Policies

REST API operations for policies

Overview

The /policies REST API operations are in open beta starting with Panther version 1.98, and is available to all customers. Please share any bug reports and feature requests with your Panther support team.

Use these API operations to interact with policies in Panther.

To call the API, see the How to use the Panther REST API instructions—including directions for how to invoke it directly from this documentation page.

Required permissions

• For GET operations, your API token must have the View Policies permission.

• For POST, PUT, and DELETE operations, your API token must have the Manage Policies permission.

Operations

create policy

POSThttps://your-api-host/policies

Query parameters

Body

application/json

body*string

The python body of the policy

descriptionstring

The description of the policy

displayNamestring

The display name of the policy

enabledboolean

Determines whether or not the policy is active

id*string

The id of the policy

managedboolean

Determines if the policy is managed by panther

reportsobject

Reports

resourceTypesarray of string

Resource types

severity*enum

INFOLOWMEDIUMHIGHCRITICAL

suppressionsarray of string

Resources to ignore via a pattern that matches the resource id

tagsarray of string

The tags for the policy

testsarray of PolicyAPI.UnitTest (object)

Unit tests for the Policy. Best practice is to include a positive and negative case

Response

200204400409

OK response.

Body

application/json

PolicyAPI.PolicycreateResponseBody (any)

Request

JavaScriptCurl

const response = await fetch('https://your-api-host/policies', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "id": "text",
      "body": "text",
      "severity": "INFO"
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();

get policy

GEThttps://your-api-host/policies/{id}

Path parameters

id*string

the id of the policy to fetch

Response

200404

OK response.

Body

application/json

bodystring

The python body of the policy

createdAtstring

descriptionstring

The description of the policy

displayNamestring

The display name of the policy

enabledboolean

Determines whether or not the policy is active

idstring

The id of the policy

lastModifiedstring

managedboolean

Determines if the policy is managed by panther

reportsobject

Reports

resourceTypesarray of string

Resource types

severityenum

INFOLOWMEDIUMHIGHCRITICAL

suppressionsarray of string

Resources to ignore via a pattern that matches the resource id

tagsarray of string

The tags for the policy

testsarray of PolicyAPI.UnitTest (object)

Unit tests for the Policy. Best practice is to include a positive and negative case

Request

JavaScriptCurl

const response = await fetch('https://your-api-host/policies/{id}', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

{
  "body": "text",
  "createdAt": "text",
  "description": "text",
  "displayName": "text",
  "enabled": false,
  "id": "text",
  "lastModified": "text",
  "managed": false,
  "resourceTypes": [
    "text"
  ],
  "severity": "INFO",
  "suppressions": [
    "aws::s3::*"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "text"
  ],
  "tests": [
    {
      "expectedResult": false,
      "mocks": [],
      "name": "text",
      "resource": "text"
    }
  ]
}

put policy

put creates or updates a policy

PUThttps://your-api-host/policies/{id}

Path parameters

id*string

the id of the policy

Query parameters

Body

application/json

body*string

The python body of the policy

descriptionstring

The description of the policy

displayNamestring

The display name of the policy

enabledboolean

Determines whether or not the policy is active

id*string

The id of the policy

managedboolean

Determines if the policy is managed by panther

reportsobject

Reports

resourceTypesarray of string

Resource types

severity*enum

INFOLOWMEDIUMHIGHCRITICAL

suppressionsarray of string

Resources to ignore via a pattern that matches the resource id

tagsarray of string

The tags for the policy

testsarray of PolicyAPI.UnitTest (object)

Unit tests for the Policy. Best practice is to include a positive and negative case

Response

200201204400

200 returned if the item already existed

Body

application/json

bodystring

The python body of the policy

createdAtstring

descriptionstring

The description of the policy

displayNamestring

The display name of the policy

enabledboolean

Determines whether or not the policy is active

idstring

The id of the policy

lastModifiedstring

managedboolean

Determines if the policy is managed by panther

reportsobject

Reports

resourceTypesarray of string

Resource types

severityenum

INFOLOWMEDIUMHIGHCRITICAL

suppressionsarray of string

Resources to ignore via a pattern that matches the resource id

tagsarray of string

The tags for the policy

testsarray of PolicyAPI.UnitTest (object)

Unit tests for the Policy. Best practice is to include a positive and negative case

Request

JavaScriptCurl

const response = await fetch('https://your-api-host/policies/{id}', {
    method: 'PUT',
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "id": "text",
      "body": "text",
      "severity": "INFO"
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

{
  "body": "text",
  "createdAt": "text",
  "description": "text",
  "displayName": "text",
  "enabled": false,
  "id": "text",
  "lastModified": "text",
  "managed": false,
  "resourceTypes": [
    "text"
  ],
  "severity": "INFO",
  "suppressions": [
    "aws::s3::*"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "text"
  ],
  "tests": [
    {
      "expectedResult": false,
      "mocks": [],
      "name": "text",
      "resource": "text"
    }
  ]
}

delete policy

DELETEhttps://your-api-host/policies/{id}

Path parameters

id*string

ID of the policy to delete

Response

204400404

No Content response.

Request

JavaScriptCurl

const response = await fetch('https://your-api-host/policies/{id}', {
    method: 'DELETE',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

list policies

GEThttps://your-api-host/policies

Query parameters

Response

200

OK response.

Body

application/json

nextstring

pagination token for the next page of results

resultsarray of PolicyAPI.PolicycreateResponseBody (any)

Request

JavaScriptCurl

const response = await fetch('https://your-api-host/policies', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

{
  "next": "text",
  "results": []
}