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Web Application Firewall:DescribeBotRuleLabels

Last Updated:Dec 09, 2025

Queries the labels of bot management rules.

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Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

InstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the WAF instance.

Note

You can call the DescribeInstance operation to query the ID of your WAF instance.

waf_v3prepaid_public_cn-53y4******

SubScene

string

No

The type of the bot management protection scenario. Valid values:

  • web: web protection scenarios.

  • app: app protection scenarios.

app

ResourceManagerResourceGroupId

string

No

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud resource group.

rg-acfm***q

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

LabelType

string

No

The type of the bot rule label to query.

human_machine_challenge

NextToken

string

No

The token that is used to retrieve the next page of results. If a value is returned for this parameter, it indicates that more results are available.

Note

If this parameter is returned, more results are available. To retrieve the next page of results, include the returned NextToken value in your next request. Repeat this process until this parameter is not returned. This indicates that all results have been retrieved.

AAAAAGBgV9tolsLfijC4wam2htS*****D/46H3X2wIS

MaxResults

integer

No

The number of entries to return on each page for a paged query. Valid values: 1 to 200. Default value: 20.

20

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

D7861F61-5B61-46CE-A47C-6B19****5EB0

RuleLabels

array<object>

A list of bot management rule labels.

object

LabelKey

string

The bot management rule label.

malicious_crawler_python

SubScene

string

The bot management protection scenarios to which the rule belongs. Multiple scenarios are separated by commas (,). Valid values:

  • web: web protection scenarios.

  • app: app protection scenarios.

Web,app

BotBehavior

string

The bot behavior that corresponds to the rule label.

  • malicious: malicious crawlers.

  • suspicious: suspicious crawlers.

  • normal: normal crawlers.

malicious

LabelType

string

The type of the bot rule label.

human_machine_challenge

NextToken

string

The token that is used to retrieve the next page of results. If a value is returned for this parameter, it indicates that more results are available.

Note

If this parameter is returned, more results are available. To retrieve the next page of results, include the returned NextToken value in your next request. Repeat this process until this parameter is not returned. This indicates that all results have been retrieved.

AAAAAGBgV9tolsLfijC4wam2htS*****D/46H3X2wIS

MaxResults

integer

The number of entries returned on each page. Valid values: 1 to 200. Default value: 20.

20

TotalCount

integer

The total number of entries returned.

8

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "D7861F61-5B61-46CE-A47C-6B19****5EB0",
  "RuleLabels": [
    {
      "LabelKey": "malicious_crawler_python",
      "SubScene": "Web,app",
      "BotBehavior": "malicious",
      "LabelType": "human_machine_challenge"
    }
  ],
  "NextToken": "AAAAAGBgV9tolsLfijC4wam2htS*****D/46H3X2wIS",
  "MaxResults": 20,
  "TotalCount": 8
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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