@aws-sdk/client-waf
Description
AWS SDK for JavaScript WAF Client for Node.js, Browser and React Native.
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.
This is the AWS WAF Classic API Reference for using AWS WAF Classic with Amazon CloudFront. The AWS WAF Classic actions and data types listed in the reference are available for protecting Amazon CloudFront distributions. You can use these actions and data types via the endpoint waf.amazonaws.com. This guide is for developers who need detailed information about the AWS WAF Classic API actions, data types, and errors. For detailed information about AWS WAF Classic features and an overview of how to use the AWS WAF Classic API, see the AWS WAF Classic in the developer guide.
Installing
To install the this package, simply type add or install @aws-sdk/client-waf using your favorite package manager:
npm install @aws-sdk/client-waf
yarn add @aws-sdk/client-waf
pnpm add @aws-sdk/client-waf
Getting Started
Import
The AWS SDK is modulized by clients and commands.
To send a request, you only need to import the WAFClient
and
the commands you need, for example CreateByteMatchSetCommand
:
// ES5 example
const { WAFClient, CreateByteMatchSetCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-waf");
// ES6+ example
import { WAFClient, CreateByteMatchSetCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-waf";
Usage
To send a request, you:
- Initiate client with configuration (e.g. credentials, region).
- Initiate command with input parameters.
- Call
send
operation on client with command object as input. - If you are using a custom http handler, you may call
destroy()
to close open connections.
// a client can be shared by different commands.
const client = new WAFClient({ region: "REGION" });
const params = {
/** input parameters */
};
const command = new CreateByteMatchSetCommand(params);
Async/await
We recommend using await operator to wait for the promise returned by send operation as follows:
// async/await.
try {
const data = await client.send(command);
// process data.
} catch (error) {
// error handling.
} finally {
// finally.
}
Async-await is clean, concise, intuitive, easy to debug and has better error handling as compared to using Promise chains or callbacks.
Promises
You can also use Promise chaining to execute send operation.
client.send(command).then(
(data) => {
// process data.
},
(error) => {
// error handling.
}
);
Promises can also be called using .catch()
and .finally()
as follows:
client
.send(command)
.then((data) => {
// process data.
})
.catch((error) => {
// error handling.
})
.finally(() => {
// finally.
});
Callbacks
We do not recommend using callbacks because of callback hell, but they are supported by the send operation.
// callbacks.
client.send(command, (err, data) => {
// process err and data.
});
v2 compatible style
The client can also send requests using v2 compatible style. However, it results in a bigger bundle size and may be dropped in next major version. More details in the blog post on modular packages in AWS SDK for JavaScript
import * as AWS from "@aws-sdk/client-waf";
const client = new AWS.WAF({ region: "REGION" });
// async/await.
try {
const data = await client.createByteMatchSet(params);
// process data.
} catch (error) {
// error handling.
}
// Promises.
client
.createByteMatchSet(params)
.then((data) => {
// process data.
})
.catch((error) => {
// error handling.
});
// callbacks.
client.createByteMatchSet(params, (err, data) => {
// process err and data.
});
Troubleshooting
When the service returns an exception, the error will include the exception information, as well as response metadata (e.g. request id).
try {
const data = await client.send(command);
// process data.
} catch (error) {
const { requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId } = error.$metadata;
console.log({ requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId });
/**
* The keys within exceptions are also parsed.
* You can access them by specifying exception names:
* if (error.name === 'SomeServiceException') {
* const value = error.specialKeyInException;
* }
*/
}
Getting Help
Please use these community resources for getting help. We use the GitHub issues for tracking bugs and feature requests, but have limited bandwidth to address them.
- Visit Developer Guide or API Reference.
- Check out the blog posts tagged with
aws-sdk-js
on AWS Developer Blog. - Ask a question on StackOverflow and tag it with
aws-sdk-js
. - Join the AWS JavaScript community on gitter.
- If it turns out that you may have found a bug, please open an issue.
To test your universal JavaScript code in Node.js, browser and react-native environments, visit our code samples repo.
Contributing
This client code is generated automatically. Any modifications will be overwritten the next time the @aws-sdk/client-waf
package is updated.
To contribute to client you can check our generate clients scripts.
License
This SDK is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for more information.