Updated on 2025-08-29 GMT+08:00

Querying Forwarding Rules

Function

This API is used to query all forwarding rules.

Constraints

This API has the following constraints:

  • Parameters marker, limit, and page_reverse are used for pagination query.

  • Parameters marker and page_reverse take effect only when they are used together with parameter limit.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

GET /v3/{project_id}/elb/l7policies/{l7policy_id}/rules

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints: N/A

Range: The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters, including digits and lowercase letters.

Default value: N/A

l7policy_id

Yes

String

Specifies the forwarding policy ID.

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

limit

No

Integer

Definition: Specifies the number of records returned on each page.

Constraints: N/A

Range: 0 to 2000

Default value: 2000

marker

No

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the last record on the previous page.

Constraints:

  • This parameter must be used together with limit.

  • If the parameter is not specified, only resources on the first page are queried.

  • This parameter cannot be left blank or set to an invalid ID.

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

page_reverse

No

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to use reverse query.

Constraints:

  • This parameter must be used together with limit.

  • If page_reverse is set to true and you want to query the resources on the previous page, set the value of marker to the value of previous_marker.

Range:

  • true: Query resources on the previous page.

  • false: Query resources on the next page.

Default value: false

id

No

Array of strings

Specifies the forwarding rule ID.

Multiple IDs can be used for query in the format of id=xxx&id=xxx.

compare_type

No

Array of strings

Specifies how requests are matched with the domain names or URL.

Value options:

  • EQUAL_TO: exact match.

  • REGEX: regular expression match

  • STARTS_WITH: prefix match

Multiple values can be used for query in the format of compare_type=xxx&compare_type=xxx.

provisioning_status

No

Array of strings

Specifies the provisioning status of the forwarding rule. The value can only be ACTIVE, indicating that the forwarding rule is provisioned successfully.

Multiple provisioning statuses can be used for query in the format of provisioning_status=xxx&provisioning_status=xxx.

invert

No

Boolean

Specifies whether reverse matching is supported.

The value is fixed at false. This parameter can be updated but remains invalid.

admin_state_up

No

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the forwarding rule.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

value

No

Array of strings

Specifies the value of the match content.

Multiple values can be used for query in the format of value=xxx&value=xxx.

key

No

Array of strings

Specifies the key of the match content that is used to identify the forwarding rule.

Multiple keys can be used for query in the format of key=xxx&key=xxx.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

type

No

Array of strings

Specifies the match type. The value can be HOST_NAME or PATH.

The type of forwarding rules for the same forwarding policy cannot be the same.

Multiple types can be used for query in the format of type=xxx&type=xxx.

enterprise_project_id

No

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the ID of the enterprise project.

Multiple values can be used for query in the format of:

enterprise_project_id=xxx&enterprise_project_id=xxx.

Constraints:

  • If enterprise_project_id is not specified, resources in all enterprise projects are queried by default. Fine-grained authorization is performed. The elb:l7rules:list permission must be assigned to the user group.

  • If enterprise_project_id is specified, the value can be a specific enterprise project ID or all_granted_eps. If the value is a specific enterprise project ID, only resources in the enterprise project are queried. If the value is all_granted_eps, resources in the enterprise projects with the elb:l7rules:list permission are queried.

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

Definition: Specifies the request ID.

Range: The value is automatically generated, and can contain characters including digits, lowercase letters, and hyphens (-).

page_info

PageInfo object

Definition: Specifies the pagination information.

rules

Array of L7Rule objects

Definition: Lists the forwarding rules.

Table 5 PageInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

previous_marker

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the first record in the pagination query result. If page_reverse is set to true, this parameter is used together to query resources on the previous page.

Range: N/A

next_marker

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the last record in the pagination query result. It is usually used to query resources on the next page.

Range: N/A

current_count

Integer

Definition: Specifies the number of records returned on the current page.

Range: N/A

Table 6 L7Rule

Parameter

Type

Description

admin_state_up

Boolean

Definition: Specifies the administrative status of the forwarding rule. The value is fixed at true.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

compare_type

String

Definition: Specifies how requests are matched with the forwarding rule.

Range: If type is set to HOST_NAME, this parameter can only be set to EQUAL_TO. If type is set to PATH, the value can be REGEX, STARTS_WITH, or EQUAL_TO.

key

String

Definition: Specifies the key of the match content.

project_id

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the project where the forwarding rule is used.

type

String

Definition: Specifies the forwarding rule type.

Constraints:

If type is set to HOST_NAME, PATH, METHOD, or SOURCE_IP, only one forwarding rule can be created for each type. If type is set to HEADER and QUERY_STRING, multiple forwarding rules can be created for each type.

Range:

  • HOST_NAME: A domain name will be used for matching.

  • PATH: A URL will be used for matching.

  • METHOD: A request method will be used for matching.

  • HEADER: A request header will be used for matching.

  • QUERY_STRING: A query string will be used for matching.

  • SOURCE_IP: A source IP address will be used for matching.

  • COOKIE: A cookie will be used for matching.

value

String

Definition: Specifies the value of the match item.

Constraints: This parameter takes effect only when conditions is left blank.

Range:

  • If type is set to HOST_NAME, the value can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.), or *, and must start with a letter, digit, or . If you want to use a wildcard domain name, enter an asterisk () as the leftmost label of the domain name.

  • If type is set to PATH and compare_type to STARTS_WITH or EQUAL_TO, the value must start with a slash (/) and can contain only letters, digits, and special characters: _~';@^-%#&$.*+?,=!:|\/()[]{}

  • If type is set to METHOD, SOURCE_IP, HEADER, or QUERY_STRING, this parameter will not take effect, and conditions will be used to specify the key and value.

provisioning_status

String

Definition: Specifies the provisioning status of the forwarding rule. This parameter is invalid. The default value is ACTIVE.

Range: ACTIVE, PENDING_CREATE, or ERROR.

invert

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether reverse matching is supported.

Constraints: The value is fixed at false. This parameter can be updated but will not take effect.

id

String

Definition: Specifies the forwarding rule ID.

conditions

Array of RuleCondition objects

Definition: Specifies the conditions contained in a forwarding rule.

Constraints:

  • This parameter takes effect only when enhance_l7policy_enable is set to true.

  • If conditions is set for a forwarding rule, the values of key and value are ignored.

  • All keys in the conditions of a rule must be the same, and the values must be unique.

created_at

String

Definition: Specifies the creation time.

Range: The value must be a UTC time in the yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' format.

updated_at

String

Definition: Specifies the update time.

Range: The value must be a UTC time in the yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' format.

Table 7 RuleCondition

Parameter

Type

Description

key

String

Definition: Specifies the key of match item.

Constraints: All keys in the conditions list in the same rule must be the same.

Range:

  • If type is set to HOST_NAME, PATH, METHOD, or SOURCE_IP, this parameter is an empty string.

  • If type is set to HEADER, key indicates the name of the HTTP header parameter, and value indicates the value of the request header parameter. Each key can contain 1 to 40 characters, including letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

  • If type is set to QUERY_STRING, key indicates the name of the query parameter, and value indicates the value of the query parameter. The key is case sensitive and can contain 1 to 128 characters. Spaces, square brackets ([ ]), curly brackets ({ }), angle brackets (< >), backslashes (), double quotation marks (" "), pound signs (#), ampersands (&), vertical bars (|), percent signs (%), and tildes (~) are not allowed.

value

String

Definition: Specifies the value of the match item.

Constraints:

The value of each condition in a forwarding rule must be unique.

Range:

  • If type is set to HOST_NAME, key is always an empty string and value indicates the domain name. Each value can contain 1 to 128 characters, including letters, digits, hyphens (-), periods (.), and asterisks (*), and must start with a letter, digit, or *. If you want to use a wildcard domain name, enter * as the leftmost label of the domain name.

  • If type is set to PATH, key is always an empty string and value indicates the request path, which can contain 1 to 128 characters. If compare_type is set to STARTS_WITH or EQUAL_TO for a forwarding rule, the value must start with a slash (/) and can contain only letters, digits, and special characters: _~';@^-%#&$.*+?,=!:|\/()[]{}

  • If type is set to HEADER, key indicates the name of the HTTP header parameter, and value indicates the value of the request header parameter. The value can contain 1 to 128 characters. Asterisks (*) and question marks (?) are allowed, but spaces and double quotation marks are not allowed. An asterisk can match zero or more characters, and a question mark can match one character.

  • If type is set to QUERY_STRING, key indicates the name of the query parameter, and value indicates the value of the query parameter. The value is case sensitive and can contain 1 to 128 characters. Spaces, square brackets ([ ]), curly brackets ({ }), angle brackets (< >), backslashes (), double quotation marks (" "), pound signs (#), ampersands (&), vertical bars (|), percent signs (%), and tildes (~) are not allowed. Asterisks (*) and question marks (?) are allowed. An asterisk can match zero or more characters, and a question mark can match one character.

  • If type is set to METHOD, key is always an empty string and value indicates the HTTP method. The value can be GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, or OPTIONS.

  • If type is set to SOURCE_IP, key is always an empty string and value indicates the source IP address of the request. The value is an IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR block, for example, 192.168.0.2/32 or 2049::49/64.

Example Requests

Querying forwarding rules

GET https://{ELB_Endpoint}/v3/{99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24}/elb/l7policies/cf4360fd-8631-41ff-a6f5-b72c35da74be/rules

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Successful request.

{
  "rules" : [ {
    "compare_type" : "STARTS_WITH",
    "provisioning_status" : "ACTIVE",
    "project_id" : "99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24",
    "invert" : false,
    "admin_state_up" : true,
    "value" : "/ccc.html",
    "key" : null,
    "type" : "PATH",
    "id" : "84f4fcae-9c15-4e19-a99f-72c0b08fd3d7"
  } ],
  "page_info" : {
    "previous_marker" : "84f4fcae-9c15-4e19-a99f-72c0b08fd3d7",
    "current_count" : 1
  },
  "request_id" : "ae4dbd7d-9271-4040-98b6-3bfe45bb15ee"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful request.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.