [REQUIRED]

        Specifies the order in which the Rules in a WebACL are evaluated. Rules with a lower value for Priority are evaluated before Rules with a higher value. The value must be a unique integer. If you add multiple Rules to a WebACL , the values don't need to be consecutive.

      • RuleId (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        The RuleId for a Rule . You use RuleId to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule ), update a Rule (see UpdateRule ), insert a Rule into a WebACL or delete a one from a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL ), or delete a Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule ).

        RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

      • Action (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

        Specifies the action that CloudFront or AWS WAF takes when a web request matches the conditions in the Rule . Valid values for Action include the following:

        • ALLOW : CloudFront responds with the requested object.

        • BLOCK : CloudFront responds with an HTTP 403 (Forbidden) status code.

        • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of requests that match the conditions in the rule and then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL.

        • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

          Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule . Valid settings include the following:

          • ALLOW : AWS WAF allows requests

          • BLOCK : AWS WAF blocks requests

          • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL .

type DefaultAction

dict

param DefaultAction

For the action that is associated with a rule in a WebACL , specifies the action that you want AWS WAF to perform when a web request matches all of the conditions in a rule. For the default action in a WebACL , specifies the action that you want AWS WAF to take when a web request doesn't match all of the conditions in any of the rules in a WebACL .

  • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule . Valid settings include the following:

    • ALLOW : AWS WAF allows requests

    • BLOCK : AWS WAF blocks requests

    • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL .

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the UpdateWebACL request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

ListRules (new) Link ¶

Returns an array of RuleSummary objects.

Request Syntax

client.list_rules(
    NextMarker='string',
    Limit=123
)
type NextMarker

string

param NextMarker

If you specify a value for Limit and you have more Rules than the value of Limit , AWS WAF returns a NextMarker value in the response that allows you to list another group of Rules . For the second and subsequent ListRules requests, specify the value of NextMarker from the previous response to get information about another batch of Rules .

type Limit

integer

param Limit

[REQUIRED]

Specifies the number of Rules that you want AWS WAF to return for this request. If you have more Rules than the number that you specify for Limit , the response includes a NextMarker value that you can use to get another batch of Rules .

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'NextMarker': 'string',
    'Rules': [
        {
            'RuleId': 'string',
            'Name': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • NextMarker (string) --

      If you have more Rules than the number that you specified for Limit in the request, the response includes a NextMarker value. To list more Rules , submit another ListRules request, and specify the NextMarker value from the response in the NextMarker value in the next request.

    • Rules (list) --

      An array of RuleSummary objects.

      • (dict) --

        Contains the identifier and the friendly name or description of the Rule .

        • RuleId (string) --

          A unique identifier for a Rule . You use RuleId to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule ), update a Rule (see UpdateRule ), insert a Rule into a WebACL or delete one from a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL ), or delete a Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule ).

          RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

        • Name (string) --

          A friendly name or description of the Rule. You can't change the name of a Rule after you create it.

GetSampledRequests (new) Link ¶

Gets detailed information about a specified number of requests--a sample--that AWS WAF randomly selects from among the first 5,000 requests that your AWS resource received during a time range that you choose. You can specify a sample size of up to 100 requests, and you can specify any time range in the previous three hours.

GetSampledRequests returns a time range, which is usually the time range that you specified. However, if your resource (such as a CloudFront distribution) received 5,000 requests before the specified time range elapsed, GetSampledRequests returns an updated time range. This new time range indicates the actual period during which AWS WAF selected the requests in the sample.

Request Syntax

client.get_sampled_requests(
    WebAclId='string',
    RuleId='string',
    TimeWindow={
        'StartTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'EndTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1)
    },
    MaxItems=123
)
type WebAclId

string

param WebAclId

[REQUIRED]

The WebACLId of the WebACL for which you want GetSampledRequests to return a sample of requests.

type RuleId

string

param RuleId

[REQUIRED]

RuleId is one of two values:

  • The RuleId of the Rule for which you want GetSampledRequests to return a sample of requests.

  • Default_Action , which causes GetSampledRequests to return a sample of the requests that didn't match any of the rules in the specified WebACL .

type TimeWindow

dict

param TimeWindow

[REQUIRED]

The start date and time and the end date and time of the range for which you want GetSampledRequests to return a sample of requests. Specify the date and time in Unix time format (in seconds). You can specify any time range in the previous three hours.

  • StartTime (datetime) -- [REQUIRED]

    The beginning of the time range from which you want GetSampledRequests to return a sample of the requests that your AWS resource received. You can specify any time range in the previous three hours.

  • EndTime (datetime) -- [REQUIRED]

    The end of the time range from which you want GetSampledRequests to return a sample of the requests that your AWS resource received. You can specify any time range in the previous three hours.

type MaxItems

integer

param MaxItems

[REQUIRED]

The number of requests that you want AWS WAF to return from among the first 5,000 requests that your AWS resource received during the time range. If your resource received fewer requests than the value of MaxItems , GetSampledRequests returns information about all of them.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'SampledRequests': [
        {
            'Request': {
                'ClientIP': 'string',
                'Country': 'string',
                'URI': 'string',
                'Method': 'string',
                'HTTPVersion': 'string',
                'Headers': [
                    {
                        'Name': 'string',
                        'Value': 'string'
                    },
                ]
            },
            'Weight': 123,
            'Timestamp': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'Action': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'PopulationSize': 123,
    'TimeWindow': {
        'StartTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'EndTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1)
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • SampledRequests (list) --

      A complex type that contains detailed information about each of the requests in the sample.

      • (dict) --

        The response from a GetSampledRequests request includes a SampledHTTPRequests complex type that appears as SampledRequests in the response syntax. SampledHTTPRequests contains one SampledHTTPRequest object for each web request that is returned by GetSampledRequests .

        • Request (dict) --

          A complex type that contains detailed information about the request.

          • ClientIP (string) --

            The IP address that the request originated from. If the WebACL is associated with a CloudFront distribution, this is the value of one of the following fields in CloudFront access logs:

            • c-ip , if the viewer did not use an HTTP proxy or a load balancer to send the request

            • x-forwarded-for , if the viewer did use an HTTP proxy or a load balancer to send the request

          • Country (string) --

            The two-letter country code for the country that the request originated from. For a current list of country codes, see the Wikipedia entry ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.

          • URI (string) --

            The part of a web request that identifies the resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

          • Method (string) --

            The HTTP method specified in the sampled web request. CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

          • HTTPVersion (string) --

            The HTTP version specified in the sampled web request, for example, HTTP/1.1 .

          • Headers (list) --

            A complex type that contains two values for each header in the sampled web request: the name of the header and the value of the header.

            • (dict) --

              The response from a GetSampledRequests request includes an HTTPHeader complex type that appears as Headers in the response syntax. HTTPHeader contains the names and values of all of the headers that appear in one of the web requests that were returned by GetSampledRequests .

              • Name (string) --

                The name of one of the headers in the sampled web request.

              • Value (string) --

                The value of one of the headers in the sampled web request.

        • Weight (integer) --

          A value that indicates how one result in the response relates proportionally to other results in the response. A result that has a weight of 2 represents roughly twice as many CloudFront web requests as a result that has a weight of 1 .

        • Timestamp (datetime) --

          The time at which AWS WAF received the request from your AWS resource, in Unix time format (in seconds).

        • Action (string) --

          The action for the Rule that the request matched: ALLOW , BLOCK , or COUNT .

    • PopulationSize (integer) --

      The total number of requests from which GetSampledRequests got a sample of MaxItems requests. If PopulationSize is less than MaxItems , the sample includes every request that your AWS resource received during the specified time range.

    • TimeWindow (dict) --

      Usually, TimeWindow is the time range that you specified in the GetSampledRequests request. However, if your AWS resource received more than 5,000 requests during the time range that you specified in the request, GetSampledRequests returns the time range for the first 5,000 requests.

      • StartTime (datetime) --

        The beginning of the time range from which you want GetSampledRequests to return a sample of the requests that your AWS resource received. You can specify any time range in the previous three hours.

      • EndTime (datetime) --

        The end of the time range from which you want GetSampledRequests to return a sample of the requests that your AWS resource received. You can specify any time range in the previous three hours.

ListIPSets (new) Link ¶

Returns an array of IPSetSummary objects in the response.

Request Syntax

client.list_ip_sets(
    NextMarker='string',
    Limit=123
)
type NextMarker

string

param NextMarker

If you specify a value for Limit and you have more IPSets than the value of Limit , AWS WAF returns a NextMarker value in the response that allows you to list another group of IPSets . For the second and subsequent ListIPSets requests, specify the value of NextMarker from the previous response to get information about another batch of ByteMatchSets .

type Limit

integer

param Limit

[REQUIRED]

Specifies the number of IPSet objects that you want AWS WAF to return for this request. If you have more IPSet objects than the number you specify for Limit , the response includes a NextMarker value that you can use to get another batch of IPSet objects.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'NextMarker': 'string',
    'IPSets': [
        {
            'IPSetId': 'string',
            'Name': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • NextMarker (string) --

      If you have more IPSet objects than the number that you specified for Limit in the request, the response includes a NextMarker value. To list more IPSet objects, submit another ListIPSets request, and specify the NextMarker value from the response in the NextMarker value in the next request.

    • IPSets (list) --

      An array of IPSetSummary objects.

      • (dict) --

        Contains the identifier and the name of the IPSet .

        • IPSetId (string) --

          The IPSetId for an IPSet. You can use IPSetId in a GetIPSet request to get detailed information about an IPSet.

        • Name (string) --

          A friendly name or description of the IPSet. You can't change the name of an IPSet after you create it.

ListWebACLs (new) Link ¶

Returns an array of WebACLSummary objects in the response.

Request Syntax

client.list_web_acls(
    NextMarker='string',
    Limit=123
)
type NextMarker

string

param NextMarker

If you specify a value for Limit and you have more WebACL objects than the number that you specify for Limit , AWS WAF returns a NextMarker value in the response that allows you to list another group of WebACL objects. For the second and subsequent ListWebACLs requests, specify the value of NextMarker from the previous response to get information about another batch of WebACL objects.

type Limit

integer

param Limit

[REQUIRED]

Specifies the number of WebACL objects that you want AWS WAF to return for this request. If you have more WebACL objects than the number that you specify for Limit , the response includes a NextMarker value that you can use to get another batch of WebACL objects.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'NextMarker': 'string',
    'WebACLs': [
        {
            'WebACLId': 'string',
            'Name': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • NextMarker (string) --

      If you have more WebACL objects than the number that you specified for Limit in the request, the response includes a NextMarker value. To list more WebACL objects, submit another ListWebACLs request, and specify the NextMarker value from the response in the NextMarker value in the next request.

    • WebACLs (list) --

      An array of WebACLSummary objects.

      • (dict) --

        Contains the identifier and the name or description of the WebACL.

        • WebACLId (string) --

          A unique identifier for a WebACL . You use WebACLId to get information about a WebACL (see GetWebACL ), update a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL, and delete a WebACL from AWS WAF (see DeleteWebACL ).

          WebACLId is returned by CreateWebACL and by ListWebACLs.

        • Name (string) --

          A friendly name or description of the WebACL. You can't change the name of a WebACL after you create it.

GetChangeToken (new) Link ¶

When you want to create, update, or delete AWS WAF objects, get a change token and include the change token in the create, update, or delete request. Change tokens ensure that your application doesn't submit conflicting requests to AWS WAF.

Each create, update, or delete request must use a unique change token. If your application submits a GetChangeToken request and then submits a second GetChangeToken request before submitting a create, update, or delete request, the second GetChangeToken request returns the same value as the first GetChangeToken request.

When you use a change token in a create, update, or delete request, the status of the change token changes to PENDING , which indicates that AWS WAF is propagating the change to all AWS WAF servers. Use GetChangeTokenStatus to determine the status of your change token.

Request Syntax

client.get_change_token()
rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used in the request. Use this value in a GetChangeTokenStatus request to get the current status of the request.

GetChangeTokenStatus (new) Link ¶

Returns the status of a ChangeToken that you got by calling GetChangeToken. ChangeTokenStatus is one of the following values:

  • PROVISIONED : You requested the change token by calling GetChangeToken , but you haven't used it yet in a call to create, update, or delete an AWS WAF object.

  • PENDING : AWS WAF is propagating the create, update, or delete request to all AWS WAF servers.

  • IN_SYNC : Propagation is complete.

Request Syntax

client.get_change_token_status(
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The change token for which you want to get the status. This change token was previously returned in the GetChangeToken response.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeTokenStatus': 'PROVISIONED'|'PENDING'|'INSYNC'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeTokenStatus (string) --

      The status of the change token.

DeleteIPSet (new) Link ¶

Permanently deletes an IPSet. You can't delete an IPSet if it's still used in any Rules or if it still includes any IP addresses.

If you just want to remove an IPSet from a Rule , use UpdateRule.

To permanently delete an IPSet from AWS WAF, perform the following steps:

  • Update the IPSet to remove IP address ranges, if any. For more information, see UpdateIPSet.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a DeleteIPSet request.

  • Submit a DeleteIPSet request.

Request Syntax

client.delete_ip_set(
    IPSetId='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type IPSetId

string

param IPSetId

[REQUIRED]

The IPSetId of the IPSet that you want to delete. IPSetId is returned by CreateIPSet and by ListIPSets.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the DeleteIPSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

DeleteByteMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Permanently deletes a ByteMatchSet. You can't delete a ByteMatchSet if it's still used in any Rules or if it still includes any ByteMatchTuple objects (any filters).

If you just want to remove a ByteMatchSet from a Rule , use UpdateRule.

To permanently delete a ByteMatchSet , perform the following steps:

  • Update the ByteMatchSet to remove filters, if any. For more information, see UpdateByteMatchSet.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a DeleteByteMatchSet request.

  • Submit a DeleteByteMatchSet request.

Request Syntax

client.delete_byte_match_set(
    ByteMatchSetId='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type ByteMatchSetId

string

param ByteMatchSetId

[REQUIRED]

The ByteMatchSetId of the ByteMatchSet that you want to delete. ByteMatchSetId is returned by CreateByteMatchSet and by ListByteMatchSets.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the DeleteByteMatchSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

ListSqlInjectionMatchSets (new) Link ¶

Returns an array of SqlInjectionMatchSet objects.

Request Syntax

client.list_sql_injection_match_sets(
    NextMarker='string',
    Limit=123
)
type NextMarker

string

param NextMarker

If you specify a value for Limit and you have more SqlInjectionMatchSet objects than the value of Limit , AWS WAF returns a NextMarker value in the response that allows you to list another group of SqlInjectionMatchSets . For the second and subsequent ListSqlInjectionMatchSets requests, specify the value of NextMarker from the previous response to get information about another batch of SqlInjectionMatchSets .

type Limit

integer

param Limit

[REQUIRED]

Specifies the number of SqlInjectionMatchSet objects that you want AWS WAF to return for this request. If you have more SqlInjectionMatchSet objects than the number you specify for Limit , the response includes a NextMarker value that you can use to get another batch of Rules .

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'NextMarker': 'string',
    'SqlInjectionMatchSets': [
        {
            'SqlInjectionMatchSetId': 'string',
            'Name': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    The response to a ListSqlInjectionMatchSets request.

    • NextMarker (string) --

      If you have more SqlInjectionMatchSet objects than the number that you specified for Limit in the request, the response includes a NextMarker value. To list more SqlInjectionMatchSet objects, submit another ListSqlInjectionMatchSets request, and specify the NextMarker value from the response in the NextMarker value in the next request.

    • SqlInjectionMatchSets (list) --

      An array of SqlInjectionMatchSetSummary objects.

      • (dict) --

        The Id and Name of a SqlInjectionMatchSet .

        • SqlInjectionMatchSetId (string) --

          A unique identifier for a SqlInjectionMatchSet . You use SqlInjectionMatchSetId to get information about a SqlInjectionMatchSet (see GetSqlInjectionMatchSet ), update a SqlInjectionMatchSet (see UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet, insert a SqlInjectionMatchSet into a Rule or delete one from a Rule (see UpdateRule ), and delete a SqlInjectionMatchSet from AWS WAF (see DeleteByteMatchSet ).

          SqlInjectionMatchSetId is returned by CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet and by ListSqlInjectionMatchSets.

        • Name (string) --

          The name of the SqlInjectionMatchSet , if any, specified by Id .

CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Creates a SqlInjectionMatchSet, which you use to allow, block, or count requests that contain snippets of SQL code in a specified part of web requests. AWS WAF searches for character sequences that are likely to be malicious strings.

To create and configure a SqlInjectionMatchSet , perform the following steps:

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

  • Submit a CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

  • Submit an UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet request to specify the parts of web requests in which you want to allow, block, or count malicious SQL code.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.create_sql_injection_match_set(
    Name='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type Name

string

param Name

[REQUIRED]

A friendly name or description for the SqlInjectionMatchSet that you're creating. You can't change Name after you create the SqlInjectionMatchSet .

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'SqlInjectionMatchSet': {
        'SqlInjectionMatchSetId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'SqlInjectionMatchTuples': [
            {
                'FieldToMatch': {
                    'Type': 'URI'|'QUERY_STRING'|'HEADER'|'METHOD',
                    'Data': 'string'
                },
                'TextTransformation': 'NONE'|'COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE'|'HTML_ENTITY_DECODE'|'LOWERCASE'|'CMD_LINE'|'URL_DECODE'
            },
        ]
    },
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    The response to a CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet request.

    • SqlInjectionMatchSet (dict) --

      A SqlInjectionMatchSet.

      • SqlInjectionMatchSetId (string) --

        A unique identifier for a SqlInjectionMatchSet . You use SqlInjectionMatchSetId to get information about a SqlInjectionMatchSet (see GetSqlInjectionMatchSet ), update a SqlInjectionMatchSet (see UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet, insert a SqlInjectionMatchSet into a Rule or delete one from a Rule (see UpdateRule ), and delete a SqlInjectionMatchSet from AWS WAF (see DeleteByteMatchSet ).

        SqlInjectionMatchSetId is returned by CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet and by ListSqlInjectionMatchSets.

      • Name (string) --

        The name, if any, of the SqlInjectionMatchSet .

      • SqlInjectionMatchTuples (list) --

        Specifies the parts of web requests that you want to inspect for snippets of malicious SQL code.

        • (dict) --

          Specifies the part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to inspect for snippets of malicious SQL code and, if you want AWS WAF to inspect a header, the name of the header.

          • FieldToMatch (dict) --

            Specifies where in a web request to look for TargetString .

            • Type (string) --

              The part of the web request that you want AWS WAF to search for a specified string. Parts of a request that you can search include the following:

              • HEADER : A specified request header, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header. If you choose HEADER for the type, specify the name of the header in Data .

              • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicated the type of operation that the request is asking the origin to perform. Amazon CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

              • QUERY_STRING : A query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character, if any.

              • URI : The part of a web request that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

            • Data (string) --

              When the value of Type is HEADER , enter the name of the header that you want AWS WAF to search, for example, User-Agent or Referer . If the value of Type is any other value, omit Data .

              The name of the header is not case sensitive.

          • TextTransformation (string) --

            Text transformations eliminate some of the unusual formatting that attackers use in web requests in an effort to bypass AWS WAF. If you specify a transformation, AWS WAF performs the transformation on TargetString before inspecting a request for a match.

            CMD_LINE

            When you're concerned that attackers are injecting an operating system commandline command and using unusual formatting to disguise some or all of the command, use this option to perform the following transformations:

            • Delete the following characters: " ' ^

            • Delete spaces before the following characters: / (

            • Replace the following characters with a space: , ;

            • Replace multiple spaces with one space

            • Convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z)

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE

            Use this option to replace the following characters with a space character (decimal 32):

            • f, formfeed, decimal 12

            • t, tab, decimal 9

            • n, newline, decimal 10

            • r, carriage return, decimal 13

            • v, vertical tab, decimal 11

            • non-breaking space, decimal 160

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE also replaces multiple spaces with one space.

            HTML_ENTITY_DECODE

            Use this option to replace HTML-encoded characters with unencoded characters. HTML_ENTITY_DECODE performs the following operations:

            • Replaces (ampersand)quot; with "

            • Replaces (ampersand)nbsp; with a non-breaking space, decimal 160

            • Replaces (ampersand)lt; with a "less than" symbol

            • Replaces (ampersand)gt; with >

            • Replaces characters that are represented in hexadecimal format, (ampersand)#xhhhh; , with the corresponding characters

            • Replaces characters that are represented in decimal format, (ampersand)#nnnn; , with the corresponding characters

            LOWERCASE

            Use this option to convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z).

            URL_DECODE

            Use this option to decode a URL-encoded value.

            NONE

            Specify NONE if you don't want to perform any text transformations.

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

CreateWebACL (new) Link ¶

Creates a WebACL , which contains the Rules that identify the CloudFront web requests that you want to allow, block, or count. AWS WAF evaluates Rules in order based on the value of Priority for each Rule .

You also specify a default action, either ALLOW or BLOCK . If a web request doesn't match any of the Rules in a WebACL , AWS WAF responds to the request with the default action.

To create and configure a WebACL , perform the following steps:

  • Create and update the ByteMatchSet objects and other predicates that you want to include in Rules . For more information, see CreateByteMatchSet, UpdateByteMatchSet, CreateIPSet, UpdateIPSet, CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet, and UpdateSqlInjectionMatchSet.

  • Create and update the Rules that you want to include in the WebACL . For more information, see CreateRule and UpdateRule.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a CreateWebACL request.

  • Submit a CreateWebACL request.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateWebACL request.

  • Submit an UpdateWebACL request to specify the Rules that you want to include in the WebACL , to specify the default action, and to associate the WebACL with a CloudFront distribution.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.create_web_acl(
    Name='string',
    MetricName='string',
    DefaultAction={
        'Type': 'BLOCK'|'ALLOW'|'COUNT'
    },
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type Name

string

param Name

[REQUIRED]

A friendly name or description of the WebACL. You can't change Name after you create the WebACL .

type MetricName

string

param MetricName

[REQUIRED]

A friendly name or description for the metrics for this WebACL . The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9); the name can't contain whitespace. You can't change MetricName after you create the WebACL .

type DefaultAction

dict

param DefaultAction

[REQUIRED]

The action that you want AWS WAF to take when a request doesn't match the criteria specified in any of the Rule objects that are associated with the WebACL .

  • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule . Valid settings include the following:

    • ALLOW : AWS WAF allows requests

    • BLOCK : AWS WAF blocks requests

    • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL .

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'WebACL': {
        'WebACLId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'MetricName': 'string',
        'DefaultAction': {
            'Type': 'BLOCK'|'ALLOW'|'COUNT'
        },
        'Rules': [
            {
                'Priority': 123,
                'RuleId': 'string',
                'Action': {
                    'Type': 'BLOCK'|'ALLOW'|'COUNT'
                }
            },
        ]
    },
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • WebACL (dict) --

      The WebACL returned in the CreateWebACL response.

      • WebACLId (string) --

        A unique identifier for a WebACL . You use WebACLId to get information about a WebACL (see GetWebACL ), update a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL, and delete a WebACL from AWS WAF (see DeleteWebACL ).

        WebACLId is returned by CreateWebACL and by ListWebACLs.

      • Name (string) --

        A friendly name or description of the WebACL . You can't change the name of a WebACL after you create it.

      • MetricName (string) --

      • DefaultAction (dict) --

        The action to perform if none of the Rules contained in the WebACL match. The action is specified by the WafAction object.

        • Type (string) --

          Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule . Valid settings include the following:

          • ALLOW : AWS WAF allows requests

          • BLOCK : AWS WAF blocks requests

          • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL .

      • Rules (list) --

        An array that contains the action for each Rule in a WebACL , the priority of the Rule , and the ID of the Rule .

        • (dict) --

          The ActivatedRule object in an UpdateWebACL request specifies a Rule that you want to insert or delete, the priority of the Rule in the WebACL , and the action that you want AWS WAF to take when a web request matches the Rule ( ALLOW , BLOCK , or COUNT ).

          To specify whether to insert or delete a Rule , use the Action parameter in the WebACLUpdate data type.

          • Priority (integer) --

            Specifies the order in which the Rules in a WebACL are evaluated. Rules with a lower value for Priority are evaluated before Rules with a higher value. The value must be a unique integer. If you add multiple Rules to a WebACL , the values don't need to be consecutive.

          • RuleId (string) --

            The RuleId for a Rule . You use RuleId to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule ), update a Rule (see UpdateRule ), insert a Rule into a WebACL or delete a one from a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL ), or delete a Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule ).

            RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

          • Action (dict) --

            Specifies the action that CloudFront or AWS WAF takes when a web request matches the conditions in the Rule . Valid values for Action include the following:

            • ALLOW : CloudFront responds with the requested object.

            • BLOCK : CloudFront responds with an HTTP 403 (Forbidden) status code.

            • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of requests that match the conditions in the rule and then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL.

            • Type (string) --

              Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule . Valid settings include the following:

              • ALLOW : AWS WAF allows requests

              • BLOCK : AWS WAF blocks requests

              • COUNT : AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL .

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the CreateWebACL request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

UpdateIPSet (new) Link ¶

Inserts or deletes IPSetDescriptor objects in an IPSet . For each IPSetDescriptor object, you specify the following values:

  • Whether to insert or delete the object from the array. If you want to change an IPSetDescriptor object, you delete the existing object and add a new one.

  • The IP address version, IPv4 .

  • The IP address in CIDR notation, for example, 192.0.2.0/24 (for the range of IP addresses from 192.0.2.0 to 192.0.2.255 ) or 192.0.2.44/32 (for the individual IP address 192.0.2.44 ).

AWS WAF supports /8, /16, /24, and /32 IP address ranges. For more information about CIDR notation, see the Wikipedia entry Classless Inter-Domain Routing.

You use an IPSet to specify which web requests you want to allow or block based on the IP addresses that the requests originated from. For example, if you're receiving a lot of requests from one or a small number of IP addresses and you want to block the requests, you can create an IPSet that specifies those IP addresses, and then configure AWS WAF to block the requests.

To create and configure an IPSet , perform the following steps:

  • Submit a CreateIPSet request.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateIPSet request.

  • Submit an UpdateIPSet request to specify the IP addresses that you want AWS WAF to watch for.

When you update an IPSet , you specify the IP addresses that you want to add and/or the IP addresses that you want to delete. If you want to change an IP address, you delete the existing IP address and add the new one.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.update_ip_set(
    IPSetId='string',
    ChangeToken='string',
    Updates=[
        {
            'Action': 'INSERT'|'DELETE',
            'IPSetDescriptor': {
                'Type': 'IPV4',
                'Value': 'string'
            }
        },
    ]
)
type IPSetId

string

param IPSetId

[REQUIRED]

The IPSetId of the IPSet that you want to update. IPSetId is returned by CreateIPSet and by ListIPSets.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

type Updates

list

param Updates

[REQUIRED]

An array of IPSetUpdate objects that you want to insert into or delete from an IPSet. For more information, see the applicable data types:

  • IPSetUpdate: Contains Action and IPSetDescriptor

  • IPSetDescriptor: Contains Type and Value

  • (dict) --

    Specifies the type of update to perform to an IPSet with UpdateIPSet.

    • Action (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      Specifies whether to insert or delete an IP address with UpdateIPSet.

    • IPSetDescriptor (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

      The IP address type ( IPV4 ) and the IP address range (in CIDR notation) that web requests originate from.

      • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        Specify IPV4 .

      • Value (string) -- [REQUIRED]

        Specify an IPv4 address by using CIDR notation. For example:

        • To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from the IP address 192.0.2.44, specify 192.0.2.44/32 .

        • To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from IP addresses from 192.0.2.0 to 192.0.2.255, specify 192.0.2.0/24 .

        AWS WAF supports only /8, /16, /24, and /32 IP addresses.

        For more information about CIDR notation, see the Wikipedia entry Classless Inter-Domain Routing.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the UpdateIPSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

DeleteRule (new) Link ¶

Permanently deletes a Rule. You can't delete a Rule if it's still used in any WebACL objects or if it still includes any predicates, such as ByteMatchSet objects.

If you just want to remove a Rule from a WebACL , use UpdateWebACL.

To permanently delete a Rule from AWS WAF, perform the following steps:

  • Update the Rule to remove predicates, if any. For more information, see UpdateRule.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a DeleteRule request.

  • Submit a DeleteRule request.

Request Syntax

client.delete_rule(
    RuleId='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type RuleId

string

param RuleId

[REQUIRED]

The RuleId of the Rule that you want to delete. RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the DeleteRule request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

GetRule (new) Link ¶

Returns the Rule that is specified by the RuleId that you included in the GetRule request.

Request Syntax

client.get_rule(
    RuleId='string'
)
type RuleId

string

param RuleId

[REQUIRED]

The RuleId of the Rule that you want to get. RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Rule': {
        'RuleId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'MetricName': 'string',
        'Predicates': [
            {
                'Negated': True|False,
                'Type': 'IPMatch'|'ByteMatch'|'SqlInjectionMatch',
                'DataId': 'string'
            },
        ]
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Rule (dict) --

      Information about the Rule that you specified in the GetRule request. For more information, see the following topics:

      • Rule: Contains MetricName , Name , an array of Predicate objects, and RuleId

      • Predicate: Each Predicate object contains DataId , Negated , and Type

      • RuleId (string) --

        A unique identifier for a Rule . You use RuleId to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule ), update a Rule (see UpdateRule ), insert a Rule into a WebACL or delete a one from a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL ), or delete a Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule ).

        RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

      • Name (string) --

        The friendly name or description for the Rule . You can't change the name of a Rule after you create it.

      • MetricName (string) --

      • Predicates (list) --

        The Predicates object contains one Predicate element for each ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet object that you want to include in a Rule .

        • (dict) --

          Specifies the ByteMatchSet, IPSet, and SqlInjectionMatchSet objects that you want to add to a Rule and, for each object, indicates whether you want to negate the settings, for example, requests that do NOT originate from the IP address 192.0.2.44.

          • Negated (boolean) --

            Set Negated to False if you want AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests based on the settings in the specified ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet. For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow or block requests based on that IP address.

            Set Negated to True if you want AWS WAF to allow or block a request based on the negation of the settings in the ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet. For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow, block, or count requests based on all IP addresses except 192.0.2.44 .

          • Type (string) --

            The type of predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatchSet or IPSet .

          • DataId (string) --

            A unique identifier for a predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatchSetId or IPSetId . The ID is returned by the corresponding Create or List command.

CreateRule (new) Link ¶

Creates a Rule , which contains the IPSet objects, ByteMatchSet objects, and other predicates that identify the requests that you want to block. If you add more than one predicate to a Rule , a request must match all of the specifications to be allowed or blocked. For example, suppose you add the following to a Rule :

  • An IPSet that matches the IP address 192.0.2.44/32

  • A ByteMatchSet that matches BadBot in the User-Agent header

You then add the Rule to a WebACL and specify that you want to blocks requests that satisfy the Rule . For a request to be blocked, it must come from the IP address 192.0.2.44 and the User-Agent header in the request must contain the value BadBot .

To create and configure a Rule , perform the following steps:

  • Create and update the predicates that you want to include in the Rule . For more information, see CreateByteMatchSet, CreateIPSet, and CreateSqlInjectionMatchSet.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a CreateRule request.

  • Submit a CreateRule request.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateRule request.

  • Submit an UpdateRule request to specify the predicates that you want to include in the Rule .

  • Create and update a WebACL that contains the Rule . For more information, see CreateWebACL.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.create_rule(
    Name='string',
    MetricName='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type Name

string

param Name

[REQUIRED]

A friendly name or description of the Rule. You can't change the name of a Rule after you create it.

type MetricName

string

param MetricName

[REQUIRED]

A friendly name or description for the metrics for this Rule . The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9); the name can't contain whitespace. You can't change the name of the metric after you create the Rule .

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Rule': {
        'RuleId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'MetricName': 'string',
        'Predicates': [
            {
                'Negated': True|False,
                'Type': 'IPMatch'|'ByteMatch'|'SqlInjectionMatch',
                'DataId': 'string'
            },
        ]
    },
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Rule (dict) --

      The Rule returned in the CreateRule response.

      • RuleId (string) --

        A unique identifier for a Rule . You use RuleId to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule ), update a Rule (see UpdateRule ), insert a Rule into a WebACL or delete a one from a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL ), or delete a Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule ).

        RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules.

      • Name (string) --

        The friendly name or description for the Rule . You can't change the name of a Rule after you create it.

      • MetricName (string) --

      • Predicates (list) --

        The Predicates object contains one Predicate element for each ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet object that you want to include in a Rule .

        • (dict) --

          Specifies the ByteMatchSet, IPSet, and SqlInjectionMatchSet objects that you want to add to a Rule and, for each object, indicates whether you want to negate the settings, for example, requests that do NOT originate from the IP address 192.0.2.44.

          • Negated (boolean) --

            Set Negated to False if you want AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests based on the settings in the specified ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet. For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow or block requests based on that IP address.

            Set Negated to True if you want AWS WAF to allow or block a request based on the negation of the settings in the ByteMatchSet, IPSet, or SqlInjectionMatchSet. For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow, block, or count requests based on all IP addresses except 192.0.2.44 .

          • Type (string) --

            The type of predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatchSet or IPSet .

          • DataId (string) --

            A unique identifier for a predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatchSetId or IPSetId . The ID is returned by the corresponding Create or List command.

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the CreateRule request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

CreateIPSet (new) Link ¶

Creates an IPSet, which you use to specify which web requests you want to allow or block based on the IP addresses that the requests originate from. For example, if you're receiving a lot of requests from one or more individual IP addresses or one or more ranges of IP addresses and you want to block the requests, you can create an IPSet that contains those IP addresses and then configure AWS WAF to block the requests.

To create and configure an IPSet , perform the following steps:

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a CreateIPSet request.

  • Submit a CreateIPSet request.

  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateIPSet request.

  • Submit an UpdateIPSet request to specify the IP addresses that you want AWS WAF to watch for.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

client.create_ip_set(
    Name='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
type Name

string

param Name

[REQUIRED]

A friendly name or description of the IPSet. You can't change Name after you create the IPSet .

type ChangeToken

string

param ChangeToken

[REQUIRED]

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'IPSet': {
        'IPSetId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'IPSetDescriptors': [
            {
                'Type': 'IPV4',
                'Value': 'string'
            },
        ]
    },
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • IPSet (dict) --

      The IPSet returned in the CreateIPSet response.

      • IPSetId (string) --

        The IPSetId for an IPSet . You use IPSetId to get information about an IPSet (see GetIPSet ), update an IPSet (see UpdateIPSet ), insert an IPSet into a Rule or delete one from a Rule (see UpdateRule ), and delete an IPSet from AWS WAF (see DeleteIPSet ).

        IPSetId is returned by CreateIPSet and by ListIPSets.

      • Name (string) --

        A friendly name or description of the IPSet. You can't change the name of an IPSet after you create it.

      • IPSetDescriptors (list) --

        The IP address type ( IPV4 ) and the IP address range (in CIDR notation) that web requests originate from. If the WebACL is associated with a CloudFront distribution, this is the value of one of the following fields in CloudFront access logs:

        • c-ip , if the viewer did not use an HTTP proxy or a load balancer to send the request

        • x-forwarded-for , if the viewer did use an HTTP proxy or a load balancer to send the request

        • (dict) --

          Specifies the IP address type ( IPV4 ) and the IP address range (in CIDR format) that web requests originate from.

          • Type (string) --

            Specify IPV4 .

          • Value (string) --

            Specify an IPv4 address by using CIDR notation. For example:

            • To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from the IP address 192.0.2.44, specify 192.0.2.44/32 .

            • To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from IP addresses from 192.0.2.0 to 192.0.2.255, specify 192.0.2.0/24 .

            AWS WAF supports only /8, /16, /24, and /32 IP addresses.

            For more information about CIDR notation, see the Wikipedia entry Classless Inter-Domain Routing.

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the CreateIPSet request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

GetIPSet (new) Link ¶

Returns the IPSet that is specified by IPSetId .

Request Syntax

client.get_ip_set(
    IPSetId='string'
)
type IPSetId

string

param IPSetId

[REQUIRED]

The IPSetId of the IPSet that you want to get. IPSetId is returned by CreateIPSet and by ListIPSets.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'IPSet': {
        'IPSetId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'IPSetDescriptors': [
            {
                'Type': 'IPV4',
                'Value': 'string'
            },
        ]
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • IPSet (dict) --

      Information about the IPSet that you specified in the GetIPSet request. For more information, see the following topics:

      • IPSet: Contains IPSetDescriptors , IPSetId , and Name

      • IPSetDescriptors : Contains an array of IPSetDescriptor objects. Each IPSetDescriptor object contains Type and Value

      • IPSetId (string) --

        The IPSetId for an IPSet . You use IPSetId to get information about an IPSet (see GetIPSet ), update an IPSet (see UpdateIPSet ), insert an IPSet into a Rule or delete one from a Rule (see UpdateRule ), and delete an IPSet from AWS WAF (see DeleteIPSet ).

        IPSetId is returned by CreateIPSet and by ListIPSets.

      • Name (string) --

        A friendly name or description of the IPSet. You can't change the name of an IPSet after you create it.

      • IPSetDescriptors (list) --

        The IP address type ( IPV4 ) and the IP address range (in CIDR notation) that web requests originate from. If the WebACL is associated with a CloudFront distribution, this is the value of one of the following fields in CloudFront access logs:

        • c-ip , if the viewer did not use an HTTP proxy or a load balancer to send the request

        • x-forwarded-for , if the viewer did use an HTTP proxy or a load balancer to send the request

        • (dict) --

          Specifies the IP address type ( IPV4 ) and the IP address range (in CIDR format) that web requests originate from.

          • Type (string) --

            Specify IPV4 .

          • Value (string) --

            Specify an IPv4 address by using CIDR notation. For example:

            • To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from the IP address 192.0.2.44, specify 192.0.2.44/32 .

            • To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from IP addresses from 192.0.2.0 to 192.0.2.255, specify 192.0.2.0/24 .

            AWS WAF supports only /8, /16, /24, and /32 IP addresses.

            For more information about CIDR notation, see the Wikipedia entry Classless Inter-Domain Routing.

GetByteMatchSet (new) Link ¶

Returns the ByteMatchSet specified by ByteMatchSetId .

Request Syntax

client.get_byte_match_set(
    ByteMatchSetId='string'
)
type ByteMatchSetId

string

param ByteMatchSetId

[REQUIRED]

The ByteMatchSetId of the ByteMatchSet that you want to get. ByteMatchSetId is returned by CreateByteMatchSet and by ListByteMatchSets.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ByteMatchSet': {
        'ByteMatchSetId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'ByteMatchTuples': [
            {
                'FieldToMatch': {
                    'Type': 'URI'|'QUERY_STRING'|'HEADER'|'METHOD',
                    'Data': 'string'
                },
                'TargetString': b'bytes',
                'TextTransformation': 'NONE'|'COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE'|'HTML_ENTITY_DECODE'|'LOWERCASE'|'CMD_LINE'|'URL_DECODE',
                'PositionalConstraint': 'EXACTLY'|'STARTS_WITH'|'ENDS_WITH'|'CONTAINS'|'CONTAINS_WORD'
            },
        ]
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ByteMatchSet (dict) --

      Information about the ByteMatchSet that you specified in the GetByteMatchSet request. For more information, see the following topics:

      • ByteMatchSet: Contains ByteMatchSetId , ByteMatchTuples , and Name

      • ByteMatchTuples : Contains an array of ByteMatchTuple objects. Each ByteMatchTuple object contains FieldToMatch, PositionalConstraint , TargetString , and TextTransformation

      • FieldToMatch: Contains Data and Type

      • ByteMatchSetId (string) --

        The ByteMatchSetId for a ByteMatchSet . You use ByteMatchSetId to get information about a ByteMatchSet (see GetByteMatchSet ), update a ByteMatchSet (see UpdateByteMatchSet, insert a ByteMatchSet into a Rule or delete one from a Rule (see UpdateRule ), and delete a ByteMatchSet from AWS WAF (see DeleteByteMatchSet ).

        ByteMatchSetId is returned by CreateByteMatchSet and by ListByteMatchSets.

      • Name (string) --

        A friendly name or description of the ByteMatchSet. You can't change Name after you create a ByteMatchSet .

      • ByteMatchTuples (list) --

        Specifies the bytes (typically a string that corresponds with ASCII characters) that you want AWS WAF to search for in web requests, the location in requests that you want AWS WAF to search, and other settings.

        • (dict) --

          The bytes (typically a string that corresponds with ASCII characters) that you want AWS WAF to search for in web requests, the location in requests that you want AWS WAF to search, and other settings.

          • FieldToMatch (dict) --

            The part of a web request that you want AWS WAF to search, such as a specified header or a query string. For more information, see FieldToMatch.

            • Type (string) --

              The part of the web request that you want AWS WAF to search for a specified string. Parts of a request that you can search include the following:

              • HEADER : A specified request header, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header. If you choose HEADER for the type, specify the name of the header in Data .

              • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicated the type of operation that the request is asking the origin to perform. Amazon CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

              • QUERY_STRING : A query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character, if any.

              • URI : The part of a web request that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

            • Data (string) --

              When the value of Type is HEADER , enter the name of the header that you want AWS WAF to search, for example, User-Agent or Referer . If the value of Type is any other value, omit Data .

              The name of the header is not case sensitive.

          • TargetString (bytes) --

            The value that you want AWS WAF to search for. AWS WAF searches for the specified string in the part of web requests that you specified in FieldToMatch . The maximum length of the value is 50 bytes.

            Valid values depend on the values that you specified for FieldToMatch :

            • HEADER : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the request header that you specified in FieldToMatch, for example, the value of the User-Agent or Referer header.

            • METHOD : The HTTP method, which indicates the type of operation specified in the request. CloudFront supports the following methods: DELETE , GET , HEAD , OPTIONS , PATCH , POST , and PUT .

            • QUERY_STRING : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the query string, which is the part of a URL that appears after a ? character.

            • URI : The value that you want AWS WAF to search for in the part of a URL that identifies a resource, for example, /images/daily-ad.jpg .

            If TargetString includes alphabetic characters A-Z and a-z, note that the value is case sensitive.

            If you're using the AWS WAF API

            Specify a base64-encoded version of the value. The maximum length of the value before you base64-encode it is 50 bytes.

            For example, suppose the value of Type is HEADER and the value of Data is User-Agent . If you want to search the User-Agent header for the value BadBot , you base64-encode BadBot using MIME base64 encoding and include the resulting value, QmFkQm90 , in the value of TargetString .

            If you're using the AWS CLI or one of the AWS SDKs

            The value that you want AWS WAF to search for. The SDK automatically base64 encodes the value.

          • TextTransformation (string) --

            Text transformations eliminate some of the unusual formatting that attackers use in web requests in an effort to bypass AWS WAF. If you specify a transformation, AWS WAF performs the transformation on TargetString before inspecting a request for a match.

            CMD_LINE

            When you're concerned that attackers are injecting an operating system commandline command and using unusual formatting to disguise some or all of the command, use this option to perform the following transformations:

            • Delete the following characters: " ' ^

            • Delete spaces before the following characters: / (

            • Replace the following characters with a space: , ;

            • Replace multiple spaces with one space

            • Convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z)

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE

            Use this option to replace the following characters with a space character (decimal 32):

            • f, formfeed, decimal 12

            • t, tab, decimal 9

            • n, newline, decimal 10

            • r, carriage return, decimal 13

            • v, vertical tab, decimal 11

            • non-breaking space, decimal 160

            COMPRESS_WHITE_SPACE also replaces multiple spaces with one space.

            HTML_ENTITY_DECODE

            Use this option to replace HTML-encoded characters with unencoded characters. HTML_ENTITY_DECODE performs the following operations:

            • Replaces (ampersand)quot; with "

            • Replaces (ampersand)nbsp; with a non-breaking space, decimal 160

            • Replaces (ampersand)lt; with a "less than" symbol

            • Replaces (ampersand)gt; with >

            • Replaces characters that are represented in hexadecimal format, (ampersand)#xhhhh; , with the corresponding characters

            • Replaces characters that are represented in decimal format, (ampersand)#nnnn; , with the corresponding characters

            LOWERCASE

            Use this option to convert uppercase letters (A-Z) to lowercase (a-z).

            URL_DECODE

            Use this option to decode a URL-encoded value.

            NONE

            Specify NONE if you don't want to perform any text transformations.

          • PositionalConstraint (string) --

            Within the portion of a web request that you want to search (for example, in the query string, if any), specify where you want AWS WAF to search. Valid values include the following:

            CONTAINS

            The specified part of the web request must include the value of TargetString , but the location doesn't matter.

            CONTAINS_WORD

            The specified part of the web request must include the value of TargetString , and TargetString must contain only alphanumeric characters or underscore (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or _). In addition, TargetString must be a word, which means one of the following:

            • TargetString exactly matches the value of the specified part of the web request, such as the value of a header.

            • TargetString is at the beginning of the specified part of the web request and is followed by a character other than an alphanumeric character or underscore (_), for example, BadBot; .

            • TargetString is at the end of the specified part of the web request and is preceded by a character other than an alphanumeric character or underscore (_), for example, ;BadBot .

            • TargetString is in the middle of the specified part of the web request and is preceded and followed by characters other than alphanumeric characters or underscore (_), for example, -BadBot; .

            EXACTLY

            The value of the specified part of the web request must exactly match the value of TargetString .

            STARTS_WITH

            The value of TargetString must appear at the beginning of the specified part of the web request.

            ENDS_WITH

            The value of TargetString must appear at the end of the specified part of the web request.