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Querying the Details of a Forwarding Policy

Function

This API is used to view the details of a forwarding policy.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

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

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

Definition: Specifies the forwarding policy ID.

Constraints: N/A

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.

Constraints: N/A

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 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 (-).

l7policy

L7Policy object

Definition: Specifies the forwarding policy.

Table 4 L7Policy

Parameter

Type

Description

action

String

Definition: Specifies the action of the forwarding policy.

Range:

  • REDIRECT_TO_POOL: Requests are forwarded to another backend server group.

  • REDIRECT_TO_LISTENER: Requests are redirected to an HTTPS listener.

  • REDIRECT_TO_URL: Requests are redirected to another URL.

  • FIXED_RESPONSE: A fixed response body is returned.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Definition: Specifies the administrative status of the forwarding policy.

Range: The value can only be true.

description

String

Definition: Provides supplementary information about the forwarding policy.

Range: N/A

id

String

Definition: Specifies the forwarding policy ID.

Range: N/A

listener_id

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the listener with which the forwarding policy is associated.

Range: N/A

name

String

Definition: Specifies the forwarding policy name.

Range: N/A

position

Integer

Definition: Specifies the priority of the forwarding policy. The priority cannot be updated.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

priority

Integer

Definition: Specifies the priority of the forwarding policy. A smaller value indicates a higher priority.

Range:

  • If action is set to REDIRECT_TO_LISTENER, the priority ranges from 0 to 10,000.

  • If action is set to other values, the priority ranges from 1 to 10,000.

project_id

String

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

Range: N/A

provisioning_status

String

Definition: Specifies the provisioning status of the forwarding policy.

Range:

  • ACTIVE (default): The forwarding policy is provisioned successfully.

  • ERROR: The forwarding policy has the same rule as another forwarding policy added to the same listener.

redirect_pool_id

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the backend server group to which requests will be forwarded.

Range: N/A

redirect_listener_id

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the listener to which requests are redirected.

Range: N/A

redirect_url

String

Definition: Specifies the URL to which requests will be forwarded.

Range: The value must be in the format of protocol://host:port/path?query.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

rules

Array of RuleRef objects

Definition: Lists the forwarding rules in the forwarding policy.

redirect_url_config

RedirectUrlConfig object

Definition: Specifies the URL to which requests are forwarded.

redirect_pools_config

Array of RedirectPoolsConfig objects

Definition: Specifies the backend server groups that the requests are forwarded to. This parameter takes effect only when enhance_l7policy_enable is set to true. If this parameter is specified and enhance_l7policy_enable is set to false, an error will be returned.

redirect_pools_sticky_session_config

RedirectPoolsStickySessionConfig object

Definition: Specifies whether to enable sticky session for backend server groups configured for a forwarding policy. The load balancer generates a cookie after it receives a request from a client. All subsequent requests with the same cookie are routed to the same backend server group.

redirect_pools_extend_config

RedirectPoolsExtendConfig object

Definition: Specifies the backend server group that requests are forwarded to.

fixed_response_config

FixtedResponseConfig object

Definition: Specifies the configuration of the page that will be returned.

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.

Note: This parameter will not be returned for resources associated with existing dedicated load balancers and for resources associated with existing and new shared load balancers.

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.

Note: This parameter will not be returned for resources associated with existing dedicated load balancers and for resources associated with existing and new shared load balancers.

enterprise_project_id

String

Definition: Specifies the enterprise project ID.

Range: N/A

Table 5 RuleRef

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Definition: Specifies the forwarding rule ID.

Range: N/A

Table 6 RedirectUrlConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

protocol

String

Definition: Specifies the protocol for redirection.

Range:

  • HTTP

  • HTTPS

  • ${protocol}: indicates that the protocol in the request will be used.

host

String

Definition: Specifies the name of the host that requests are redirected to.

Range: The value can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.) and must start with a letter or digit.

port

String

Definition: Specifies the port that requests are redirected to.

Range: N/A

path

String

Definition: Specifies the path that requests are redirected to.

Range: The value can contain only letters, digits, and special characters: _~';@^-%#&$.*+?,=!:|\/()[]{} and must start with a slash (/).

query

String

Definition: Specifies the query string set in the URL for redirection. The following is an example:

In the URL https://www.example.com:8080/elb?type=loadbalancer, if this parameter is set to ${query}&name=my_name, the URL will be redirected to https://www.example.com:8080/elb?type=loadbalancer&name=my_name. In the example, ${query} indicates type=loadbalancer.

Range: The value can contain only letters, digits, and the special characters: !$&'()*+,-./:;=?@^_`. The letters are case-sensitive. $1, $2, $3, and all the way to $9 match the wildcard asterisk (*) in the requested URL.

status_code

String

Definition: Specifies the status code returned after the requests are redirected.

Range:

  • 301

  • 302

  • 303

  • 307

  • 308

insert_headers_config

InsertHeadersConfig object

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to write into the request that matches the forwarding rule.

remove_headers_config

RemoveHeadersConfig object

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to remove from the request that matches the forwarding rule.

Table 7 RedirectPoolsConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

pool_id

String

Definition: Specifies the backend server group ID.

Range: N/A

weight

Integer

Definition: Specifies the weight of the backend server group. Requests are routed to backend server groups based on their weights. The larger the weight is, the higher proportion of requests the backend server group receives. If the weight is set to 0, the backend server group will not accept new requests.

Range: 0 to 100

Table 8 RedirectPoolsStickySessionConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

enable

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to enable sticky session for backend server groups configured in a forwarding policy.

Default value: false, indicating that sticky session is disabled.

timeout

Integer

Definition: Specifies the stickiness duration, in minutes.

Range: 1 to 1440

Table 9 RedirectPoolsExtendConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

rewrite_url_enable

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to set rewrite_url_enable to true.

Range: The value can be true (enable this option) or false (disable this option).

rewrite_url_config

RewriteUrlConfig object

Definition: Specifies the URL for the backend server group that requests are forwarded to.

insert_headers_config

InsertHeadersConfig object

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to write into the request that matches the forwarding rule.

remove_headers_config

RemoveHeadersConfig object

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to remove from the request that matches the forwarding rule.

traffic_limit_config

TrafficLimitConfig object

Definition: Specifies how requests are limited.

cors_config

CorsConfig object

Definition: Specifies the CORS configurations.

traffic_mirror_config

TrafficMirrorConfig object

Definition: Specifies the traffic mirroring configuration.

Table 10 RewriteUrlConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

host

String

Definition: Specifies the domain name of the host that requests are redirected to.

Range: The value can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.), and must start with a letter or digit.

path

String

Definition: Specifies the path that requests are redirected to. $1, $2, $3, and all the way to $9 match the wildcard asterisk (*) in the request URL. If the number of regular expression match groups is less than the specified number, ${path} is empty. If the dollar sign ($) is followed by a letter, the matching result is empty until the next special character appears, for example, $abc#123, and the matching result is #123. If the dollar sign ($) is followed by a special character, for example, $#, the matching result is $#.

Range: The value must start with a slash (/) and can contain only letters, digits, and special characters: _~';@^-%#&$.+?,=!:|/()

query

String

Definition: Specifies the query string set in the URL for redirection. $1, $2, $3, and all the way to $9 match the wildcard asterisk (*) in the request URL. If the number of regular expression match groups is less than the specified number, ${path} is empty. If the dollar sign ($) is followed by a letter, the matching result is empty until the next special character appears, for example, $abc#123, and the matching result is #123. If the dollar sign ($) is followed by a special character, for example, $#, the matching result is $#.

Range: The value can contain only letters, digits, and the special characters: !$&'()+,-./:;=?@^_`. The letters are case-sensitive.

Table 11 CorsConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

allow_origin

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the origins that are allowed to access cross-origin resources through a browser. The origin can be a wildcard (*) or one or more URLs.

Constraints:

  • Each URL must start with http:// or https://, followed by a valid domain name or level-1 wildcard domain name, for example, http://*.test.abc.example.com.

  • It is optional to include a port number (ranging from 1 to 65535) in the URL.

allow_methods

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the HTTP methods that the specified URLs can use to access cross-origin resources.

Range: N/A

allow_headers

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the request headers that can be carried in CORS requests.

Range: N/A

expose_headers

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the headers that can be exposed.

Range: N/A

allow_credentials

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to allow credentials in CORS requests.

Range:

  • true: Credentials are allowed.

  • false: Credentials are not allowed.

max_age

Long

Definition: Specifies the maximum duration a preflight request can be cached, in seconds.

Range: -1 to 172800

Table 12 TrafficMirrorConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

target_ids

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the IDs of the backend server groups that traffic is mirrored to.

Range: N/A

mirror_request_body_enable

Boolean

Specifies whether to include the mirror request body. The default value is true.

Range: N/A

Table 13 FixtedResponseConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

status_code

String

Definition: Specifies the HTTP status code.

Range: 200-299, 400-499, 500-599

content_type

String

Definition: Specifies the format of the returned body.

Range:

  • text/plain

  • text/css

  • text/html

  • application/javascript

  • application/json

message_body

String

Definition: Specifies the content of the response message body.

Range: N/A

insert_headers_config

InsertHeadersConfig object

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to write into the request that matches the forwarding rule.

remove_headers_config

RemoveHeadersConfig object

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to remove from the request that matches the forwarding rule.

traffic_limit_config

TrafficLimitConfig object

Definition: Specifies how requests are limited.

Table 14 InsertHeadersConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

configs

Array of InsertHeaderConfig objects

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to write into the request that matches the forwarding rule.

Constraints: N/A

Table 15 InsertHeaderConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

key

String

Definition: Specifies the key of the header you want to write into the request that matches the forwarding rule.

Range: The value can contain 1 to 40 characters, including letters (case-insensitive), digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

value_type

String

Definition: Specifies the value type of the header.

Range: USER_DEFINED, REFERENCE_HEADER, or SYSTEM_DEFINED

value

String

Definition: Specifies the value of the header.

Range: The value can contain 1 to 128 characters. ASCII codes 32 through 127 printable characters, asterisk (*), and question mark (?) are also supported. The value cannot start or end with a space.

Table 16 RemoveHeadersConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

configs

Array of RemoveHeaderConfig objects

Definition: Specifies the headers you want to remove from the request that matches the forwarding rule.

Constraints: N/A

Table 17 RemoveHeaderConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

key

String

Definition: Specifies the key of the header you want to remove from the request that matches the forwarding rule.

Range: The value can contain 1 to 40 characters, including letters (case-insensitive), digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

Table 18 TrafficLimitConfig

Parameter

Type

Description

qps

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of queries per second (QPS).

Range: 0 to 100000. Unit: count/s. 0 indicates that QPS is not limited.

per_source_ip_qps

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of queries per second (QPS) from a source IP address (single client).

Range: 0 to 100000. Unit: count/s. 0 indicates that QPS is not limited.

burst

Integer

Definition: Specifies the allowed burst queries if the number of queries exceeds the value specified for qps. If the number of burst queries exceeds the value specified for burst, 503 Service Unavailable will be returned to the client.

Range: 0 to 100000. Unit: count/s.

Example Requests

Querying the details of a forwarding policy

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

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Successful request.

{
  "l7policy" : {
    "redirect_pool_id" : "768e9e8c-e7cb-4fef-b24b-af9399dbb240",
    "description" : "",
    "admin_state_up" : true,
    "rules" : [ {
      "id" : "c5c2d625-676b-431e-a4c7-c59cc2664881"
    } ],
    "project_id" : "7a9941d34fc1497d8d0797429ecfd354",
    "listener_id" : "cdb03a19-16b7-4e6b-bfec-047aeec74f56",
    "redirect_url" : null,
    "redirect_url_config" : null,
    "redirect_pools_config" : {
      "pool_id" : "722e9e8c-e7cb-4fef-b24b-af9399dbb240",
      "weight" : 12
    },
    "redirect_pools_sticky_session_config" : {
      "timeout" : 23,
      "enable" : false
    },
    "fixed_response_config" : {
      "content_type" : "text/plain",
      "message_body" : "",
      "status_code" : "207"
    },
    "redirect_listener_id" : null,
    "action" : "REDIRECT_TO_POOL",
    "position" : 100,
    "priority" : 1,
    "provisioning_status" : "ACTIVE",
    "id" : "01832d99-bbd8-4340-9d0c-6ff8f7a37307",
    "name" : "l7policy-67"
  },
  "request_id" : "6be83ec4-623e-4840-a417-2fcdf8ad5dfa"
}

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.elb.v3.region.ElbRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.model.*;


public class ShowL7PolicySolution {

    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);

        ElbClient client = ElbClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(ElbRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ShowL7PolicyRequest request = new ShowL7PolicyRequest();
        request.withL7policyId("{l7policy_id}");
        try {
            ShowL7PolicyResponse response = client.showL7Policy(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 huaweicloudsdkelb.v3.region.elb_region import ElbRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkelb.v3 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 = ElbClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(ElbRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ShowL7PolicyRequest()
        request.l7policy_id = "{l7policy_id}"
        response = client.show_l7_policy(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"
    elb "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/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 := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := elb.NewElbClient(
        elb.ElbClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.ShowL7PolicyRequest{}
	request.L7policyId = "{l7policy_id}"
	response, err := client.ShowL7Policy(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful request.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.