AlienVault

AlienVault Pulses API

Threat pulses (curated indicator collections)

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Operations 11

GET /api/v1/pulses/subscribed List subscribed pulses #

GET /api/v1/pulses/events List pulse subscription events #

GET /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id} Get pulse details #

GET /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/indicators Get indicators for a pulse #

POST /api/v1/pulses/create Create a pulse #

GET /api/v1/pulses/my List my pulses #

GET /api/v1/pulses/user/{username} List a user's pulses #

POST /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/subscribe Subscribe to a pulse #

POST /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/unsubscribe Unsubscribe from a pulse #

POST /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/clone Clone a pulse #

POST /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/delete Delete a pulse #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AlienVault OTX DirectConnect Pulses API
  description: The Open Threat Exchange (OTX) DirectConnect API provides programmatic access to the AlienVault OTX threat intelligence community.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: AlienVault OTX (LevelBlue)
    url: https://otx.alienvault.com/api
  license:
    name: OTX Terms of Service
    url: https://otx.alienvault.com/terms/
servers:
- url: https://otx.alienvault.com
  description: OTX production
security:
- OTXApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Pulses
  description: Threat pulses (curated indicator collections)
paths:
  /api/v1/pulses/subscribed:
    get:
      operationId: getSubscribedPulses
      summary: List subscribed pulses
      description: Returns the pulses the authenticated user is subscribed to, paginated.
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: modified_since
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of subscribed pulses
        '403':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
  /api/v1/pulses/events:
    get:
      operationId: getPulseEvents
      summary: List pulse subscription events
      description: Returns a change feed of pulse events since a given timestamp.
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: since
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of pulse events
        '403':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
  /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getPulseDetails
      summary: Get pulse details
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: pulse_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pulse detail
        '404':
          description: Pulse not found
  /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/indicators:
    get:
      operationId: getPulseIndicators
      summary: Get indicators for a pulse
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: pulse_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of indicators
        '404':
          description: Pulse not found
  /api/v1/pulses/create:
    post:
      operationId: createPulse
      summary: Create a pulse
      tags:
      - Pulses
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                description:
                  type: string
                public:
                  type: boolean
                tlp:
                  type: string
                tags:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                indicators:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created pulse
        '400':
          description: Invalid pulse payload
  /api/v1/pulses/my:
    get:
      operationId: getMyPulses
      summary: List my pulses
      tags:
      - Pulses
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of the authenticated user's pulses
        '403':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
  /api/v1/pulses/user/{username}:
    get:
      operationId: getUserPulses
      summary: List a user's pulses
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: username
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of the user's pulses
        '404':
          description: User not found
  /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/subscribe:
    post:
      operationId: subscribeToPulse
      summary: Subscribe to a pulse
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: pulse_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Subscribed
  /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/unsubscribe:
    post:
      operationId: unsubscribeFromPulse
      summary: Unsubscribe from a pulse
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: pulse_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Unsubscribed
  /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/clone:
    post:
      operationId: clonePulse
      summary: Clone a pulse
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: pulse_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cloned pulse
  /api/v1/pulses/{pulse_id}/delete:
    post:
      operationId: deletePulse
      summary: Delete a pulse
      tags:
      - Pulses
      parameters:
      - name: pulse_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted
components:
  securitySchemes:
    OTXApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-OTX-API-KEY
      description: OTX API key, available from your OTX account settings page.