delete_web_acl

WAF.Client.delete_web_acl(**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.

Permanently deletes a WebACL. You can't delete a WebACL if it still contains any Rules .

To delete a WebACL , perform the following steps:

  • Update the WebACL to remove Rules , if any. For more information, see UpdateWebACL.
  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of a DeleteWebACL request.
  • Submit a DeleteWebACL request.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_web_acl(
    WebACLId='string',
    ChangeToken='string'
)
Parameters
  • WebACLId (string) --

    [REQUIRED]

    The WebACLId of the WebACL that you want to delete. WebACLId is returned by CreateWebACL and by ListWebACLs.

  • ChangeToken (string) --

    [REQUIRED]

    The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ChangeToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ChangeToken (string) --

      The ChangeToken that you used to submit the DeleteWebACL request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus.

Exceptions

  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFStaleDataException
  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFInternalErrorException
  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFInvalidAccountException
  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFNonexistentItemException
  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFReferencedItemException
  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFNonEmptyEntityException
  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFTagOperationException
  • WAF.Client.exceptions.WAFTagOperationInternalErrorException

Examples

The following example deletes a web ACL with the ID example-46da-4444-5555-example.

response = client.delete_web_acl(
    ChangeToken='abcd12f2-46da-4fdb-b8d5-fbd4c466928f',
    WebACLId='example-46da-4444-5555-example',
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ChangeToken': 'abcd12f2-46da-4fdb-b8d5-fbd4c466928f',
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}