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 rules and classifiers API
GET /dlp/rest/v1/policy/rules?policyName=<policyName>
Response output for the GET rules and classifiers API
The following parameters are shown in the response. For examples of responses, see Response example for the GET rules and classifiers API.
Owner object properties

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>
      - Header parameter for the GET rules and classifiers API
      - Input parameter for the GET rules and classifiers API
        Input parameter for the GET rules and classifiers API is the policy name.
      - Request example for the GET rules and classifiers API
      - Response output for the GET rules and classifiers API
        The following parameters are shown in the response. For examples of responses, see Response example for the GET rules and classifiers API.
        
        Policy level object properties
        
        Rule object properties
        
        Classifier object properties
        
        Classifier children object properties
        
        Owner object properties
      - Response example for the GET rules and classifiers 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 rules and classifiers API.
      - Status and error codes for the GET rules and classifiers API
    - 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>
    - 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

Owner object properties

Field Name

Field Type

Mandatory Y/N

Description

email

String

Y

User or Admin email

admin

String

Y

is owner Admin

Valid values: "true"/"false"

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