Forcepoint DLP REST API Guide

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REST APIs
This chapter provides detailed information about the specific REST APIs available in Forcepoint DLP.
Policy Management APIs
Policy management APIs can be used to manage DLP and Discovery policies, rules and resources. These APIs support programmatic policy changes and support policy export/import use cases across the same versions of management servers.
Get Policy APIs
GET source and destination API
GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/rules/source-destination?policyName=<policyName>
Status and error codes for the GET source and destination API

Introduction
Authentication
Before you can connect to the Forcepoint DLP REST APIs, you need to create a new Application administrator in the Forcepoint Security Manager to create the username and password for authentication to be used in order to get a JSON Web Token (JWT) that allows you to send API requests.
REST APIs
This chapter provides detailed information about the specific REST APIs available in Forcepoint DLP.
- Incident Management APIs
  Incident Management APIs can be used to get a list of DLP and Discovery incidents from Forcepoint DLP or update and remediate those incidents.
- Policy Management APIs
  Policy management APIs can be used to manage DLP and Discovery policies, rules and resources. These APIs support programmatic policy changes and support policy export/import use cases across the same versions of management servers.
  - Get Policy APIs
    - GET list of enabled policies API
      GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/enabled-names?type=<policy type>
    - GET rules and classifiers API
      GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/rules?policyName=<policyName>
    - GET rule severity and action API
      GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/rules/severity-action?policyName=<policyName>
    - GET source and destination API
      GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/rules/source-destination?policyName=<policyName>
      - Header parameter for the GET source and destination API
      - Input parameter for the GET source and destination API
        Input parameter for the GET source and destination API is the policy name.
      - Request example for the GET source and destination API
      - Response output for the GET source and destination API
        The following parameters are shown in the response. For examples of responses, see Response example for the GET source and destination API.
      - Response example for the GET source and destination API
        This section shows an example of a response from this API. For more information about each parameter shown in the response, see Response output for the GET source and destination API.
      - Response example for the GET source and destination API (contd..)
      - Response example for the GET source and destination API (contd..)
      - Status and error codes for the GET source and destination API
    - GET list of rule exceptions
      GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/rules/exceptions/all?type=<policy type>
    - GET rule exception details API
      GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/rules/exceptions?type=<policy type>&ruleName=<rule name>&policyName=<policy name>
  - Create and Update Policy APIs
- Deploy APIs
  Deploy APIs can be used to extract data and configure it to Policy Engine and Endpoint servers.
- Troubleshooting

Status and error codes for the GET source and destination API

Code	Message
200	Success
403	Forbidden (authentication failed)
420	Resources not found (policy not found)
500	Internal server error

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