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Check Point Software Hosts API

The Hosts API from Check Point Software — 5 operation(s) for hosts.

Check Point Software Hosts API is one of 8 APIs that Check Point Software publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Hosts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version latest.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{management_server}/web_api.

5 operations 5 paths 5 schemas 5 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
latest
Base URL
https://{management_server}/web_api
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Check Point Software Hosts API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-chkp-sid (sessionId). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sessionId — Session ID returned by /login, supplied on every subsequent call.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Hosts 5
POST
/show-hosts
List host objects
showHosts body → 200
POST
/show-host
Retrieve a single host object
showHost body → 200
POST
/add-host
Create a host object
addHost body → 200
POST
/set-host
Update a host object
setHost body → 200
POST
/delete-host
Delete a host object
deleteHost body → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Host (9 properties), HostCreate (9 properties), ListQuery (5 properties), ObjectLookup (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListQuery
object
5 properties
HostCreate
object
9 properties 1 required
GenericMessage
object
1 property
Host
object
9 properties
ObjectLookup
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

check-point-hosts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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