Launch a scan run

post /public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run

Launch a scan execution using a previously configured scan definition. Optionally override the target IP addresses for this specific run.

Request headers

User-Agent String required

Example: userAgent_example

CLIENT REQUEST

          curl -X 'POST'

        -H
        'Accept: application/json'
      
        -H
        'Content-Type: application/json'
      
          -H
          'User-Agent: userAgent_example'
      
      'https://api-cortex.paloaltonetworks.com/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run'
    
      -d
      ''

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api-")

payload = "{\"request_data\":{\"definition_id\":123,\"target\":\"1.2.3.4.0/12\"}}"

headers = {
    'User-Agent': "SOME_STRING_VALUE",
    'content-type': "application/json"
    }

conn.request("POST", "%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api-/%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run")

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["User-Agent"] = 'SOME_STRING_VALUE'
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"request_data\":{\"definition_id\":123,\"target\":\"1.2.3.4.0/12\"}}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

const data = JSON.stringify({
  "request_data": {
    "definition_id": 123,
    "target": "1.2.3.4.0/12"
  }
});

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-/%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run");
xhr.setRequestHeader("User-Agent", "SOME_STRING_VALUE");
xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "application/json");

xhr.send(data);

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-/%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run")
  .header("User-Agent", "SOME_STRING_VALUE")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .body("{\"request_data\":{\"definition_id\":123,\"target\":\"1.2.3.4.0/12\"}}")
  .asString();

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "User-Agent": "SOME_STRING_VALUE",
  "content-type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["request_data": [
    "definition_id": 123,
    "target": "1.2.3.4.0/12"
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-/%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run")! 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-/%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run",
  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\":{\"definition_id\":123,\"target\":\"1.2.3.4.0/12\"}}",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "User-Agent: SOME_STRING_VALUE",
    "content-type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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-/%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "User-Agent: 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\":{\"definition_id\":123,\"target\":\"1.2.3.4.0/12\"}}");

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

var client = new RestClient("https://api-/%7Bfqdn%7D/public_api/netscan/v1/scan/run");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("User-Agent", "SOME_STRING_VALUE");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"request_data\":{\"definition_id\":123,\"target\":\"1.2.3.4.0/12\"}}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Body parameters

required

application/json

request_dataobject

definition_idintegerrequired

Scan definition ID to execute

Example:123

targetstring

IP address or IP range. If provided, overrides the targets configured in the scan definition for this run.

Example:"1.2.3.4.0/12"

REQUEST
{
  "request_data": {
    "definition_id": 123,
    "target": "1.2.3.4.0/12"
  }
}

Responses

Scan launched successfully

Body

application/json

Response returned after a scan action (launch, pause, resume, or abort)

DATAstringrequired

Action result message

Example:"Scan launched successfully with run ID: 789"

RESPONSE
{
  "DATA": "Scan launched successfully with run ID: 789"
}

Bad Request

Body

application/json

Standard error response returned for all error status codes

err_msgstringrequired

Human-readable error message

metadataobject

Additional error context with field-level details

err_extraarray

List of field-level error details

[

fieldstring

Name of the field that caused the error

messagestring

Error message for the field

]

RESPONSE
{
  "err_msg": "The request contains invalid or missing parameters",
  "metadata": {
    "err_extra": [
      {
        "field": "name",
        "message": "Field required"
      },
      {
        "field": "extra_info",
        "message": "Extra inputs are not permitted"
      }
    ]
  }
}

User not Authorized

Body

application/json

Standard error response returned for all error status codes

err_msgstringrequired

Human-readable error message

metadataobject

Additional error context with field-level details

err_extraarray

List of field-level error details

[

fieldstring

Name of the field that caused the error

messagestring

Error message for the field

]

RESPONSE
{
  "err_msg": "The request contains invalid or missing parameters",
  "metadata": {
    "err_extra": [
      {
        "field": "name",
        "message": "Field required"
      },
      {
        "field": "extra_info",
        "message": "Extra inputs are not permitted"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Not found

Body

application/json

Standard error response returned for all error status codes

err_msgstringrequired

Human-readable error message

metadataobject

Additional error context with field-level details

err_extraarray

List of field-level error details

[

fieldstring

Name of the field that caused the error

messagestring

Error message for the field

]

RESPONSE
{
  "err_msg": "The request contains invalid or missing parameters",
  "metadata": {
    "err_extra": [
      {
        "field": "name",
        "message": "Field required"
      },
      {
        "field": "extra_info",
        "message": "Extra inputs are not permitted"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Internal Server Error

Body

application/json

Standard error response returned for all error status codes

err_msgstringrequired

Human-readable error message

metadataobject

Additional error context with field-level details

err_extraarray

List of field-level error details

[

fieldstring

Name of the field that caused the error

messagestring

Error message for the field

]

RESPONSE
{
  "err_msg": "The request contains invalid or missing parameters",
  "metadata": {
    "err_extra": [
      {
        "field": "name",
        "message": "Field required"
      },
      {
        "field": "extra_info",
        "message": "Extra inputs are not permitted"
      }
    ]
  }
}