PAN-OS REST API
The PAN-OS® and Panorama™ REST API allow you to manage
firewalls and Panorama through a third-party service, application,
or script.
You can use the REST API to Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD)
Objects and Policies on the firewalls; you can access the REST API
directly on the firewall or use Panorama to perform these operation
on policies and objects from a central location and push them to
the managed firewalls.
The inputs in the PAN-OS REST API generally match the web interface,
and you can use the
PAN-OS Web Interface Help to
familiarize yourself with the field properties, descriptions, and
supported values for each product. Reading relevant portions of
the
PAN-OS Administrator’s Guide will
help you get a better understanding of firewall capabilities that
you can access using the API. To use the API, you should also be
knowledgeable about web service APIs and HTTP.
For performance considerations, limit the number of concurrent API calls to five. The
suggested limit ensures that there is no performance impact to the firewall web
interface as the management plane web server handles requests from both the API and the
web interface. Limits may vary depending on the type of request. The limit may be higher
depending on requests.
To get started, see:
