WAFRegional / Client / delete_web_acl

delete_web_acl#

WAFRegional.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

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': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}