Specify one or more load shedding categories for the URL protection policy.
Type: objectProperties: 1Required: 1
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url-protection-category is a JSON Structure definition published by Akamai API Security, describing 1 property, of which 1 is required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akamai-api-security/refs/heads/main/json-structure/api-security-url-protection-category-structure.json",
"name": "url-protection-category",
"description": "Specify one or more load shedding categories for the URL protection policy.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"description": "Specify the type of traffic to shed first before reaching the requests per second (RPS) limit. `BOTS` includes bots from Akamai's existing list of known bots. `CLIENT_REPUTATIONS` includes traffic from clients with a bad client reputation score. `CLOUD_PROVIDERS` includes traffic from providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. `PROXIES` includes proxy traffic as determined by IPQualityScore (IPQS) and Akamai EdgeScape. `TOR_EXIT_NODES` includes traffic defined in Akamai's existing network list of nodes. `PLATFORM_DDOS_INTELLIGENCE` includes traffic detected by Akamai's DDOS Intelligence platform.",
"enum": [
"BOTS",
"CLIENT_REPUTATIONS",
"CLOUD_PROVIDERS",
"PROXIES",
"TOR_EXIT_NODES",
"PLATFORM_DDOS_INTELLIGENCE"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
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