Creating a Data Masking Rule

Function

This API is used to create a data masking rule.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/privacy

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. To obtain it, go to Cloud management console and hover the cursor over your username. On the displayed window, choose My Credentials.Then, in the Projects area, view Project ID of the corresponding project.
policy_id	Yes	String	Policy ID. It can be obtained by calling the ListPolicy API.

**Table 2** Query Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
enterprise_project_id	No	String	You can obtain the ID by calling the ListEnterpriseProject API of EPS.

Request Parameters

**Table 3** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).
Content-Type	Yes	String	Content type. Default: application/json;charset=utf8

**Table 4** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
url	Yes	String	URL protected by the data masking rule. The value must be in the standard URL format, for example, /admin/xxx or /admin/. The asterisk () indicates the path prefix.
category	Yes	String	Masked field. Params: The params field in requests Cookie: Web visitors distinguished by cookie Header: Custom HTTP header Form: Forms Enumeration values: params cookie header form
index	Yes	String	Masked field name. Set the field name based on the masked field. The masked field will not be displayed in logs. The masked field name cannot exceed 2,048 bytes. Only digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed.
description	No	String	(Optional) A description of the rule.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Rule ID
policyid	String	Policy ID
timestamp	Long	Time the rule was created. The value is a 13-digit timestamp in ms.
status	Integer	Rule status. The value can be 0 or 1. 0: The rule is disabled. 1: The rule is enabled.
url	String	URL protected by the data masking rule. The value must be in the standard URL format, for example, /admin/xxx or /admin/. The asterisk () indicates the path prefix.
category	String	Masked field. Params: The params field in requests Cookie: Web visitors distinguished by cookie Header: Custom HTTP header Form: Forms Enumeration values: params cookie header form
index	String	Masked field name. Set the field name based on the masked field. The masked field will not be displayed in logs.
description	String	(Optional) A description of the rule.

Status code: 400

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code
error_msg	String	Error message

Status code: 401

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code
error_msg	String	Error message

Status code: 500

**Table 8** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code
error_msg	String	Error message

Example Requests

POST https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/privacy?enterprise_project_id=0

{
  "url" : "/demo",
  "category" : "cookie",
  "index" : "demo",
  "description" : "demo"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "id" : "97e4d35f375f4736a21cccfad77613eb",
  "policyid" : "38ff0cb9a10e4d5293c642bc0350fa6d",
  "timestamp" : 1650533191385,
  "description" : "demo",
  "status" : 1,
  "url" : "/demo",
  "category" : "cookie",
  "index" : "demo"
}