# Compute Engine API . forwardingRules

## Instance Methods

Retrieves an aggregated list of forwarding rules.

Retrieves the next page of results.

Deletes the specified ForwardingRule resource.

Returns the specified ForwardingRule resource.

Creates a ForwardingRule resource in the specified project and region using the data included in the request.

Retrieves a list of ForwardingRule resources available to the specified project and region.

Retrieves the next page of results.

Changes target URL for forwarding rule. The new target should be of the same type as the old target.

### Method Details

`aggregatedList(project, orderBy=None, maxResults=None, pageToken=None, filter=None)`

    Retrieves an aggregated list of forwarding rules.

    Args:
      project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
      orderBy: string, Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name.

    You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using orderBy="creationTimestamp desc". This sorts results based on the creationTimestamp field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first.

    Currently, only sorting by name or creationTimestamp desc is supported.
      maxResults: integer, The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than maxResults, Compute Engine returns a nextPageToken that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests.
      pageToken: string, Specifies a page token to use. Set pageToken to the nextPageToken returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.
      filter: string, Sets a filter expression for filtering listed resources, in the form filter={expression}. Your {expression} must be in the format: field_name comparison_string literal_string.

    The field_name is the name of the field you want to compare. Only atomic field types are supported (string, number, boolean). The comparison_string must be either eq (equals) or ne (not equals). The literal_string is the string value to filter to. The literal value must be valid for the type of field you are filtering by (string, number, boolean). For string fields, the literal value is interpreted as a regular expression using RE2 syntax. The literal value must match the entire field.

    For example, to filter for instances that do not have a name of example-instance, you would use filter=name ne example-instance.

    You can filter on nested fields. For example, you could filter on instances that have set the scheduling.automaticRestart field to true. Use filtering on nested fields to take advantage of labels to organize and search for results based on label values.

    To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example, (scheduling.automaticRestart eq true) (zone eq us-central1-f). Multiple expressions are treated as AND expressions, meaning that resources must match all expressions to pass the filters.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        {
        "nextPageToken": "A String", # [Output Only] This token allows you to get the next page of results for list requests. If the number of results is larger than maxResults, use the nextPageToken as a value for the query parameter pageToken in the next list request. Subsequent list requests will have their own nextPageToken to continue paging through the results.
        "items": { # A map of scoped forwarding rule lists.
          "a_key": { # Name of the scope containing this set of addresses.
            "forwardingRules": [ # List of forwarding rules contained in this scope.
              { # A ForwardingRule resource. A ForwardingRule resource specifies which pool of target virtual machines to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.
                  "kind": "compute#forwardingRule", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#forwardingRule for Forwarding Rule resources.
                  "description": "A String", # An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
                  "IPAddress": "A String", # The IP address that this forwarding rule is serving on behalf of.
                      #
                      # For global forwarding rules, the address must be a global IP; for regional forwarding rules, the address must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. By default, this field is empty and an ephemeral IP from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned.
                      #
                      # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, this can only be an RFC 1918 IP address belonging to the network/subnetwork configured for the forwarding rule. A reserved address cannot be used. If the field is empty, the IP address will be automatically allocated from the internal IP range of the subnetwork or network configured for this forwarding rule.
                  "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the regional forwarding rule resides. This field is not applicable to global forwarding rules.
                  "target": "A String", # The URL of the target resource to receive the matched traffic. For regional forwarding rules, this target must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. For global forwarding rules, this target must be a global TargetHttpProxy or TargetHttpsProxy resource. The forwarded traffic must be of a type appropriate to the target object. For example, TargetHttpProxy requires HTTP traffic, and TargetHttpsProxy requires HTTPS traffic.
                      #
                      # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
                  "portRange": "A String", # Applicable only when IPProtocol is TCP, UDP, or SCTP, only packets addressed to ports in the specified range will be forwarded to target. Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port ranges.
                      #
                      # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
                  "IPProtocol": "A String", # The IP protocol to which this rule applies. Valid options are TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP.
                      #
                      # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL

`aggregatedList_next(previous_request, previous_response)`

    Retrieves the next page of results.

    Args:
      previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
      previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

    Returns:
      A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
      page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.

`delete(project, region, forwardingRule)`

    Deletes the specified ForwardingRule resource.

    Args:
      project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
      region: string, Name of the region scoping this request. (required)
      forwardingRule: string, Name of the ForwardingRule resource to delete. (required)

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # An Operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
        "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
        "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] Reserved for future use.
        "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
        "id": "A String", # [Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
        "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only available when performing per-zone operations.
        "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
        "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] The type of operation, such as insert, update, or delete, and so on.
        "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
        "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
        "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a 404 means the resource was not found.
        "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
        "status": "A String", # [Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
        "description": "A String", # [Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
        "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
          {
            "message": "A String", # [Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
            "code": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
            "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example:
                # "data": [ { "key": "scope", "value": "zones/us-east1-d" }
              {
                "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
                "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
              },
            ],
          },
        ],
        "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
        "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
        "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#operation for Operation resources.
        "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
        "region": "A String", # [Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only available when performing regional operations.
        "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
          "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
            {
              "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
              "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
              "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
            },
          ],
        },
        "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
        "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
        "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] The URL of the resource that the operation modifies. If creating a persistent disk snapshot, this points to the persistent disk that the snapshot was created from.
      }

`get(project, region, forwardingRule)`

    Returns the specified ForwardingRule resource.

    Args:
      project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
      region: string, Name of the region scoping this request. (required)
      forwardingRule: string, Name of the ForwardingRule resource to return. (required)

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # A ForwardingRule resource. A ForwardingRule resource specifies which pool of target virtual machines to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.
          "kind": "compute#forwardingRule", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#forwardingRule for Forwarding Rule resources.
          "description": "A String", # An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
          "IPAddress": "A String", # The IP address that this forwarding rule is serving on behalf of.
              #
              # For global forwarding rules, the address must be a global IP; for regional forwarding rules, the address must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. By default, this field is empty and an ephemeral IP from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned.
              #
              # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, this can only be an RFC 1918 IP address belonging to the network/subnetwork configured for the forwarding rule. A reserved address cannot be used. If the field is empty, the IP address will be automatically allocated from the internal IP range of the subnetwork or network configured for this forwarding rule.
          "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the regional forwarding rule resides. This field is not applicable to global forwarding rules.
          "target": "A String", # The URL of the target resource to receive the matched traffic. For regional forwarding rules, this target must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. For global forwarding rules, this target must be a global TargetHttpProxy or TargetHttpsProxy resource. The forwarded traffic must be of a type appropriate to the target object. For example, TargetHttpProxy requires HTTP traffic, and TargetHttpsProxy requires HTTPS traffic.
              #
              # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
          "portRange": "A String", # Applicable only when IPProtocol is TCP, UDP, or SCTP, only packets addressed to ports in the specified range will be forwarded to target. Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port ranges.
              #
              # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
          "IPProtocol": "A String", # The IP protocol to which this rule applies. Valid options are TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP.
              #
              # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL

`insert(project, region, body)`

    Creates a ForwardingRule resource in the specified project and region using the data included in the request.

    Args:
      project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
      region: string, Name of the region scoping this request. (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # A ForwardingRule resource. A ForwardingRule resource specifies which pool of target virtual machines to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.
        "kind": "compute#forwardingRule", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#forwardingRule for Forwarding Rule resources.
        "description": "A String", # An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
        "IPAddress": "A String", # The IP address that this forwarding rule is serving on behalf of.
            #
            # For global forwarding rules, the address must be a global IP; for regional forwarding rules, the address must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. By default, this field is empty and an ephemeral IP from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned.
            #
            # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, this can only be an RFC 1918 IP address belonging to the network/subnetwork configured for the forwarding rule. A reserved address cannot be used. If the field is empty, the IP address will be automatically allocated from the internal IP range of the subnetwork or network configured for this forwarding rule.
        "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the regional forwarding rule resides. This field is not applicable to global forwarding rules.
        "target": "A String", # The URL of the target resource to receive the matched traffic. For regional forwarding rules, this target must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. For global forwarding rules, this target must be a global TargetHttpProxy or TargetHttpsProxy resource. The forwarded traffic must be of a type appropriate to the target object. For example, TargetHttpProxy requires HTTP traffic, and TargetHttpsProxy requires HTTPS traffic.
            #
            # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
        "portRange": "A String", # Applicable only when IPProtocol is TCP, UDP, or SCTP, only packets addressed to ports in the specified range will be forwarded to target. Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port ranges.
            #
            # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
        "IPProtocol": "A String", # The IP protocol to which this rule applies. Valid options are TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP.
            #
            # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL

`list(project, region, orderBy=None, maxResults=None, pageToken=None, filter=None)`

    Retrieves a list of ForwardingRule resources available to the specified project and region.

    Args:
      project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
      region: string, Name of the region scoping this request. (required)
      orderBy: string, Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name.

    You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using orderBy="creationTimestamp desc". This sorts results based on the creationTimestamp field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first.

    Currently, only sorting by name or creationTimestamp desc is supported.
      maxResults: integer, The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than maxResults, Compute Engine returns a nextPageToken that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests.
      pageToken: string, Specifies a page token to use. Set pageToken to the nextPageToken returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.
      filter: string, Sets a filter expression for filtering listed resources, in the form filter={expression}. Your {expression} must be in the format: field_name comparison_string literal_string.

    The field_name is the name of the field you want to compare. Only atomic field types are supported (string, number, boolean). The comparison_string must be either eq (equals) or ne (not equals). The literal_string is the string value to filter to. The literal value must be valid for the type of field you are filtering by (string, number, boolean). For string fields, the literal value is interpreted as a regular expression using RE2 syntax. The literal value must match the entire field.

    For example, to filter for instances that do not have a name of example-instance, you would use filter=name ne example-instance.

    You can filter on nested fields. For example, you could filter on instances that have set the scheduling.automaticRestart field to true. Use filtering on nested fields to take advantage of labels to organize and search for results based on label values.

    To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example, (scheduling.automaticRestart eq true) (zone eq us-central1-f). Multiple expressions are treated as AND expressions, meaning that resources must match all expressions to pass the filters.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Contains a list of ForwardingRule resources.
        "nextPageToken": "A String", # [Output Only] This token allows you to get the next page of results for list requests. If the number of results is larger than maxResults, use the nextPageToken as a value for the query parameter pageToken in the next list request. Subsequent list requests will have their own nextPageToken to continue paging through the results.
        "items": [ # A list of ForwardingRule resources.
          { # A ForwardingRule resource. A ForwardingRule resource specifies which pool of target virtual machines to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.
              "kind": "compute#forwardingRule", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#forwardingRule for Forwarding Rule resources.
              "description": "A String", # An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
              "IPAddress": "A String", # The IP address that this forwarding rule is serving on behalf of.
                  #
                  # For global forwarding rules, the address must be a global IP; for regional forwarding rules, the address must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. By default, this field is empty and an ephemeral IP from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned.
                  #
                  # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL, this can only be an RFC 1918 IP address belonging to the network/subnetwork configured for the forwarding rule. A reserved address cannot be used. If the field is empty, the IP address will be automatically allocated from the internal IP range of the subnetwork or network configured for this forwarding rule.
              "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the regional forwarding rule resides. This field is not applicable to global forwarding rules.
              "target": "A String", # The URL of the target resource to receive the matched traffic. For regional forwarding rules, this target must live in the same region as the forwarding rule. For global forwarding rules, this target must be a global TargetHttpProxy or TargetHttpsProxy resource. The forwarded traffic must be of a type appropriate to the target object. For example, TargetHttpProxy requires HTTP traffic, and TargetHttpsProxy requires HTTPS traffic.
                  #
                  # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
              "portRange": "A String", # Applicable only when IPProtocol is TCP, UDP, or SCTP, only packets addressed to ports in the specified range will be forwarded to target. Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port ranges.
                  #
                  # This field is not used for internal load balancing.
              "IPProtocol": "A String", # The IP protocol to which this rule applies. Valid options are TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP.
                  #
                  # When the load balancing scheme is INTERNAL

`list_next(previous_request, previous_response)`

    Retrieves the next page of results.

    Args:
      previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
      previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

    Returns:
      A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
      page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.

`setTarget(project, region, forwardingRule, body)`

    Changes target URL for forwarding rule. The new target should be of the same type as the old target.

    Args:
      project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
      region: string, Name of the region scoping this request. (required)
      forwardingRule: string, Name of the ForwardingRule resource in which target is to be set. (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    {
        "target": "A String",
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # An Operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
        "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
        "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] Reserved for future use.
        "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
        "id": "A String", # [Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
        "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only available when performing per-zone operations.
        "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
        "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] The type of operation, such as insert, update, or delete, and so on.
        "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
        "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
        "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a 404 means the resource was not found.
        "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
        "status": "A String", # [Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
        "description": "A String", # [Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
        "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
          {
            "message": "A String", # [Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
            "code": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
            "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example:
                # "data": [ { "key": "scope", "value": "zones/us-east1-d" }
              {
                "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
                "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
              },
            ],
          },
        ],
        "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
        "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
        "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#operation for Operation resources.
        "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
        "region": "A String", # [Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only available when performing regional operations.
        "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
          "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
            {
              "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
              "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
              "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
            },
          ],
        },
        "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
        "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
        "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] The URL of the resource that the operation modifies. If creating a persistent disk snapshot, this points to the persistent disk that the snapshot was created from.
      }