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Harness Policies API

Create, edit and delete Governance policies written in rego

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Operations 7

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

GET /pm/api/v1/policies List OPA policies · Policies#list #
Ask an LLM
“Which governance policies are defined in my Harness project?”
“Can I list policies without their Rego and with a count of policy sets each belongs to?”
Tell an agent
List policies in project {project} of org {org}.
Search policies for {term} in account {account}.
POST /pm/api/v1/policies Create an OPA policy · Policies#create #
Ask an LLM
“How do I write a new Rego policy in Harness?”
“Can I create a policy that's stored in a Git repository instead of inline?”
Tell an agent
Create policy {name} with identifier {identifier} and this Rego: {rego}
Create policy {name} ({identifier}) stored at {git_path} in repo {git_repo}.
POST /pm/api/v1/policies/move-policy/{identifier} Move an inline policy to Git · Policies#move policy #
Ask an LLM
“Can I move a policy I wrote inline into a Git repository?”
“What commit message and path are needed to convert a policy to remote storage?”
Tell an agent
Move inline policy {identifier} to {git_path} in repo {git_repo} on branch {branch}, commit message {message}.
Convert policy {identifier} to remote Git storage in {git_repo} at {git_path} on {branch}: {message}
DELETE /pm/api/v1/policies/{identifier} Delete a policy · Policies#delete #
Ask an LLM
“Why can't I delete a policy that policy sets still reference?”
“Can I force-delete a policy even when it's used in policy sets?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete policy {identifier}.
Force delete policy {identifier} even if policy sets reference it.
GET /pm/api/v1/policies/{identifier} Get one policy by identifier · Policies#find #
Ask an LLM
“What Rego does a specific policy contain?”
“Can I read a Git-backed policy from a particular branch?”
Tell an agent
Get policy {identifier}.
Show policy {identifier} as it exists on Git branch {branch}.
PATCH /pm/api/v1/policies/{identifier} Update a policy's name or Rego · Policies#update #
Ask an LLM
“How do I change the Rego of an existing policy?”
“Can I rename a policy and commit the change to Git at the same time?”
Tell an agent
Replace the Rego of policy {identifier} with: {rego}
Rename policy {identifier} to {name} with commit message {message}.
GET /pm/api/v1/policies/{identifier}/policysets List policy sets that use a policy · Policies#list policy sets #
Ask an LLM
“Which policy sets reference a given policy?”
“What would be affected if I changed or removed this policy?”
Tell an agent
List the policy sets that reference policy {identifier}.
Search policy sets using policy {identifier} for {term}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://apidocs.harness.io
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APIReference
https://apidocs.harness.io
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GettingStarted
https://developer.harness.io/docs/platform/automation/api/api-quickstart/
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Authentication
https://artifacts.apis.io/harness/authentication/harness-authentication.yml
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RateLimits
https://artifacts.apis.io/harness/rate-limits/harness-rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/harness/openapi/harness-policies-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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OAuthScopes
https://artifacts.apis.io/harness/scopes/harness-scopes.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://artifacts.apis.io/harness/errors/harness-error-codes.yml
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Conventions
https://artifacts.apis.io/harness/conventions/harness-conventions.yml
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Idempotency
https://artifacts.apis.io/harness/conventions/harness-conventions.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

harness-policies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Harness Policies API
  version: '1.0'
  description: The Harness Software Delivery Platform uses OpenAPI Specification v3.0.
  contact:
    name: API Support
    email: contact@harness.io
    url: https://harness.io/
  x-logo:
    url: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/779232/Harnes_logo_horizontal.jpg?p=facebook
    altText: Harness
  termsOfService: https://harness.io/terms-of-use/
servers:
- url: https://app.harness.io
  description: Harness host URL
- url: https://{vanity}
  description: Vanity URL
  variables:
    vanity:
      default: app.harness.io
security:
- x-api-key: []
tags:


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