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Web Application Firewall:DescribeAddresses

Last Updated:Mar 11, 2026

Queries a paginated list of addresses in an address book.

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Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

InstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the Web Application Firewall (WAF) instance.

Note

Call DescribeInstance to query the ID of the current WAF instance.

waf_elasticity-cn-0xldbqt****

RuleId

integer

No

The ID of the address book to query.

12345678

AddressLike

string

No

The address to use for a fuzzy match. If you specify this parameter, only addresses that contain the specified string are returned.

1.2.3.3

NextToken

string

No

The token that is used to start the next page of results. Set this parameter to the value of NextToken that is returned from the previous call. Do not specify this parameter for the first call.

AAAAAGBgV9tolsLfijC4wam2htS*****D/46H3X2wIS

MaxResults

integer

No

The number of entries to return on each page. Valid values: 1 to 500. Default value: 20.

20

RegionId

string

No

The region where the WAF instance resides. Valid values:

  • cn-hangzhou: the Chinese mainland.

  • ap-southeast-1: outside the Chinese mainland.

cn-hangzhou

ResourceManagerResourceGroupId

string

No

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud resource group.

rg-acfm4gh****wela

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

TotalCount

integer

The total number of addresses that match the query conditions.

10

RequestId

string

The request ID.

8D8EBFB7-E1EB-5236-952A-092EDC72***

AddressList

array<object>

The addresses in the address book.

object

The details of the address entry.

Address

string

The IP address or CIDR block in the address book.

1.1.1.1

RuleId

integer

The ID of the address book.

12345678

GmtModified

integer

The most recent modification time of the address. This value is a UNIX timestamp. Unit: milliseconds.

1760408233000

NextToken

string

The pagination token for the next page. If this parameter is returned, more results are available.

Note

Include this value in the NextToken parameter of the next request to retrieve additional results. If this parameter is not returned, all results have been retrieved.

AAAAAGBgV9tolsLfijC4wam2htS*****D/46H3X2wIS

MaxResults

integer

The number of entries returned per page.

20

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "TotalCount": 10,
  "RequestId": "8D8EBFB7-E1EB-5236-952A-092EDC72***",
  "AddressList": [
    {
      "Address": "1.1.1.1",
      "RuleId": 12345678,
      "GmtModified": 1760408233000
    }
  ],
  "NextToken": "AAAAAGBgV9tolsLfijC4wam2htS*****D/46H3X2wIS",
  "MaxResults": 20
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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