# Cohesity Protection Policies API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cohesity/cohesity-protection-policies-api/  
**Provider:** Cohesity — https://apis.io/providers/cohesity/  
**Base URL:** https://helios.cohesity.com/irisservices/api/v1/public/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html

Cohesity Protection Policies API is one of 91 APIs that [Cohesity](https://apis.io/providers/cohesity/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Protection Policies. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and an API reference.

The Protection Policies API from Cohesity — 7 operation(s) for protection policies.

## Operations (13)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/public/protectionPolicies` | List Protection Policies filtered by some parameters |
| POST | `/public/protectionPolicies` | Create a Protection Policy |
| GET | `/public/protectionPolicies/{id}` | List details about a single Protection Policy |
| PUT | `/public/protectionPolicies/{id}` | Update a Protection Policy |
| DELETE | `/public/protectionPolicies/{id}` | Delete a Protection Policy |
| GET | `/public/protectionPolicySummary` | List Protection Policy Summary |
| GET | `/data-protect/policies` | List Protection Policies based on provided filtering parameters |
| POST | `/data-protect/policies` | Create a Protection Policy |
| GET | `/data-protect/policies/{id}` | List details about a single Protection Policy |
| PUT | `/data-protect/policies/{id}` | Update a Protection Policy |
| DELETE | `/data-protect/policies/{id}` | Delete a Protection Policy |
| GET | `/data-protect/policy-templates` | List Policy Templates filtered by query parameters |
| GET | `/data-protect/policy-templates/{id}` | List details about a single Policy Template |

## Machine-readable artifacts (10)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cohesity/refs/heads/main/openapi/cohesity-protection-policies-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.cohesity.com/docs/helios-getting-started
- **APIReference** — https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
- **Postman** — https://api.cohesity.com/
- **Documentation** — https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
- **APIReference** — https://developers.cohesity.com/page/api-reference
- **GettingStarted** — https://developers.cohesity.com/docs/getting-started
- **Documentation** — https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/helios-reporting
- **Documentation** — https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/site-continuity

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## Tags

Protection Policies

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