get_rule_group

get_rule_group(**kwargs)

Note

This is AWS WAF Classic documentation. For more information, see AWS WAF Classic in the developer guide.

For the latest version of AWS WAF , use the AWS WAFV2 API and see the AWS WAF Developer Guide. With the latest version, AWS WAF has a single set of endpoints for regional and global use.

Returns the RuleGroup that is specified by the RuleGroupId that you included in the GetRuleGroup request.

To view the rules in a rule group, use ListActivatedRulesInRuleGroup.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_rule_group(
    RuleGroupId='string'
)

Parameters

RuleGroupId (string) --

[REQUIRED]

The RuleGroupId of the RuleGroup that you want to get. RuleGroupId is returned by CreateRuleGroup and by ListRuleGroups.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'RuleGroup': {
        'RuleGroupId': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'MetricName': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --
  • RuleGroup (dict) --

    Information about the RuleGroup that you specified in the GetRuleGroup request.

    • RuleGroupId (string) --

      A unique identifier for a RuleGroup . You use RuleGroupId to get more information about a RuleGroup (see GetRuleGroup ), update a RuleGroup (see UpdateRuleGroup ), insert a RuleGroup into a WebACL or delete a one from a WebACL (see UpdateWebACL ), or delete a RuleGroup from AWS WAF (see DeleteRuleGroup ).

      RuleGroupId is returned by CreateRuleGroup and by ListRuleGroups.

    • Name (string) --

      The friendly name or description for the RuleGroup . You can't change the name of a RuleGroup after you create it.

    • MetricName (string) --

      A friendly name or description for the metrics for this RuleGroup . The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9), with maximum length 128 and minimum length one. It can't contain whitespace or metric names reserved for AWS WAF, including "All" and "Default_Action." You can't change the name of the metric after you create the RuleGroup .

Exceptions

• WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFInternalErrorException
• WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFNonexistentItemException