AWS WAF

AWS WAF AWS WAFV2 API

The AWS WAFV2 API API from AWS WAF — 1 operation(s) for aws wafv2 api.

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POST / Invoke an AWS WAFV2 operation #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AWS WAFV2 API
  version: '2019-07-29'
  description: 'AWS WAF is a web application firewall that lets you monitor the HTTP and HTTPS

    requests forwarded to a protected resource (CloudFront distribution, API Gateway

    REST API, Application Load Balancer, AWS AppSync GraphQL API, Cognito user pool,

    App Runner service, Amplify application, or Verified Access instance).'
  contact:
    name: AWS WAF
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/apache-2-0/
servers:
- url: https://wafv2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: Regional endpoint (use us-east-1 for CloudFront/Amplify scope)
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: AWS region
tags:
- name: AWS WAFV2 API
paths:
  /:
    post:
      summary: Invoke an AWS WAFV2 operation
      description: 'All AWS WAFV2 operations are dispatched as POSTs to the service root.

        Set the `X-Amz-Target` header to `AWSWAF_20190729.` (for example

        `AWSWAF_20190729.CreateWebACL`) and place the JSON parameters in the request body.'
      operationId: invokeWafv2
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: X-Amz-Target
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - AWSWAF_20190729.CreateWebACL
          - AWSWAF_20190729.GetWebACL
          - AWSWAF_20190729.UpdateWebACL
          - AWSWAF_20190729.DeleteWebACL
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListWebACLs
          - AWSWAF_20190729.AssociateWebACL
          - AWSWAF_20190729.DisassociateWebACL
          - AWSWAF_20190729.GetWebACLForResource
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListResourcesForWebACL
          - AWSWAF_20190729.CreateRuleGroup
          - AWSWAF_20190729.GetRuleGroup
          - AWSWAF_20190729.UpdateRuleGroup
          - AWSWAF_20190729.DeleteRuleGroup
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListRuleGroups
          - AWSWAF_20190729.CreateIPSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.GetIPSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.UpdateIPSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.DeleteIPSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListIPSets
          - AWSWAF_20190729.CreateRegexPatternSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.GetRegexPatternSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.UpdateRegexPatternSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.DeleteRegexPatternSet
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListRegexPatternSets
          - AWSWAF_20190729.PutLoggingConfiguration
          - AWSWAF_20190729.GetLoggingConfiguration
          - AWSWAF_20190729.DeleteLoggingConfiguration
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListLoggingConfigurations
          - AWSWAF_20190729.GetSampledRequests
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListAvailableManagedRuleGroups
          - AWSWAF_20190729.CheckCapacity
          - AWSWAF_20190729.TagResource
          - AWSWAF_20190729.UntagResource
          - AWSWAF_20190729.ListTagsForResource
      - in: header
        name: Content-Type
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - application/x-amz-json-1.1
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-amz-json-1.1:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: Operation-specific JSON payload.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation response (shape depends on the operation)
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.1:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Client error (WAFInvalidParameterException, WAFNonexistentItemException, etc.)
        '403':
          description: Access denied
        '500':
          description: WAF internal error
      security:
      - sigv4: []
      tags:
      - AWS WAFV2 API
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'AWS Signature Version 4. The `Authorization` header carries the SigV4

        signature derived from your access key and secret. See

        https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/signature-version-4.html.

        '