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Palo Alto Networks Device API

The Device API from Palo Alto Networks — 2 operation(s) for device.

Palo Alto Networks Device 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 Device. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://{customer}.iot.paloaltonetworks.com/pub/v4.0, https://api.stratacloud.paloaltonetworks.com/aiops/bpa/v1, https://{firewall}/restapi/v10.2.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

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, HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Palo Alto Networks Device API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Key-Id (keyId). An API key is passed in the header as X-Access-Key (accessKey). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (oauth2Bearer). An API key is passed in the header as X-PAN-KEY (apiKey).

  • keyId — IoT Security API key identifier. Generated from the IoT Security portal under Settings API Keys.
  • accessKey — IoT Security API access key. Generated alongside the key identifier from the IoT Security portal.
  • 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.
  • apiKey — PAN-OS API key generated via the /api/?type=keygen endpoint or from the web interface under Device Administrators. The key is tied to an administrator account…

Paths & Operations 2

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

Device 2
GET
/device/tag/list
Palo Alto Networks List Device Tags
listDeviceTags 3 params → 200400401500
GET
/Device/VirtualSystems
Palo Alto Networks List Virtual Systems
listVirtualSystems → 200400401

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DeviceTag (5 properties), ErrorResponse_3 (3 properties), VirtualSystem (3 properties), ErrorResponse_2 (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
DeviceTag
object
5 properties
ErrorResponse_2
object
3 properties
VirtualSystem
object
A virtual system (vsys) on the PAN-OS firewall.
3 properties
ErrorResponse_3
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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PAN-OS XML API
PAN-OS OpenConfig API
Panorama API
AutoFocus API (Deprecated)
Prisma SASE Service Status API
Cross-Platform Service Status API
SASE Authentication Service API
Expedition API (Deprecated)
VM-Series Licensing API
Palo Alto Networks 5G Deregistered Trend API
Palo Alto Networks 5G Network Interconnects and Bandwidth API
Palo Alto Networks 5G Registered Trend API
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