# Compute Engine API . globalForwardingRules

## Instance Methods

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 the list of ForwardingRule resources available to the specified project.

Retrieves the next page of results.

Changes target url for forwarding rule.

### Method Details

`delete(project, forwardingRule)`

    Deletes the specified ForwardingRule resource.

    Args:
      project: string, Name of the project 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] Unique target id which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
        "clientOperationId": "A String",
        "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format (output only).
        "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
        "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides (output only).
        "operationType": "A String",
        "httpErrorMessage": "A String",
        "progress": 42,
        "httpErrorStatusCode": 42,
        "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
        "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: "PENDING", "RUNNING", or "DONE".
        "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC 3339 format.
        "warnings": [
          {
            "message": "A String", # Optional human-readable details for this warning.
            "code": "A String", # The warning type identifier for this warning.
            "data": [ # Metadata for this warning in 'key: value' format.
              {
                "value": "A String", # A warning data value corresponding to the key.
                "key": "A String", # A key for the warning data.
              },
            ],
          },
        ],
        "user": "A String",
        "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC 3339 format.
        "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always kind#operation for Operation resources.
        "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource (output only).
        "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides (output only).
        "error": { # [Output Only] If errors occurred during processing of this 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 which caused the error. This property is optional.
            },
          ],
        },
        "endTime": "A String",
        "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
        "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating (output only).
      }

`get(project, forwardingRule)`

    Returns the specified ForwardingRule resource.

    Args:
      project: string, Name of the project 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 VMs to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.
          "kind": "compute#forwardingRule", # Type of the resource.
          "description": "A String", # An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
          "IPAddress": "A String", # Value of the reserved 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. If left empty (default value), an ephemeral IP from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned.
          "region": "A String", # URL of the region where the regional forwarding rule resides (output only). 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 resource.
          "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'. If 'portRange' is left empty (default value), all ports are forwarded. Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port ranges.
          "IPProtocol": "A String", # The IP protocol to which this rule applies, valid options are 'TCP', 'UDP', 'ESP', 'AH' or 'SCTP'.
          "creationTimestamp": "A String", # Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format (output only).
          "id": "A String", # Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server (output only).
          "selfLink": "A String", # Server defined URL for the resource (output only).
          "name": "A String", # Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
        }

`insert(project, body)`

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

    Args:
      project: string, Name of the project 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 VMs to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.
        "kind": "compute#forwardingRule", # Type of the resource.
        "description": "A String", # An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
        "IPAddress": "A String", # Value of the reserved 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. If left empty (default value), an ephemeral IP from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned.
        "region": "A String", # URL of the region where the regional forwarding rule resides (output only). 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 resource.
        "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'. If 'portRange' is left empty (default value), all ports are forwarded. Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port ranges.
        "IPProtocol": "A String", # The IP protocol to which this rule applies, valid options are 'TCP', 'UDP', 'ESP', 'AH' or 'SCTP'.
        "creationTimestamp": "A String", # Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format (output only).
        "id": "A String", # Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server (output only).
        "selfLink": "A String", # Server defined URL for the resource (output only).
        "name": "A String", # Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
        "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target id which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
        "clientOperationId": "A String",
        "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format (output only).
        "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
        "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides (output only).
        "operationType": "A String",
        "httpErrorMessage": "A String",
        "progress": 42,
        "httpErrorStatusCode": 42,
        "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
        "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: "PENDING", "RUNNING", or "DONE".
        "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC 3339 format.
        "warnings": [
          {
            "message": "A String", # Optional human-readable details for this warning.
            "code": "A String", # The warning type identifier for this warning.
            "data": [ # Metadata for this warning in 'key: value' format.
              {
                "value": "A String", # A warning data value corresponding to the key.
                "key": "A String", # A key for the warning data.
              },
            ],
          },
        ],
        "user": "A String",
        "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC 3339 format.
        "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always kind#operation for Operation resources.
        "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource (output only).
        "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides (output only).
        "error": { # [Output Only] If errors occurred during processing of this 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 which caused the error. This property is optional.
            },
          ],
        },
        "endTime": "A String",
        "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
        "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating (output only).
      }

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

    Retrieves the list of ForwardingRule resources available to the specified project.

    Args:
      project: string, Name of the project scoping this request. (required)
      maxResults: integer, Optional. Maximum count of results to be returned. Maximum value is 500 and default value is 500.
      pageToken: string, Optional. Tag returned by a previous list request truncated by maxResults. Used to continue a previous list request.
      filter: string, Optional. Filter expression for filtering listed resources.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Contains a list of ForwardingRule resources.
        "nextPageToken": "A String", # A token used to continue a truncated list request (output only).
        "items": [ # A list of ForwardingRule resources.
          { # A ForwardingRule resource. A ForwardingRule resource specifies which pool of target VMs to forward a packet to if it matches the given [IPAddress, IPProtocol, portRange] tuple.
              "kind": "compute#forwardingRule", # Type of the resource.
              "description": "A String", # An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
              "IPAddress": "A String", # Value of the reserved 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. If left empty (default value), an ephemeral IP from the same scope (global or regional) will be assigned.
              "region": "A String", # URL of the region where the regional forwarding rule resides (output only). 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 resource.
              "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'. If 'portRange' is left empty (default value), all ports are forwarded. Forwarding rules with the same [IPAddress, IPProtocol] pair must have disjoint port ranges.
              "IPProtocol": "A String", # The IP protocol to which this rule applies, valid options are 'TCP', 'UDP', 'ESP', 'AH' or 'SCTP'.
              "creationTimestamp": "A String", # Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format (output only).
              "id": "A String", # Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server (output only).
              "selfLink": "A String", # Server defined URL for the resource (output only).
              "name": "A String", # Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
            },
        ],
        "kind": "compute#forwardingRuleList", # Type of resource.
        "id": "A String", # Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server (output only).
        "selfLink": "A String", # Server defined URL for this resource (output only).
      }

`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, forwardingRule, body)`

    Changes target url for forwarding rule.

    Args:
      project: string, Name of the project 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] Unique target id which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
        "clientOperationId": "A String",
        "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format (output only).
        "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
        "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides (output only).
        "operationType": "A String",
        "httpErrorMessage": "A String",
        "progress": 42,
        "httpErrorStatusCode": 42,
        "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
        "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: "PENDING", "RUNNING", or "DONE".
        "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC 3339 format.
        "warnings": [
          {
            "message": "A String", # Optional human-readable details for this warning.
            "code": "A String", # The warning type identifier for this warning.
            "data": [ # Metadata for this warning in 'key: value' format.
              {
                "value": "A String", # A warning data value corresponding to the key.
                "key": "A String", # A key for the warning data.
              },
            ],
          },
        ],
        "user": "A String",
        "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC 3339 format.
        "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always kind#operation for Operation resources.
        "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource (output only).
        "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides (output only).
        "error": { # [Output Only] If errors occurred during processing of this 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 which caused the error. This property is optional.
            },
          ],
        },
        "endTime": "A String",
        "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
        "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating (output only).
      }