How to block post requests for url in nginx by mask?

Question

Nginx

Good afternoon. They bomb the site with simple ddos ​​at different URLs like /cat/podcat/1562740
cat and podcat do not change, only the number changes
What should I write in the NGINX config to block only POST requests to these URLs?

Answer 1

Like so

location ~ /cat/podcat/\d+$ {
  if ($request_method = "POST") {
    deny  all;
  }
}