Fastly WAF Rules API

Operations for managing WAF rules that define detection and response behaviors for web attacks.

Business capability
Cybersecurity Management BC-620

Operations 2

GET /waf/rules List WAF rules #
GET /waf/rules/{waf_rule_id} Get a WAF rule #

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OpenAPI Specification

fastly-waf-rules-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Fastly Next-Gen WAF WAF Rules API
  description: The Fastly Next-Gen WAF API provides programmatic access to configure and manage web application firewall rules that protect applications delivered through Fastly's edge network.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Fastly Support
    url: https://support.fastly.com
  termsOfService: https://www.fastly.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.fastly.com
  description: Fastly API Production Server
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: WAF Rules
  description: Operations for managing WAF rules that define detection and response behaviors for web attacks.
paths:
  /waf/rules:
    get:
      operationId: listWafRules
      summary: List WAF rules
      description: Retrieves a list of all available WAF rules.
      tags:
      - WAF Rules
      parameters:
      - name: page[number]
        in: query
        description: The page number to retrieve.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: page[size]
        in: query
        description: The number of items per page.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: filter[waf_tags][name]
        in: query
        description: Filter rules by tag name.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved the list of WAF rules.
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/WafRule'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. The API token is missing or invalid.
  /waf/rules/{waf_rule_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getWafRule
      summary: Get a WAF rule
      description: Retrieves the details of a specific WAF rule.
      tags:
      - WAF Rules
      parameters:
      - name: waf_rule_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The alphanumeric string identifying the WAF rule.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved the WAF rule.
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/WafRule'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. The API token is missing or invalid.
        '404':
          description: WAF rule not found.
components:
  schemas:
    WafRule:
      type: object
      description: A WAF rule that defines detection logic for a specific type of web attack.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The alphanumeric string identifying the WAF rule.
        type:
          type: string
          description: The resource type.
          enum:
          - waf_rule
        attributes:
          type: object
          properties:
            modsec_rule_id:
              type: integer
              description: The ModSecurity rule ID.
            type:
              type: string
              description: The type of the rule.
            severity:
              type: integer
              description: The severity level of the rule.
            source:
              type: string
              description: The source of the rule.
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Fastly-Key
      description: API token used to authenticate requests to the Fastly API.
externalDocs:
  description: Fastly Next-Gen WAF API Documentation
  url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/waf/