Get Script Metadata

Cortex XDR REST API

post /public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata

Get the full definitions of a specific script in the scripts library.

Required license: Cortex XDR Pro per Endpoint or Cortex XDR Pro per GB

Request headers
Authorization String required

{api_key}

Example: authorization_example
x-xdr-auth-id String required

{api_key_id}

Example: xXdrAuthId_example
Accept-Encoding String

For retrieving a compressed gzipped response

Example: acceptEncoding_example
Default: gzip
CLIENT REQUEST
curl -X 'POST'
-H 'Accept: application/json'
-H 'Content-Type: application/json'
-H 'Authorization: authorization_example' -H 'x-xdr-auth-id: xXdrAuthId_example' -H 'Accept-Encoding: acceptEncoding_example'
'https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata'
-d ''
import http.client conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api-yourfqdn") payload = "{\"request_data\":{\"script_uid\":\"string\"}}" headers = { 'Authorization': "SOME_STRING_VALUE", 'x-xdr-auth-id': "SOME_STRING_VALUE", 'Accept-Encoding': "SOME_STRING_VALUE", 'content-type': "application/json" } conn.request("POST", "/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata", payload, headers) res = conn.getresponse() data = res.read() print(data.decode("utf-8"))
require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'openssl' url = URI("https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Authorization"] = 'SOME_STRING_VALUE' request["x-xdr-auth-id"] = 'SOME_STRING_VALUE' request["Accept-Encoding"] = 'SOME_STRING_VALUE' request["content-type"] = 'application/json' request.body = "{\"request_data\":{\"script_uid\":\"string\"}}" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body
const data = JSON.stringify({ "request_data": { "script_uid": "string" } }); const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.withCredentials = true; xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () { if (this.readyState === this.DONE) { console.log(this.responseText); } }); xhr.open("POST", "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata"); xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "SOME_STRING_VALUE"); xhr.setRequestHeader("x-xdr-auth-id", "SOME_STRING_VALUE"); xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept-Encoding", "SOME_STRING_VALUE"); xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "application/json"); xhr.send(data);
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata") .header("Authorization", "SOME_STRING_VALUE") .header("x-xdr-auth-id", "SOME_STRING_VALUE") .header("Accept-Encoding", "SOME_STRING_VALUE") .header("content-type", "application/json") .body("{\"request_data\":{\"script_uid\":\"string\"}}") .asString();
import Foundation let headers = [ "Authorization": "SOME_STRING_VALUE", "x-xdr-auth-id": "SOME_STRING_VALUE", "Accept-Encoding": "SOME_STRING_VALUE", "content-type": "application/json" ] let parameters = ["request_data": ["script_uid": "string"]] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume()
<?php $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"request_data\":{\"script_uid\":\"string\"}}", CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "Accept-Encoding: SOME_STRING_VALUE", "Authorization: SOME_STRING_VALUE", "content-type: application/json", "x-xdr-auth-id: SOME_STRING_VALUE" ], ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl); if ($err) { echo "cURL Error #:" . $err; } else { echo $response; }
CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init(); curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST"); curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata"); struct curl_slist *headers = NULL; headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: SOME_STRING_VALUE"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-xdr-auth-id: SOME_STRING_VALUE"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept-Encoding: SOME_STRING_VALUE"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "content-type: application/json"); curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers); curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"request_data\":{\"script_uid\":\"string\"}}"); CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);
var client = new RestClient("https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/scripts/get_script_metadata"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "SOME_STRING_VALUE"); request.AddHeader("x-xdr-auth-id", "SOME_STRING_VALUE"); request.AddHeader("Accept-Encoding", "SOME_STRING_VALUE"); request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"request_data\":{\"script_uid\":\"string\"}}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
Body parameters
application/json
request_dataobjectrequired

A dictionary containing the API request fields.

script_uidstring

Unique identifier of the script, returned by the Get Scripts API per script.

REQUEST
{ "request_data": { "script_uid": "<unique ID>" } }
Responses

Successful response

Body
application/json
replyobject

JSON object containing the query result.

script_idstring

Script ID.

namestring

Name of script.

descriptionstring

Description of script.

modification_dateinteger

Timestamp of when the script was last modified.

created_bystring

Name of the user who created the script.

is_high_riskboolean

Whether the script has a high-risk outcome.

windows_supportedboolean

Whether the script can be executed on Windows OS.

linux_supportedboolean

Whether the script can be executed on Linux OS.

macos_supportedboolean

Whether the script can be executed on macOS.

script_uidstring

GUID, global ID of the script, used toidentify the script when executing.

entry_pointstring

name of the entry point selected for the script defined as run.

script_inputarray
[
namestring
typestring
friendly_namestring
]
script_output_typestring (Enum)

Type of output.

Allowed values:"auto_detect""dictionary""number_list""number""string""string_list""boolean_list""ip""ip_list""boolean"
script_output_dictionary_definitionsarray

When the script_output_type is a dictionary an array with friendly_name, name, and type for each output is returned. The field is empty in all other cases.

[
friendly_namestring
namestring
typestring
]
RESPONSE
{ "reply": { "script_id": "<script ID>", "name": "list_directories", "description": "List all directories under path", "modification_date": 1585074627259, "created_by": "Palo Alto Networks", "is_high_risk": false, "windows_supported": true, "linux_supported": true, "macos_supported": true, "script_uid": "<unique ID>", "entry_point": "run", "script_input": [ { "name": "path", "type": "string" }, { "friendly_name": "Number of levels", "name": "num_levels", "type": "number" } ], "script_output_type": "dictionary", "script_output_dictionary_definitions": [ { "friendly_name": "Number Of Processes", "name": "output_2", "type": "number" }, { "friendly_name": "Name", "name": "output_1", "type": "string" } ] } }
{ "reply": { "script_id": "<script ID>", "name": "list_directories", "description": "List all directories under path", "modification_date": 1585074627259, "created_by": "Palo Alto Networks", "is_high_risk": false, "windows_supported": true, "linux_supported": true, "macos_supported": true, "script_uid": "<unique ID>" } }

Bad Request. Got an invalid JSON.

Body
application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"
err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{ "err_code": "example", "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}", "err_extra": "example" }

Unauthorized access. An issue occurred during authentication. This can indicate an incorrect key, id, or other invalid authentication parameters.

Body
application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"
err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{ "err_code": "example", "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}", "err_extra": "example" }

Unauthorized access. User does not have the required license type to run this API.

Body
application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"
err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{ "err_code": "example", "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}", "err_extra": "example" }

Forbidden access. The provided API Key does not have the required RBAC permissions to run this API.

Body
application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"
err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{ "err_code": "example", "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}", "err_extra": "example" }

Internal server error. A unified status for API communication type errors.

Body
application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"
err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{ "err_code": "example", "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}", "err_extra": "example" }