# MethodSetting
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Specifies the method setting properties.

## Contents
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 ** cacheDataEncrypted **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-cacheDataEncrypted"></a>
Specifies whether the cached responses are encrypted.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** cacheTtlInSeconds **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-cacheTtlInSeconds"></a>
Specifies the time to live (TTL), in seconds, for cached responses. The higher the TTL, the longer the response will be cached.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** cachingEnabled **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-cachingEnabled"></a>
Specifies whether responses should be cached and returned for requests. A cache cluster must be enabled on the stage for responses to be cached.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** dataTraceEnabled **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-dataTraceEnabled"></a>
Specifies whether data trace logging is enabled for this method, which affects the log entries pushed to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. This can be useful to troubleshoot APIs, but can result in logging sensitive data. We recommend that you don't enable this option for production APIs.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** loggingLevel **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-loggingLevel"></a>
Specifies the logging level for this method, which affects the log entries pushed to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. Valid values are `OFF`, `ERROR`, and `INFO`. Choose `ERROR` to write only error-level entries to CloudWatch Logs, or choose `INFO` to include all `ERROR` events as well as extra informational events.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** metricsEnabled **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-metricsEnabled"></a>
Specifies whether Amazon CloudWatch metrics are enabled for this method.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** requireAuthorizationForCacheControl **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-requireAuthorizationForCacheControl"></a>
Specifies whether authorization is required for a cache invalidation request.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** throttlingBurstLimit **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-throttlingBurstLimit"></a>
Specifies the throttling burst limit.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** throttlingRateLimit **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-throttlingRateLimit"></a>
Specifies the throttling rate limit.  
Type: Double  
Required: No

 ** unauthorizedCacheControlHeaderStrategy **   <a name="apigw-Type-MethodSetting-unauthorizedCacheControlHeaderStrategy"></a>
Specifies how to handle unauthorized requests for cache invalidation.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `FAIL_WITH_403 | SUCCEED_WITH_RESPONSE_HEADER | SUCCEED_WITHOUT_RESPONSE_HEADER`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/apigateway-2015-07-09/MethodSetting) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/apigateway-2015-07-09/MethodSetting) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/apigateway-2015-07-09/MethodSetting)