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WatchGuard Authorization API

Retrieve audience tokens for managed account API access.

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

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, 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.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
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 Authorization 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authorization 1

Retrieve audience tokens for managed account API access.

POST
/platform/authorization/v1/audiences
Get Audience Token
getAudience body → 200401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorResponse (3 properties), AudienceRequest (1 property), AudienceResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
AudienceResponse
object
1 property
AudienceRequest
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

watchguard-authorization-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs WatchGuard publishes across the network.

WatchGuard Accounts API
WatchGuard Activations API
WatchGuard Allocations 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