removeWafBlacklistGeo — Removing from the geo blacklist

The geographical ("geo") blacklist may be used to block visitors from specific countries or continents. The removeWafBlacklistGeo method removes items from the geo blacklist.

The API endpoint is:

https://api.sitelock.com/v1/partner

Request format

  • SiteLockOnlineRequest: This element is used to delineate the full API request.

    • authentication: The partner’s username, password, and branding

      • username: The partner’s API username

      • password: The partner’s API password

      • partner: (Optional) The brand name to use in messaging

    • removeWafBlacklistGeo: The method name

      • site_id: The ID of the site for which to remove the regions from the blacklist

      • countries: A list of countries to remove from the blacklist

        • country: (Repeatable) The two-character country code

      • continents: A list of continents to remove from the blacklist

        • continent: (Repeatable) The two-character continent code

    It’s not necessary to remove both countries and continents. However, if you specify any of these, it must contain at least one country or continent.

Example request

<SiteLockOnlineRequest>
    <authentication>
        <user>Username</user>
        <password>Password</password>
    </authentication>
    <removeWafBlacklistGeo>
        <site_id>1234567</site_id>
        <countries>
            <country>AD</country>
            <country>DZ</country>
        </countries>
    </removeWafBlacklistGeo>
</SiteLockOnlineRequest>

Response format

  • SiteLockOnlineResponse: This element is used to delineate the full API response.

    • removeWafBlacklistGeo: The method name

      • exceptions: A list of exceptions in the Common exception format

      • geo: A list of geographical items that were removed from the blacklist

        • countries: A list of countries that were removed from the blacklist

          • country: (Repeatable) The two-character country code

        • continents: A list of continents that were removed from the blacklist

          • continent: (Repeatable) The two-character continent code

Example response

<SiteLockOnlineResponse>
    <removeWafBlacklistGeo>
        <exceptions>
        </exceptions>
        <geo>
            <countries>
                <country>AF</country>
                <country>IE</country>
            </countries>
        </geo>
    </removeWafBlacklistGeo>
</SiteLockOnlineResponse>