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WatchGuard Activations API

Activate hardware devices and software licenses.

WatchGuard Activations API is one of 11 APIs that WatchGuard publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Activations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://api.usa.cloud.watchguard.com/rest, https://api.eu.cloud.watchguard.com/rest, https://api.apac.cloud.watchguard.com/rest.

3 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 1 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1
Servers
https://api.usa.cloud.watchguard.com/rest
https://api.eu.cloud.watchguard.com/rest
https://api.apac.cloud.watchguard.com/rest
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

WatchGuard Activations API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). An API key is passed in the header as WatchGuard-API-Key (apiKeyAuth).

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from the WatchGuard Authentication API.
  • apiKeyAuth — API key from the WatchGuard Cloud Managed Access page.

Paths & Operations 3

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

Activations 3

Activate hardware devices and software licenses.

POST
/platform/activation/v1/activate
Activate Device or License
activateDeviceOrLicense body → 202400401
GET
/platform/activation/v1/recentactivations
Get Recent Activations
getRecentActivations 3 params → 200401
PUT
/platform/activation/v1/activationbatchstatuses/{batchId}
Get Activation Status
getActivationStatus 3 params → 200401404

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorResponse (3 properties), Pagination (3 properties), RecentActivationsList (2 properties), ActivationStatusResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Pagination
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
ActivationRequest
object
1 property
ActivationStatusResponse
object
2 properties
ActivationResponse
object
1 property
RecentActivationsList
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

watchguard-activations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs WatchGuard publishes across the network.

WatchGuard Accounts API
WatchGuard Allocations API
WatchGuard Authorization API
WatchGuard Configurations API
WatchGuard Device Actions API
WatchGuard Devices API
WatchGuard Licenses API
WatchGuard Operators API
WatchGuard Risk Assessment API
WatchGuard Security Events API
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