Create protection profile

Create protection profile

POST /security/sifter/v3/profiles

Create protection profile

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.gcore.com/security/sifter/v3/profiles \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "bandwidth_limit",
      "template_field_id": 5,
      "value": "100"
    },
    {
      "name": "syn_flood_protection",
      "template_field_id": 8,
      "value": "enabled"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Web Server Protection",
  "template_id": 1
}
'

201

{
  "client_id": 3,
  "created_at": "2025-06-15T10:30:00Z",
  "fields": [
    {
      "template_field_id": 5,
      "value": "100"
    },
    {
      "template_field_id": 8,
      "value": "enabled"
    }
  ],
  "id": 10,
  "modified_at": "2025-07-20T14:45:00Z",
  "name": "Web Server Protection",
  "networks": [
    "192.168.1.0/24",
    "10.0.0.0/16"
  ],
  "template": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "DDoS Protection Standard"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key for authentication. Make sure to include the word apikey, followed by a single space and then your token. Example: apikey 1234$abcdef

Query Parameters

client_id · integer | null

A positive integer ID

Required range: 1 <= x <= 1000000000

Body

application/json

name · string · required

Name of the protection profile

Required string length: 1 - 100

template_id · integer · required

Identifier of the template to use

fields · ProfileFieldIn · object[] | null

List of field values for the profile

Show child attributes

Response

201

application/json

Successful Response

id · integer · required

Identifier for the protection profile

client_id · integer | null · required

Identifier of the client owning this profile

name · string · required

Name of the protection profile

fields · ProfileField · object[] · required

List of profile field values

Show child attributes

template · ProfileTemplateInProfile · object · required

Associated profile template

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "DDoS Protection Standard"
}

created_at · string<date-time> · required

Timestamp when the profile was created

modified_at · string<date-time> | null · required

Timestamp of the last modification

networks · (string<ipv4network> | string<ipv6network>)[] · required · read-only