Cisco Expressway Search Rules API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cisco Expressway Configuration Admin Account Search Rules API
  description: RESTful API for configuring and managing Cisco Expressway systems including zones, search rules, transforms, DNS servers, NTP servers, SFTP configuration, system upgrades, and admin account management. The API uses JSON Schema version 4 for request and response schemas and is self-documented via RAML definitions available at /api/raml on the Expressway system. All endpoints require HTTPS and HTTP Basic Authentication using Expressway administrator credentials.
  version: 14.2.0
  contact:
    name: Cisco TAC
    email: tac@cisco.com
    url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/expressway-series/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
  license:
    name: Cisco EULA
    url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/cloud-and-software/end_user_license_agreement.html
  x-logo:
    url: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/unified-communications/expressway-series/datasheet-c78-733751.jpg
  x-provenance:
    method: derived
    authored_by: API Evangelist
    derived_on: '2026-08-19'
    first_party: false
    provider_published: false
    source: Modelled from the provider's public HTML documentation.
    note: 'Not published by the provider. Probed 2026-08-19: no anonymously fetchable first-party contract. Served by each customer''s own Expressway appliance; no central spec.'
servers:
- url: https://{host}/api
  description: Cisco Expressway server
  variables:
    host:
      default: expressway.example.com
      description: The FQDN or IP address of the Cisco Expressway node. The API is only accessible via HTTPS.
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search Rules
  description: Search rule configuration for call routing decisions
paths:
  /provisioning/common/searchrule:
    get:
      operationId: listSearchRules
      summary: Cisco Expressway List all search rules
      description: Retrieves all search rules configured on the Expressway. Search rules define how the Expressway routes incoming search requests to the appropriate target zones or policy services, with configurable alias pattern matching, priority, and protocol filtering.
      tags:
      - Search Rules
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search rule list retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRule'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
    post:
      operationId: createSearchRule
      summary: Cisco Expressway Create a search rule
      description: Creates a new search rule on the Expressway. Search rules determine how incoming calls are routed to target zones based on alias patterns, source zones, and protocol type. Each search rule has a configurable priority that determines its evaluation order.
      tags:
      - Search Rules
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRuleInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search rule created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRule'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
    put:
      operationId: updateSearchRule
      summary: Cisco Expressway Update a search rule
      description: Modifies an existing search rule configuration on the Expressway including the alias pattern, target zone, priority, and protocol filter settings.
      tags:
      - Search Rules
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRuleInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search rule updated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRule'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteSearchRule
      summary: Cisco Expressway Delete a search rule
      description: Removes a search rule from the Expressway configuration.
      tags:
      - Search Rules
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search rule deleted successfully
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid. The API requires HTTP Basic Authentication with administrator credentials over HTTPS.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request body contains invalid data or missing required fields.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Conflict:
      description: A resource with the same identifier already exists.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Forbidden:
      description: The authenticated user does not have sufficient permissions for this operation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response from the Expressway API
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error code or type
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
    SearchRuleInput:
      type: object
      description: Input for creating or updating a search rule
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRule'
      required:
      - Name
      - AliasPatternType
      - AliasPatternString
      - TargetZone
    SearchRule:
      type: object
      description: Search rule configuration. Defines how the Expressway routes incoming search requests to the appropriate target zones or policy services based on alias pattern matching.
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
          description: Unique name for the search rule
          examples:
          - Route-to-CUCM
        Priority:
          type: integer
          description: Priority of the search rule. Lower numbers are evaluated first.
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 65534
          default: 100
          examples:
          - 50
        AliasPatternType:
          type: string
          description: Type of pattern matching to apply to the alias
          enum:
          - Prefix
          - Suffix
          - Regex
          - Exact
        AliasPatternString:
          type: string
          description: The pattern to match against the destination alias
          examples:
          - .*@example\.com
        TargetZone:
          type: string
          description: Name of the zone to which matching requests are forwarded
          examples:
          - CUCM-Neighbor
        SourceZone:
          type: string
          description: Name of the source zone from which requests must originate for this rule to apply. Leave empty for any zone.
        Mode:
          type: string
          description: Whether the search rule is enabled
          enum:
          - 'On'
          - 'Off'
          default: 'On'
        Protocol:
          type: string
          description: Protocol filter. Only requests using this protocol will match.
          enum:
          - Any
          - H.323
          - SIP
          default: Any
        OnSuccessfulMatch:
          type: string
          description: Action to take when a matching alias is found in the target zone
          enum:
          - Stop
          - Continue
          default: Stop
        Description:
          type: string
          description: Optional description of the search rule's purpose
        State:
          type: string
          description: Administrative state of the search rule
          enum:
          - Enabled
          - Disabled
          default: Enabled
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Authentication using Expressway administrator credentials. The API is only accessible via HTTPS.
externalDocs:
  description: Cisco Expressway REST API Summary Guide (X14.2)
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/expressway/admin_guide/X14-2/rest-api/exwy_b_cisco-expressway-rest-api-summary-guide--x142/exwy_m_using-the-expressway-rest-api.html