AFA REST web services

This section describes the AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer REST web services APIs.

Base URL

There are two types of base URLs and corresponding authentication method:

• The base URL for most requests is:

  https:://<algosec_server>/afa/api/v1

  where <algosec_server> is the AFA server URL. Most of these APIs are shown in swagger.

  Authentication is through a cookie session. For example:

  curl --cookie "PHPSESSID=g4mgnv4cno9ivt7rclmhmejj27" https://<IP:Port>/afa/api/v1/security_zones/get_profiles_list

  For the value of the PHPSESSID parameter in the request cookie, use the sessionID value received in the login response. See Log in to ASMS .

• The base URL for the remaining requests is:

  https://<algosec_server>/fa/server

  where <algosec_server> is the AFA server URL. These APIs are not shown in swagger.

  Authentication is through a URL parameter (except for Log in to ASMS ). For example:

  curl -H "Accept:application/json" -k " https://192.168.3.76/fa/server/rules/read?session=c69bcc3e6832149642b32e6f269c82c0&entity=admin

  For the value of the session parameter in the request, use the sessionID value received in the login response. See Log in to ASMS .

Swagger

The AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer RESTful API includes Swagger support, enabling you to execute simplified API request calls and access full lists of request parameters.

To access Swagger API documentation:

1. In the toolbar, click your username and click API Documentation.

2. From the dropdown at the top-right, select one of the following specification options:

   AlgoSec_Firewall_Analyzer	Controls most central AFA API requests, such as object or device requests
   --Vulnerabilities	Controls AFA API requests related to vulnerabilites.
   --Policy_Optimization	Controls AFA APIs related to network rules.
   --Issues_Center	Controls AFA APIs related to the ASMS Issues Center
   --Map	Control AFA APIs related to the ASMS network map.

Syntax rules

Keep in mind the following syntax rules as you work with the APIs

• Comma separated multiple items in lists: Lists can be identified by square brackets []. Each item in lists that are comma-separated need to be enclosed in quotes (" "). For example,

  "service": [

  "http","https"

  ]

  Note: In the example above, "service": ["http,https"] is incorrect syntax.

AFA REST API reference

The following table lists the REST APIs supported for AFA. For more details, see EntitiesResponse type and AFA search rule fields.

Login and logout	Log in to ASMS Log out of ASMS
Analysis and reports	Start an analysis Retrieve an analysis status Retrieve a baseline compliance report Running the Query Troubleshooting Tool Get all reports Retrieve last completed report of specified devices
Object and device data	Retrieve network objects Retrieve service objects Retrieve parent device Retrieve service objects Retrieve interfaces Identify missing routers Merge routers Get details for a specified device Add/Edit a device View device parameter templates Delete a device Get a list of devices Get device info about managed devices Get zones data from a device Get a list of parents for specified list of child devices Export list of device changes to XLS file Bulk update keys of AWS cloud accounts
Risks	Retrieve a risk profile list Run a Risk Check Import risk profile from spreadsheet Update Risk Definitions
Risk Profiles	Get a list of user defined risk profiles Download Risk Profile File Get Risk Profile Data
Rule data	Retrieves all the rules in a device's or group's policy Get risky rules Rules hit count Add to or edit a rule's documentation Get a rule's documentation data Get a list of redundant special case rules
Security zones	Retrieve security zones Assign zone types to interfaces
User data	Retrieve user data Retrieve role data
Notification Center	Manage AFA notifications
Relocating devices	Relocate devices between nodes Check device relocation progress Cancel device relocation Enable processes after relocation
Traffic Simulation	Traffic Simulation Query
Trusted Traffic	Add a new trusted traffic request Delete trusted traffic data Edit trusted traffic data Export trusted traffic to a CSV or JSON file Get trusted traffic data Import trusted traffic rule from XLS Trust an existing rule
Policy Optimization	Get a list of consolidated rules Get a list of redundant special case rules Get a list of unused rules Get a list of rules without logging Get a list of disabled rules Get a list of rules with empty comments Get a list of unattached objects
URL Categories	Get the list of all URL Categories Create/add URL Categories Delete URL categories Remove URL(s) from a specified URL Category Get the URL(s) of a specified URL Category Get the IPs of a specified URL Rename a specified URL Category Add IPs to URL Add URLs to a specified URL Category Edit the URL of a specified URL Category