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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:

  1. Create a Verification Service
(information)

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

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Resource properties
sidtype: SID<RK>
Not PII

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Rate Limit.

service_sidtype: SID<VA>
Not PII

The SID of the Service(link takes you to an external page) the resource is associated with.

account_sidtype: SID<AC>
Not PII

The SID of the Account(link takes you to an external page) that created the Rate Limit resource.

unique_nametype: string
Not PII

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.

descriptiontype: string
Not PII

Description of this Rate Limit

date_createdtype: string<date-time>
Not PII

The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in RFC 2822(link takes you to an external page) format.

date_updatedtype: string<date-time>
Not PII

The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in RFC 2822(link takes you to an external page) format.

urltype: string<uri>
Not PII

The URL of this resource.

linkstype: object<uri-map>
Not PII

The URLs of related resources.

Create a Rate Limit

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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.

Parameters

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URI parameters
ServiceSidtype: SID<VA>
Path ParameterNot PII

The SID of the Service(link takes you to an external page) the resource is associated with.

Request body parameters
UniqueNametype: stringRequired
Not PII

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.

Descriptiontype: string
Not PII

Description of this Rate Limit

Create a Rate Limit

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

Output

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

Fetch a Rate Limit

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

Parameters

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URI parameters
ServiceSidtype: SID<VA>
Path ParameterNot PII

The SID of the Service(link takes you to an external page) the resource is associated with.

Sidtype: SID<RK>
Path ParameterNot PII

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

Fetch a Rate Limit

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

Output

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

List all Rate Limits

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

Parameters

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URI parameters
ServiceSidtype: SID<VA>
Path ParameterNot PII

The SID of the Service(link takes you to an external page) the resource is associated with.

PageSizetype: integer
Query ParameterNot PII

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

Pagetype: integer
Query ParameterNot PII

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

PageTokentype: string
Query ParameterNot PII

The page token. This is provided by the API.

List all Rate Limits

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

Output

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

Update a Rate Limit

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

Parameters

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URI parameters
ServiceSidtype: SID<VA>
Path ParameterNot PII

The SID of the Service(link takes you to an external page) the resource is associated with.

Sidtype: SID<RK>
Path ParameterNot PII

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

Request body parameters
Descriptiontype: string
Not PII

Description of this Rate Limit

Update a Rate Limit

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

Output

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

Delete a Rate Limit

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

Parameters

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URI parameters
ServiceSidtype: SID<VA>
Path ParameterNot PII

The SID of the Service(link takes you to an external page) the resource is associated with.

Sidtype: SID<RK>
Path ParameterNot PII

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

Delete a Rate Limit

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

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