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
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.gcore.com/security/sifter/v3/profiles"

payload = {
    "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
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    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
  })
};

fetch('https://api.gcore.com/security/sifter/v3/profiles', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.gcore.com/security/sifter/v3/profiles",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    '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
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.gcore.com/security/sifter/v3/profiles"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"fields\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"bandwidth_limit\",\n      \"template_field_id\": 5,\n      \"value\": \"100\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"syn_flood_protection\",\n      \"template_field_id\": 8,\n      \"value\": \"enabled\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"name\": \"Web Server Protection\",\n  \"template_id\": 1\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.gcore.com/security/sifter/v3/profiles")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"fields\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"bandwidth_limit\",\n      \"template_field_id\": 5,\n      \"value\": \"100\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"syn_flood_protection\",\n      \"template_field_id\": 8,\n      \"value\": \"enabled\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"name\": \"Web Server Protection\",\n  \"template_id\": 1\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.gcore.com/security/sifter/v3/profiles")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"fields\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"bandwidth_limit\",\n      \"template_field_id\": 5,\n      \"value\": \"100\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"syn_flood_protection\",\n      \"template_field_id\": 8,\n      \"value\": \"enabled\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"name\": \"Web Server Protection\",\n  \"template_id\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

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"
  }
}

{}

{}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

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