# Getting Started

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After you rent our Layer 7 protection, you'll receive a **custom API token** that grants you access to our management API.

{% embed url="<https://api.packets-decreaser.net/>" %}

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#### **Available Actions**

Our API allows you to:

* **Add a domain**
* **Change existing domain settings**
* **Delete a domain**
* **View clean traffic statistics**

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`domain`

**Description:**\
**Your domain name that you want to protect.**

`rate_limit_edge`

**Description:**\
**The maximum number of requests per second (RPS) allowed from a single IP per edge node.**

`allowed_methods`

**Description:**\
**Allowed HTTP Methods**

* **GET**
* **POST**
* **PUT**
* **PATCH**
* **DELETE**
* **HEAD**
* **OPTIONS**
* **CONNECT**
* **TRACE**

`auto_ssl`

**Description:**\
**Enable Auto SSL, if enabled you dont have to provide ssl\_cert and ssl\_key. Can take up to 30 min.** <br>

`seo`

**Description:**\
**Enable SEO Mode (Allow search engine bots).**

`burst_limit_edge`

**Description:**\
**The maximum short-term request burst allowed per client IP per edge node before temporary throttling kicks in.**

`backend`

**Description:**\
**The IP address and port of your backend server where clean traffic should be forwarded.**\
**Example:**\
`"backend": "127.0.0.1:8082"`

`webhook_url`

**Description:**\
**Optional webhook URL that we’ll call when an attack is detected on this domain.**

`max_rq_stage_1`

**Description:**\
**Maximum number of global bypassing requests per second in Stage 1 (Cookie Challenge) before escalating to Stage 2 (Proof-of-Work Challenge).**

`max_rq_stage_2`

**Description:**\
**Maximum number of global bypassing requests per second in Stage 2 (Proof-of-Work Challenge) before escalating to Stage 3 (Captcha Challenge).**

`stage_diff_js_challenge`

**Description:**\
**Number of seconds that must pass before a JavaScript challenge is issued, based on changing traffic behavior.**

**Approximate Proof-of-Work (POW) Difficulty Timing:**

* **Difficulty 4 → \~0.247 seconds**
* **Difficulty 5 → \~3.100 seconds**
* **Difficulty 6 → \~21.400 seconds**

`disable_bypass_stage_2`

**Description:**\
**Defines the maximum global request rate at which Stage 2 (Proof-of-Work Challenge) will be deactivated.**

`disable_bypass_stage_3`

**Description:**\
**Defines the maximum global request rate at which Stage 3 (Captcha Challenge) will be deactivated.**

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#### **Domain Setup Instructions**

**When you add a domain to our system, you must create a CNAME DNS record pointing to:**

{% hint style="info" %}
filter-l7.packets-decreaser.net
{% endhint %}

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**This allows our filtering system to handle your domain's traffic.**\
**Once the CNAME is in place and your domain is added via the API, you’re ready to go!**


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