# RuleSummary
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High-level information about a [Rule](API_Rule.md), returned by operations like [DescribeManagedRuleGroup](API_DescribeManagedRuleGroup.md). This provides information like the ID, that you can use to retrieve and manage a `RuleGroup`, and the ARN, that you provide to the [RuleGroupReferenceStatement](API_RuleGroupReferenceStatement.md) to use the rule group in a [Rule](API_Rule.md).

## Contents
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 ** Action **   <a name="WAF-Type-RuleSummary-Action"></a>
The action that AWS WAF should take on a web request when it matches a rule's statement. Settings at the web ACL level can override the rule action setting.   
Type: [RuleAction](API_RuleAction.md) object  
Required: No

 ** Name **   <a name="WAF-Type-RuleSummary-Name"></a>
The name of the rule.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `^[\w\-]+$`   
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/wafv2-2019-07-29/RuleSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/wafv2-2019-07-29/RuleSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/wafv2-2019-07-29/RuleSummary)