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Updated on 2026-05-12 GMT+08:00

Resetting the Rule Hits of the Global Protection Whitelist (Formerly False Alarm Masking Rule) to Zero

Function

This API is used to reset the rule hits of the global protection whitelist (formerly false alarm masking rule) to zero.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/ignore/{rule_id}/recount

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. To obtain it, log in to the Huawei Cloud console, click the username, choose My Credentials, and find the project ID in the Projects list.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

policy_id

Yes

String

Definition

Protection policy ID. You can call the ListPolicy API to obtain the policy ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

rule_id

Yes

String

Definition

ID of a false alarm masking rule. You can obtain the rule ID from the id field in the response body of the API for querying false alarm masking rules (ListIgnoreRule).

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Definition

Obtain the enterprise project ID by calling the ListEnterpriseProject API of Enterprise Project Management Service (EPS). To obtain the resource details in all enterprise projects of a user, set this parameter to all_granted_eps.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • 0: the default enterprise project.

  • all_granted_eps: all enterprise projects.

  • A specific enterprise project ID: Enter a maximum of 36 characters.

Default Value

0

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. You can obtain it by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The user token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Content-Type

Yes

String

Definition

Content type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

application/json;charset=utf8

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Rule ID.

policyid

String

Policy ID.

timestamp

Long

Timestamp the rule is created.

description

String

Rule description.

status

Integer

Definition

Rule status, which is used to specify whether a rule is enabled or disabled.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • 0: disabled

  • 1: enabled

Default Value

N/A

url

String

The path for false masking alarms. This parameter is available only when mode is set to 0.

rule

String

Type or ID of the rule to be masked.

mode

Integer

Version number. The value can be 0 or 1. 0: indicates the old version V1. 1 indicates the new version V2. When the value of mode is 0, the conditions field does not exist, but the url and url_logic fields exist. When the value of mode is 1, the url and url_logic fields do not exist, but the conditions field exists.

url_logic

String

URL match logic

conditions

Array of Condition objects

Conditions

advanced

IgnoreAdvanced object

Advanced settings

domain

Array of strings

Protected domain name or website

update_time

Long

Time when the rule was last updated.

clear_time

Long

Last time when the hit count was manually reset to zero.

hit_num

Integer

Number of rule hits.

Table 5 Condition

Parameter

Type

Description

category

String

Field type. The value can be ip, url, params, cookie, or header.

contents

Array of strings

Content. The array length must be 1. The content format varies depending on field types. For example, if the field type is ip, the value must be an IP address or IP address range. If the field type is url, the value must be a URL in standard format. If the field type is params, cookie, or header, the content format is not limited.

logic_operation

String

Matching logics. The matching logic varies depending on field types. If the field type is ip, equal and not_equal are supported. If the field type is url, header, params, or cookie, equal, not_equal, contain, not_contain, prefix, not_prefix, suffix, not_suffix, regular_match, and regular_not_match are supported.

check_all_indexes_logic

Integer

If the field type is url or ip, the check_all_indexes_logic field does not exist. In other cases, the value 1 indicates that all subfields will be checked, the value 2 indicates that any subfield will be checked, and the valuenull indicates that custom subfields will be used.

index

String

If the field type is ip and the subfield is the client IP address, the index parameter does not exist. If the subfield type is X-Forwarded-For, the value is x-forwarded-for. If the field type is params, header, or cookie, and the subfield is user-defined, the value of index is the user-defined subfield.

Table 6 IgnoreAdvanced

Parameter

Type

Description

index

String

Field type. The following field types are supported: Params, Cookie, Header, Body, and Multipart.

  • If you select Params, Cookie, or Header, you can select All or configure subfields you need.

  • If you select Body or Multipart, you can select All.

contents

Array of strings

Subfield of the specified field type. The default value is all.

Status code: 400

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 8 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 401

Table 9 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 10 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 500

Table 11 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 12 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Example Requests

POST https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/ignore/{rule_id}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "id" : "16e81d9a9e0244359204d7f00326ee4f",
  "policyid" : "0681f69f94ac408e9688373e45a61fdb",
  "timestamp" : 1679106005786,
  "description" : "",
  "status" : 1,
  "rule" : "webshell;vuln",
  "mode" : 1,
  "conditions" : [ {
    "category" : "url",
    "contents" : [ "/test" ],
    "logic_operation" : "contain"
  } ],
  "domain" : [ ],
  "advanced" : {
    "index" : "params",
    "contents" : [ ]
  }
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.region.WafRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.model.*;


public class UpdateIgnoreRuleHitNumSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        WafClient client = WafClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(WafRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        UpdateIgnoreRuleHitNumRequest request = new UpdateIgnoreRuleHitNumRequest();
        request.withPolicyId("{policy_id}");
        request.withRuleId("{rule_id}");
        try {
            UpdateIgnoreRuleHitNumResponse response = client.updateIgnoreRuleHitNum(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}
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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1.region.waf_region import WafRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = WafClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(WafRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = UpdateIgnoreRuleHitNumRequest()
        request.policy_id = "{policy_id}"
        request.rule_id = "{rule_id}"
        response = client.update_ignore_rule_hit_num(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    waf "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth, err := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        SafeBuild()

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    hcClient, err := waf.WafClientBuilder().
         WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
         WithCredential(auth).
         SafeBuild()


    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    client := waf.NewWafClient(hcClient)

    request := &model.UpdateIgnoreRuleHitNumRequest{}
	request.PolicyId = "{policy_id}"
	request.RuleId = "{rule_id}"
	response, err := client.UpdateIgnoreRuleHitNum(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

400

Request failed.

401

The token does not have required permissions.

500

Internal server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.