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Datadog Rules API

The Rules API from Datadog — 27 operation(s) for rules.

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Operations 3

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

PATCH /api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/suppressions/{suppression_id} Update a security suppression rule · Datadog Update a Suppression Rule #

Ask an LLM

“Can I change the query of an existing suppression rule?”

“Does updating a suppression rule allow partial changes?”

Tell an agent

Update suppression rule {suppression_id} with {data}.

Edit the signal suppression {suppression_id}.

POST /api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/test Test a new detection rule before saving · Datadog Test a Rule #

Ask an LLM

“Can I test a detection rule definition before I create it?”

“How do I check whether a draft rule fires on sample payloads?”

Tell an agent

Test the draft detection rule {rule} against {ruleQueryPayloads}.

Dry-run this unsaved security rule: {rule}.

PATCH /api/v2/sensitive-data-scanner/config/rules/{rule_id} Update a Sensitive Data Scanner rule · Datadog Update Scanning Rule #

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“Can I change the regex of a Sensitive Data Scanner rule?”

“Why does editing a rule built on a standard pattern fail?”

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Update scanning rule {rule_id} with {data}.

Edit Sensitive Data Scanner rule {rule_id} using {data} and meta {meta}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@datadoghq.com
    name: Datadog Support
    url: https://www.datadoghq.com/support/
  description: The Datadog API is an HTTP REST API. The API uses resource-oriented URLs to call the API, uses status codes to indicate the success or failure of requests, returns JSON from all requests, and uses standard HTTP response codes. Use the Datadog API to access the Datadog platform programmatically.
  title: Datadog Rules API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://{subdomain}.{site}
  variables:
    site:
      default: datadoghq.com
      description: The regional site for Datadog customers.
      enum:
      - datadoghq.com
      - us3.datadoghq.com
      - us5.datadoghq.com
      - ap1.datadoghq.com
      - datadoghq.eu
      - ddog-gov.com
    subdomain:
      default: api
      description: The subdomain where the API is deployed.
- url: '{protocol}://{name}'
  variables:
    name:
      default: api.datadoghq.com
      description: Full site DNS name.
    protocol:
      default: https
      description: The protocol for accessing the API.
- url: https://{subdomain}.{site}
  variables:
    site:
      default: datadoghq.com
      description: Any Datadog deployment.
    subdomain:
      default: api
      description: The subdomain where the API is deployed.
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
  appKeyAuth: []
tags:


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