Security and Threat Protection

How to enable or disable threat protection and request schema validation.

The Security tab has multiple configurations that you can use to protect your API.

Firewall settings

For security reasons, you should protect your API and block requests coming from outside the RapidAPI infrastructure.

RapidAPI adds the X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret header on every request. This header has a unique value for every API, and if the header is missing or has a different value, you can assume the request is not coming from our infrastructure. The header for this API is: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret followed by a unique string.

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List of IP addresses used by RapidAPI

Every request coming from the RapidAPI network will come from the following IP addresses. You can allow list these IPs, as they are the ones used to send requests only from RapidAPI.

A request coming from RapidAPI can be considered already authenticated, so no billing or authentication checks are required on the API side.

Here is the complete list of IPs to allow list:
Notice that you must accept API requests from ALL IPs below, regardless of which region your servers are located in.

RegionIPs
US East107.23.255.128
107.23.255.129
107.23.255.131
107.23.255.132
107.23.255.133
107.23.255.134
107.23.255.135
107.23.255.137
107.23.255.138
107.23.255.139
107.23.255.140
107.23.255.141
107.23.255.142
107.23.255.143
107.23.255.144
107.23.255.145
107.23.255.146
107.23.255.147
107.23.255.148
107.23.255.149
107.23.255.150
107.23.255.151
107.23.255.152
107.23.255.153
107.23.255.154
107.23.255.155
107.23.255.156
107.23.255.157
107.23.255.158
107.23.255.159
US West35.162.152.183
52.38.28.241
52.35.67.149
54.149.215.237
Mumbai13.127.146.34
13.127.207.241
13.232.235.243
13.233.81.143
Tokyo13.112.233.15
54.250.57.56
18.182.156.77
52.194.200.157
Frankfurt3.120.160.95
18.184.214.33
18.197.117.10
3.121.144.151
Sydney13.239.156.114
13.238.1.253
13.54.58.4
54.153.234.158
South America18.228.167.221
18.228.209.157
18.228.209.53
18.228.69.72
Singapore13.228.169.5
3.0.35.31
3.1.111.112
52.220.50.179
Ireland34.250.225.89
52.30.208.221
63.34.177.151
63.35.2.11

Threat protection

You can enable or disable threat protection under the Security tab of your API's definition. Threat protection protects your API from SQL or JavaScript injection attacks. If enabled, we will automatically compare the paths, parameters, headers, and body (application/json, application/x-www-form-urlencoded, and non-binary data in multipart/form-data) of all requests against pre-defined RegEx patterns, and block matching requests from reaching your servers.

By default, threat protection is off. You can toggle it on or off by clicking the switch.

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If threat protection is enabled, the Content-Type header must be specified if the request has a body. If Content-Type is not specified, the request will be blocked. You can configure whether to block or pass the body through if the Content-Type is not set to application/json, application/x-www-form-urlencoded, and non-binary data in multipart/form-data.

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Request schema validation

You can enable or disable request schema validation under the Security tab of your API's definition. This stops requests that have a validation error at our proxy so the call will not be sent to your API hosting server.

If enabled, we will automatically validate the path, query, and header parameters on run time and block all invalid requests. This requires a "Content-Type" header in requests with a body. By default, request schema validation is off. You can toggle it on or off by clicking the switch.

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Additional request schema validation settings

When Request Schema Validation is enabled, you will be able to choose from three settings:

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Pass through everything (default): Request passed through without stripping any parameters or headers.
Strip and passthrough: Strips unexpected parameters or headers and passes the request through.
Block: Blocks any request with unexpected parameters or headers.

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Currently, even if the default HTTP headers or auto-generated headers for REST APIs are not explicitly defined in the specification the request will be blocked if you select "Strip and passthrough" or "Block"

Request size limit

You can specify a maximum allowed request size (less than or equal to the default value 50 MB). If left empty or configured as 0, the default value is applied. The request size includes request line, header, and request body.

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When the size of a request exceeds this limit, the request is blocked at the RapidAPI Gateway and a 413 status code is returned in the response.

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Gateway timeout

You can specify a maximum allowed time for the RapidAPI Gateway to wait for a response from the target API (less than or equal to the default value 180 seconds). If left empty or configured as 0, the default value is applied.

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When the response from the target API takes longer than the specified timeout value, the RapidAPI Gateway terminates the call and a 504 status code is returned in the response.

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