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pfSense Firewall Rules API

Manage firewall rules.

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pfSense Firewall Rules API is one of 5 APIs that pfSense publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{pfSenseHost}/api/v2.

5 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://pfsense.local/api/v2
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key, HTTP Bearer
Contact
pfSense REST API documentation
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

pfSense Firewall Rules API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-API-Key (apiKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic auth with a pfSense local database username and password.
  • apiKeyAuth — API key generated through the webConfigurator or API endpoints. Keys inherit the permissions of the user that issued them.
  • bearerAuth — JWT bearer token obtained from POST /api/v2/auth/jwt. Tokens default to one hour of validity.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Firewall Rules 5

Manage firewall rules.

GET
/firewall/rules
List firewall rules
listFirewallRules 2 params → 200
GET
/firewall/rule
Get a single firewall rule
getFirewallRule 1 param → 200
POST
/firewall/rule
Create a firewall rule
createFirewallRule body → 200
PATCH
/firewall/rule
Update a firewall rule
patchFirewallRule body → 200
DELETE
/firewall/rule
Delete a firewall rule
deleteFirewallRule 1 param → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is FirewallRule (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FirewallRule
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

pfsense-firewall-rules-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs pfSense publishes across the network.

pfSense REST API (pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI)
AE Profile APIs.io
pfSense Authentication API
AE Profile APIs.io
pfSense Firewall Aliases API
AE Profile APIs.io
pfSense Firewall Apply API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
pfsense:pfsense-firewall-rules-api
Base URL
https://pfsense.local/api/v2
Docs
https://pfrest.org/
Provider
pfSense
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