List commands - Administrator Guide - Cortex XSIAM - Cortex - Security Operations

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Product
Cortex XSIAM
Creation date
2024-03-06
Last date published
2024-04-21
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Use list commands in the War Room, Playground, playbooks, and scripts.

Use the following list commands in the CLI in the War Room and Playground, scripts, and playbook tasks:

Command

Description

Arguments

getList

Retrieves the contents of the specified list.

listName: The name of the list for which to retrieve the contents.

createList

Creates a list with the supplied data.

  • listName: The name of the list to which to add items.

  • listData: The data to add to the new list.

addToList

Appends the supplied items to the specified list. If you add multiple items, make sure you use the same list separator that the list currently uses, for example, a comma or a semicolon.

  • listName: The name of the list to which to append items.

  • listData: The data to add to the specified list. The data will be appended to the existing data in the list.

setList

Adds the supplied data to the specified list and overwrites existing list data.

  • listName: The name of the list to which to add items.

  • listData: The data to add to the specified list. The data overwrites the existing data in the list.

removeFromList

Removes a single item from the specified list.

  • listName: The name of the list from which to remove an item.

  • listData: The item to remove from the specified list.

Example

In this example, a manageOOOusers script uses the getList, createList, and setList commands.

register_module_line('ManageOOOusers', 'start', __line__())

def _get_current_user():
    current_username = demisto.executeCommand("getUsers", {"current": True})
    if isError(current_username):
        demisto.debug(f"failed to get current username - {get_error(current_username)}")
        return
    else:
        return current_username[0]["Contents"][0]['username']

def main():
    # get current time
    now = datetime.now()

    # args
    list_name = demisto.getArg("listname")
    username = demisto.getArg("username")

    option = demisto.getArg("option")
    days_off = now + timedelta(days=int(demisto.getArg("daysoff")))
    off_until = days_off.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

    # update list name to start with 'OOO', so we can't overwrite other lists with this
    if not list_name.startswith("OOO"):
        list_name = f"OOO {list_name}"

    current_user = _get_current_user()
    if not current_user and not username:
        return_error('Failed to get current user. Please set the username argument in the script.')

    if not username:
        # Current user was found, running script on it.
        username = current_user
    else:
        # check if provided username is a valid xsoar user
        users = demisto.executeCommand("getUsers", {})
        if isError(users):
            return_error(f'Failed to get users: {str(get_error(users))}')
        users = users[0]['Contents']

        users = [x['username'] for x in users]
        if username not in users:
            return_error(message=f"{username} is not a valid user")

    # get the out of office list, check if the list exists, if not create it:
    ooo_list = demisto.executeCommand("getList", {"listName": list_name})[0]["Contents"]
    if isError(ooo_list):
        return_error(f'Failed to get users out of office: {str(get_error(ooo_list))}')

    if "Item not found" in ooo_list:
        demisto.results(demisto.executeCommand("createList", {"listName": list_name, "listData": []}))
        ooo_list = demisto.executeCommand("getList", {"listName": list_name})[0]["Contents"]

    # check status of the list, and add/remove the user from it.
    if not ooo_list:
        list_data = []
    else:
        list_data = json.loads(ooo_list)
    if option == "add":
        # check if user is already in the list, and remove, to allow updating
        list_data = [i for i in list_data if not (i['user'] == username)]
        list_data.append({"user": username,
                          "offuntil": off_until,
                          "addedby": current_user if current_user else 'DBot'})
    else:
        # remove the user from the list.
        list_data = [i for i in list_data if not (i['user'] == username)]

    set_list_res = demisto.executeCommand("setList", {"listName": list_name, "listData": json.dumps(list_data)})
    if isError(set_list_res):
        return_error(f'Failed to update the list {list_name}: {str(get_error(set_list_res))}')

    # welcome back, or see ya later!
    if option == "add":
        demisto.results(f"Vacation mode engaged until {off_until}, enjoy the time off {username}")
    else:
        demisto.results(f"Welcome back {username}, it's like you never left!")

if __name__ in ('__builtin__', 'builtins', '__main__'):
    main()

register_module_line('ManageOOOusers', 'end', __line__())