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Palo Alto Networks Machines API

APIs for Machines.

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

This API exposes 10 operations across 7 paths, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.strata.paloaltonetworks.com/ngts.

10 operations 7 paths 19 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 PATCH5 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://{firewall}/api/
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, HTTP Bearer
License
MIT
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Palo Alto Networks Machines API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (scmOAuth) using the clientCredentials flow. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (scmToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • scmOAuth — Strata Cloud Manager APIs authenticate client requests using the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow. Please use the clientid, clientsecret values associated wit…
  • scmToken — Strata Cloud Manager APIs authenticate client requests using the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow. Please use the clientid, clientsecret values associated wit…

Paths & Operations 10

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Machines 10

APIs for Machines.

GET
/v1/machines
Get the details of all machines
machines_getAll → 200400412
POST
/v1/machines
Add a machine
machines_create body → 201400
GET
/v1/machines/{id}
Get a machine details
machines_getById 1 param → 200400404412
DELETE
/v1/machines/{id}
Delete a machine
machines_delete 1 param → 204400404412
PATCH
/v1/machines/{id}
Update a machine details
machines_update 1 param body → 200400404412
POST
/v1/machines/{id}/workflows
Initiate the workflow
machines_initiateWorkflow 1 param body → 201400
POST
/v1/machinesearch
Get the details of machines matching
getMachinesByExpression 1 param body → 200400412
POST
/v1/machines/{id}/batchprovisionings/abort
Abort active batch provisioning for a
abort-v1-batchprovisionings-forMachineId 1 param → 202403404405500
GET
/v1/machines/{id}/discovery
Get the discovery results for a
machineDiscoveryResults_getByMachineId 1 param → 200400404412
POST
/v1/machines/{id}/discovery/abort
Abort machine discovery
machineDiscoveryResults_abortdiscovery 1 param → 202403404405

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MachineInformation (20 properties), MachineDocumentInformation (15 properties), MachineDiscoveryResultInformation (10 properties), MachineUpdateRequest (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorInformation3
object
3 properties
Expression
object
MachineOwnership
object
1 property
OrderObject
object
2 properties
Ordering
object
1 property
MachineDiscoveryResultInformation
object
10 properties
ErrorResponse3
object
1 property
Paging
object
2 properties
MachineDocumentInformation
object
15 properties
MachineDocumentResponse
object
2 properties
MachineWorkflowRequest
object
2 properties
MachineBatchProvisioningResultInformation
object
7 properties
MachinesSearchRequest
object
3 properties
MachineCreationRequest
object
9 properties 3 required
SchedulerPatternInformation2
object
1 property 1 required
MachinesResponse
object
1 property
MachineUpdateRequest
object
10 properties
AnyValue3
Can be any value - string, number, boolean, array or object.
MachineInformation
object
20 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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ID
palo-alto-networks:palo-alto-networks-machines-api
Base URL
https://{firewall}/api/
Docs
https://pan.dev/panos/docs/xmlapi/
Provider
Palo Alto Networks
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