Authenticate Access
To authenticate your queries to the WildFire API, you
must
Get Your API Key. Access
to the WildFire API key is available if:
At least one Palo Alto Networks firewall has an active
WildFire subscription registered to an account holder in your organization.
You have an active Prisma Access subscription.
You have an active Prisma Cloud Compute subscription.
You can share the same API key within your organization. Your
WildFire public cloud API key is assigned when you purchase your
WildFire (either firewall-attached or as a standalone WildFire API
subscription), Prisma Cloud Compute, or Prisma Access subscription
and expires when the expiration date is reached. If you have multiple
firewalls with WildFire subscriptions, the API key is tied to the
subscription that expires last. You cannot delete a WildFire public
cloud API key; it only expires. If you need a WildFire public cloud
API key removed for security reasons, you must open a support case.
The API key for the WildFire public cloud is displayed in the
My
Account section of the WildFire portal along with statistics,
such as how many uploads and queries have been performed using the
key. Alternatively, you can also retrieve your API key from the
Palo Alto Networks Support Portal located
under the page.
The WildFire public cloud API for Prisma Cloud Compute
subscribers can only be retrieved through the Palo Alto Networks
Support Portal at this time.
If you have a firewall-attached WildFire subscription, you can
view and
Manage WildFire Appliance API Keys through
the WildFire CLI. The API key should be considered secret and should
not be shared outside of authorized channels.
Unlike other WildFire API resources, the
/test/pe resource,
which allows you to
Get a Malware Test File (WildFire API), does
not require an API key for authentication and does not need an HTTPS
connection.
The API methods are hosted on the WildFire cloud or WildFire
appliance and the HTTPS protocol is required to protect your API
key and any other data exchanged with the service.
