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Rate Limit Properties
Create a Rate Limit

Path parameters
Request body parameters
Fetch a Rate Limit
Path parameters
List all Rate Limits
Path parameters
Query parameters
Update a Rate Limit
Path parameters
Request body parameters
Delete a Rate Limit
Path parameters

Rate Limit Properties

Create a Rate Limit

Path parameters

Request body parameters

Fetch a Rate Limit

Path parameters

List all Rate Limits

Path parameters

Query parameters

Update a Rate Limit

Path parameters

Request body parameters

Delete a Rate Limit

Path parameters

Service Rate Limits

Service Rate Limits makes it easy to use Twilio's battle-tested rate-limiting services to protect your Verify deployment. With Service Rate Limits, you can define the keys to meter and limits to enforce when starting user verifications. Together with Verify's built-in platform protections Service Rate Limits gives you turnkey protection with flexibility.

Prerequisites:

Create a Verification Service

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Info

If you are just getting started with Rate Limits in Verify we recommend checking out our guide on Using Verify Service Rate Limits to Protect Your Application before diving into the API.

Rate Limit Properties

Property nameTypePIIDescription

sidSID<RK>

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Rate Limit.

Pattern: ^RK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

service_sidSID<VA>

The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

account_sidSID<AC>

The SID of the Account that created the Rate Limit resource.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

unique_namestring

Provides a unique and addressable name to be assigned to this Rate Limit, assigned by the developer, to be optionally used in addition to SID. This value should not contain PII.

descriptionstring

Description of this Rate Limit

date_createdstring<date-time>

The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in RFC 2822 format.

date_updatedstring<date-time>

The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in RFC 2822 format.

urlstring<uri>

The URL of this resource.

linksobject<uri-map>

The URLs of related resources.

Create a Rate Limit

POST https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits

The Rate Limit represents the key that your application will provide when starting a user verification request. For example, you may create a rate limit for an end-user IP address to prevent a malicious bot. See the section on Selecting Rate Limit Keys for information on this topic.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

UniqueNamestringrequired

Provides a unique and addressable name to be assigned to this Rate Limit, assigned by the developer, to be optionally used in addition to SID. This value should not contain PII.

DescriptionstringOptional

Description of this Rate Limit

Create a Rate Limit

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_14// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_14// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_14// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_14const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_14const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_14const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_14
_14client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_14                .rateLimits
_14                .create({
_14                   description: 'Limit on end user IP Address',
_14                   uniqueName: 'end_user_ip_address'
_14                 })
_14                .then(rate_limit => console.log(rate_limit.sid));

Output


_13{
_13  "sid": "RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "unique_name": "end_user_ip_address",
_13  "description": "Limit on end user IP Address",
_13  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_13  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_13  "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "links": {
_13    "buckets": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Buckets"
_13  }
_13}

Fetch a Rate Limit

GET https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

SidSID<RK>required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Rate Limit resource to fetch.

Pattern: ^RK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Fetch a Rate Limit

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_11// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_11// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_11// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_11const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_11const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_11const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_11
_11client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_11                .rateLimits('RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_11                .fetch()
_11                .then(rate_limit => console.log(rate_limit.uniqueName));

Output


_13{
_13  "sid": "RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "unique_name": "unique.name",
_13  "description": "Description",
_13  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_13  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_13  "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "links": {
_13    "buckets": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Buckets"
_13  }
_13}

List all Rate Limits

GET https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

PageSizeintegerOptional

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

PageintegerOptional

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

PageTokenstringOptional

The page token. This is provided by the API.

List all Rate Limits

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_11// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_11// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_11// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_11const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_11const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_11const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_11
_11client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_11             .rateLimits
_11             .list({limit: 20})
_11             .then(rateLimits => rateLimits.forEach(r => console.log(r.sid)));

Output


_26{
_26  "meta": {
_26    "page": 0,
_26    "page_size": 50,
_26    "first_page_url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits?PageSize=50&Page=0",
_26    "previous_page_url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits?PageSize=50&Page=0",
_26    "next_page_url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits?PageSize=50&Page=1",
_26    "key": "rate_limits",
_26    "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits?PageSize=50&Page=0"
_26  },
_26  "rate_limits": [
_26    {
_26      "sid": "RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_26      "service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_26      "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_26      "unique_name": "unique.name",
_26      "description": "Description",
_26      "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_26      "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_26      "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_26      "links": {
_26        "buckets": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Buckets"
_26      }
_26    }
_26  ]
_26}

Update a Rate Limit

POST https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

SidSID<RK>required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Rate Limit resource to fetch.

Pattern: ^RK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

DescriptionstringOptional

Description of this Rate Limit

Update a Rate Limit

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_11// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_11// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_11// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_11const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_11const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_11const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_11
_11client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_11                .rateLimits('RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_11                .update({description: 'A much better description'})
_11                .then(rate_limit => console.log(rate_limit.uniqueName));

Output


_13{
_13  "sid": "RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "unique_name": "unique.name",
_13  "description": "A much better description",
_13  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_13  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
_13  "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
_13  "links": {
_13    "buckets": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/RateLimits/RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Buckets"
_13  }
_13}

Delete a Rate Limit

DELETE https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

SidSID<RK>required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Rate Limit resource to fetch.

Pattern: ^RK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Delete a Rate Limit

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twilio-cli

curl


_10// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
_10// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
_10// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
_10const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
_10const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
_10const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
_10
_10client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_10                .rateLimits('RKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
_10                .remove();

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