Palo Alto Networks Checks API
Operations for managing custom posture checks including CRUD and batch operations.
Palo Alto Networks Checks API is one of 741 APIs that Palo Alto Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Checks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.1.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.strata.paloaltonetworks.com/posture.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Palo Alto Networks Checks API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
BearerAuth— Bearer token authentication using JWT.
Paths & Operations 8
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Operations for managing custom posture checks including CRUD and batch operations.
Schemas 12
The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PostureCheck (16 properties), PostureCheckUpsertItem (12 properties), PostureCheckCreateRequest (10 properties), PostureCheckUpdateRequest (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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