Common parameters - Web Application Firewall - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes the parameters that are common to all API requests and responses.

Common request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Format	String	No	The response format. Valid values: JSON XML (default)
Version	String	Yes	The version number of the API. Specify the version number in the YYYY-MM-DD format. Set the value to 2019-09-10.
AccessKeyId	String	Yes	The AccessKey ID provided to you by Alibaba Cloud.
Signature	String	Yes	The signature string of the current request.
SignatureMethod	String	Yes	The encryption method of the signature string. Set the value to HMAC-SHA1.
Timestamp	String	Yes	The timestamp of the request. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format. The time must be in UTC. For example, use 2013-01-10T12:00:00Z to indicate January 10, 2013, 20:00:00 (UTC+8).
SignatureVersion	String	Yes	The version of the signature encryption algorithm. Set the value to 1.0.
SignatureNonce	String	Yes	A unique, random number used to prevent replay attacks. You must use different numbers for different requests.
ResourceOwnerAccount	String	No	The Alibaba Cloud account to which the resource you want to access belongs.

Example

https://wafopenapi.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeDomainNames
&Region=cn
&InstanceId=waf_elasticity-cn-0xldbqtm005
&Timestamp=2013-01-10T12:00:00Z
&Format=xml
&AccessKeyId=testid
&SignatureMethod=Hmac-SHA1
&SignatureNonce=NwDAxvLU6tFE0DVb
&Version=2019-09-10
&SignatureVersion=1.0
&Signature=Signature

Common response parameters

API responses use the HTTP response format where a 2xx status code indicates a successful call and a 4xx or 5xx status code indicates a failed call. Every response returns a unique RequestID regardless of whether the call is successful.

Responses can be returned in either the JSON or XML format. You can specify the response format in the request. The default response format is XML.

Sample success responses

XML format

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
    <!--Result Root Node-->
    <Interface Name+Response>
        <!--Return Request Tag-->
        <RequestId>4C467B38-3910-447D-87BC-AC049166F216</RequestId>
        <!--Return Result Data-->
    </Interface Name+Response>

JSON format

{
    "RequestId":"4C467B38-3910-447D-87BC-AC049166F216",
    /*Return Result Data*/
    }