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Palo Alto Networks Audit API

Audit and management log retrieval.

Palo Alto Networks Audit API is one of 820 APIs that Palo Alto Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api-{fqdn}/public_api/v1, https://api.stratacloud.paloaltonetworks.com/aiops/bpa/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 12 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://{firewall}/api/
Authentication
API Key, API Key, API Key, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Palo Alto Networks Audit API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-xdr-hmac-v2 (xdrAuth). An API key is passed in the header as x-xdr-hmac-v2 (xpanseAuth). An API key is passed in the header as x-xdr-hmac-v2 (xsiamAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (oauth2Bearer).

  • xdrAuth — Cortex XDR uses a custom HMAC-SHA256 authentication scheme. Each request requires four headers: x-xdr-auth-id (API key ID), x-xdr-nonce (64-character random st…
  • xpanseAuth — Cortex Xpanse uses a custom HMAC-SHA256 authentication scheme with RBAC API key pairs. Include four headers: x-xdr-auth-id (API key ID), x-xdr-nonce (64-charac…
  • xsiamAuth — Cortex XSIAM uses a custom HMAC-SHA256 authentication scheme. Include four headers on each request: x-xdr-auth-id (API key ID number), x-xdr-nonce (64-characte…
  • oauth2Bearer — OAuth 2.0 Bearer token for SASE platform authentication. Obtain using the clientcredentials grant with your SASE service account client ID and client secret.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Audit 2

Audit and management log retrieval.

POST
/audit/get_audit_management_logs
Palo Alto Networks Get Audit Management Logs
getAuditManagementLogs body → 200400401403
POST
/audits/management_logs/get_management_logs
Palo Alto Networks Get Audit Management Logs
getManagementLogs body → 200400401403

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AuditLog_3 (9 properties), AuditLog_2 (9 properties), AuditLog (9 properties), Filter_3 (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AuditLog
object
An audit management log entry recording an administrative action.
9 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
Filter
object
A filter criterion for querying XDR resources.
3 properties 3 required
SortOrder
object
Sorting specification for result sets.
2 properties
AuditLog_2
object
An audit management log entry recording an administrative action.
9 properties
ErrorResponse_2
object
1 property
Filter_2
object
A filter criterion for querying Xpanse resources.
3 properties 3 required
SortOrder_2
object
Sorting specification for result sets.
2 properties
AuditLog_3
object
An audit management log entry recording an administrative action.
9 properties
ErrorResponse_3
object
1 property
Filter_3
object
A filter criterion for querying XSIAM resources.
3 properties 3 required
SortOrder_3
object
Sorting specification for result sets.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

palo-alto-networks-audit-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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