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Microsoft Azure Discovery Groups API

The Discovery Groups API from Microsoft Azure — 5 operation(s) for discovery groups.

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Operations 6

GET /discoGroups Microsoft Azure Get Discogroups #

GET /discoGroups/{groupName} Microsoft Azure Get Discogroups Groupname #

PUT /discoGroups/{groupName} Microsoft Azure Put Discogroups Groupname #

POST /discoGroups/{groupName}:run Microsoft Azure Post Discogroups Groupname:run #

GET /discoGroups/{groupName}/runs Microsoft Azure Get Discogroups Groupname Runs #

POST /discoGroups:validate Microsoft Azure Post Discogroups:validate #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Azure Defender EASM Discovery Groups API
  version: 2023-03-01-preview
  description: Defender EASM discovers and maps your digital attack surface to provide an "outside-in" perspective using probes to discover assets. The assets are provided with detailed metadata associated, including vulnerabilities, configurations and web components, allowing customers to view and prioritize external risk. The EASM REST API enables you to develop clients that integrate with your application.
  x-typespec-generated:
  - emitter: '@azure-tools/typespec-autorest'
security:
- OAuth2Auth:
  - https://easm.defender.microsoft.com/.default
tags:
- name: Discovery Groups
paths:
  /discoGroups:
    get:
      operationId: microsoftAzureDiscoverygroupsListdiscogroup
      tags:
      - Discovery Groups
      description: Retrieve a list of discovery group for the provided search parameters.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.Foundations.ApiVersionParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.FilterQueryParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.SkipQueryParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.MaxPageSizeQueryParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PagedDiscoGroup'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          headers:
            x-ms-error-code:
              description: String error code indicating what went wrong.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.ErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        DiscoveryGroups_ListDiscoGroup:
          $ref: ./examples/DiscoveryGroups_ListDiscoGroup_MaximumSet_Gen.json
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
      summary: Microsoft Azure Get Discogroups
  /discoGroups/{groupName}:
    get:
      operationId: microsoftAzureDiscoverygroupsGetdiscogroup
      tags:
      - Discovery Groups
      description: Retrieve a discovery group with a given groupName.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.Foundations.ApiVersionParameter'
      - name: groupName
        in: path
        description: The caller provided unique name for the resource.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoGroup'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          headers:
            x-ms-error-code:
              description: String error code indicating what went wrong.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.ErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        DiscoveryGroups_GetDiscoGroup:
          $ref: ./examples/DiscoveryGroups_GetDiscoGroup_MaximumSet_Gen.json
      summary: Microsoft Azure Get Discogroups Groupname
    put:
      operationId: microsoftAzureDiscoverygroupsCreateorreplacediscogroup
      tags:
      - Discovery Groups
      description: Create a discovery group with a given groupName.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.Foundations.ApiVersionParameter'
      - name: groupName
        in: path
        description: The caller provided unique name for the resource.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoGroup'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          headers:
            x-ms-error-code:
              description: String error code indicating what went wrong.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.ErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        DiscoveryGroups_CreateOrReplaceDiscoGroup:
          $ref: ./examples/DiscoveryGroups_CreateOrReplaceDiscoGroup_MaximumSet_Gen.json
      summary: Microsoft Azure Put Discogroups Groupname
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoGroupData'
        required: true
  /discoGroups/{groupName}:run:
    post:
      operationId: microsoftAzureDiscoverygroupsRundiscogroup
      tags:
      - Discovery Groups
      description: Run a discovery group with a given groupName.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.Foundations.ApiVersionParameter'
      - name: groupName
        in: path
        description: The caller provided unique name for the resource.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: 'There is no content to send for this request, but the headers may be useful. '
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          headers:
            x-ms-error-code:
              description: String error code indicating what went wrong.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.ErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        DiscoveryGroups_RunDiscoGroup:
          $ref: ./examples/DiscoveryGroups_RunDiscoGroup_MaximumSet_Gen.json
      summary: Microsoft Azure Post Discogroups Groupname:run
  /discoGroups/{groupName}/runs:
    get:
      operationId: microsoftAzureDiscoverygroupsListruns
      tags:
      - Discovery Groups
      description: Retrieve a collection of discovery run results for a discovery group with a given groupName.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.Foundations.ApiVersionParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.FilterQueryParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.SkipQueryParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.MaxPageSizeQueryParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DiscoGroupNameParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoRunPageResult'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          headers:
            x-ms-error-code:
              description: String error code indicating what went wrong.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.ErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        DiscoveryGroups_ListRuns:
          $ref: ./examples/DiscoveryGroups_ListRuns_MaximumSet_Gen.json
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
      summary: Microsoft Azure Get Discogroups Groupname Runs
  /discoGroups:validate:
    post:
      operationId: microsoftAzureDiscoverygroupsValidatediscogroup
      tags:
      - Discovery Groups
      description: Validate a discovery group with a given groupName.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Azure.Core.Foundations.ApiVersionParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidateResult'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          headers:
            x-ms-error-code:
              description: String error code indicating what went wrong.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.ErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        DiscoveryGroups_ValidateDiscoGroup:
          $ref: ./examples/DiscoveryGroups_ValidateDiscoGroup_MaximumSet_Gen.json
      summary: Microsoft Azure Post Discogroups:validate
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoGroupData'
        required: true
components:
  schemas:
    DiscoGroup:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The system generated unique id for the resource.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The caller provided unique name for the resource.
          readOnly: true
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: The name that can be used for display purposes.
        description:
          type: string
          description: The description for a disco group.
        tier:
          type: string
          description: The tier for the disco group which will affect the algorithm used for the disco runs in this group.
        frequencyMilliseconds:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The frequency at which the disco group is supposed to be rerun in milliseconds.
        seeds:
          type: array
          description: The list of seeds used for the disco group runs.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoSource'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        names:
          type: array
          description: The list of names used for the disco group runs.
          items:
            type: string
        excludes:
          type: array
          description: The list of excludes used for the disco group runs, aka assets to exclude from the discovery algorithm.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoSource'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        latestRun:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoRunResult'
          description: The latest run of this disco group with some limited information, null if the group has never been run.
        createdDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date for the disco group was created.
        templateId:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for the disco template used for the disco group creation.
      required:
      - name
    DiscoRunResult:
      type: object
      description: The latest run of this disco group with some limited information, null if the group has never been run.
      properties:
        submittedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date for when the disco run was created in the system.
        startedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date for when the disco run was actually started by the system.
        completedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date for when the disco run was completed by the system.
        tier:
          type: string
          description: The tier which will affect the algorithm used for the disco run.
        state:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoRunState'
          description: The State of the disco run.
        totalAssetsFoundCount:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The total count of assets that were found this disco run.
        seeds:
          type: array
          description: The list of seeds used for the disco run.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoSource'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        excludes:
          type: array
          description: The list of excludes used for the disco run, aka assets to exclude from the discovery algorithm.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoSource'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        names:
          type: array
          description: The list of names used for the disco run.
          items:
            type: string
    ErrorDetail:
      type: object
      description: This is the top-level error object whose code matches the x-ms-error-code response header.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: This is one of a server-defined set of error codes.
        message:
          type: string
          description: This is a human-readable representation of the error.
        target:
          type: string
          description: This is the error target.
        details:
          type: array
          description: This is an array of details about specific errors that led to this reported error.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        innererror:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InnerError'
          description: This is an object containing more specific information than the current object about the error.
      required:
      - code
      - message
    ValidateResult:
      type: object
      description: Validate result for validate action endpoints
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
          description: This is the top-level error object whose code matches the x-ms-error-code response header.
    DiscoSource:
      type: object
      description: Source entity used to drive discovery.
      properties:
        kind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoSourceKind'
          description: The kind of disco source.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name for the disco source.
    Azure.Core.Foundations.Error:
      type: object
      description: The error object.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: One of a server-defined set of error codes.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable representation of the error.
        target:
          type: string
          description: The target of the error.
        details:
          type: array
          description: An array of details about specific errors that led to this reported error.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.Error'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        innererror:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.InnerError'
          description: An object containing more specific information than the current object about the error.
      required:
      - code
      - message
    DiscoRunState:
      type: string
      description: The State of the disco run.
      enum:
      - pending
      - running
      - completed
      - failed
      x-ms-enum:
        name: DiscoRunState
        modelAsString: true
    DiscoRunPageResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        totalElements:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The total number of items available in the full result set.
        nextLink:
          type: string
          description: The link to access the next page of results.  Not set if at the end of the result set.
        value:
          type: array
          description: The items in the current page of results.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoRunResult'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
    Azure.Core.Foundations.InnerError:
      type: object
      description: An object containing more specific information about the error. As per Microsoft One API guidelines - https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#7102-error-condition-responses.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: One of a server-defined set of error codes.
        innererror:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.InnerError'
          description: Inner error.
    DiscoGroupData:
      type: object
      description: A request body used to create a discovery group.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name for a disco group.
        description:
          type: string
          description: The description for a disco group.
        tier:
          type: string
          description: The tier for the disco group which will affect the algorithm used for the disco runs in this group.
        frequencyMilliseconds:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The frequency at which the disco group is supposed to be rerun in milliseconds.
        seeds:
          type: array
          description: The list of seeds used for the disco group runs.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoSource'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        names:
          type: array
          description: The list of names used for the disco group runs.
          items:
            type: string
        excludes:
          type: array
          description: The list of excludes used for the disco group runs, aka assets to exclude from the discovery algorithm.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoSource'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        templateId:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for the disco template used for the disco group creation.
    PagedDiscoGroup:
      type: object
      description: Paged collection of DiscoGroup items
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          description: The DiscoGroup items on this page
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoGroup'
        nextLink:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The link to the next page of items
        totalElements:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The total number of items available in the full result set.
      required:
      - value
    Azure.Core.Foundations.ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: A response containing error details.
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Azure.Core.Foundations.Error'
          description: The error object.
      required:
      - error
    DiscoSourceKind:
      type: string
      description: The kind of disco source.
      enum:
      - as
      - attribute
      - contact
      - domain
      - host
      - ipBlock
      x-ms-enum:
        name: DiscoSourceKind
        modelAsString: true
    InnerError:
      type: object
      description: This is an object containing more specific information than the current object about the error.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: This is a more specific error code than was provided by the containing error.
        value:
          description: This is an additional field representing the value that caused the error to help with debugging.
  parameters:
    DiscoGroupNameParameter:
      name: groupName
      in: path
      description: The unique identifier for the discovery group.
      required: true
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: string
    Azure.Core.MaxPageSizeQueryParameter:
      name: maxpagesize
      in: query
      description: The maximum number of result items per page.
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int32
    Azure.Core.Foundations.ApiVersionParameter:
      name: api-version
      in: query
      description: The API version to use for this operation.
      required: true
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      x-ms-client-name: apiVersion
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
    Azure.Core.SkipQueryParameter:
      name: skip
      in: query
      description: The number of result items to skip.
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int32
        default: 0
    Azure.Core.FilterQueryParameter:
      name: filter
      in: query
      description: Filter the result list using the given expression.
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2Auth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          scopes:
            https://easm.defender.microsoft.com/.default: ''
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
x-ms-parameterized-host:
  hostTemplate: '{endpoint}'
  useSchemePrefix: false
  parameters:
  - name: endpoint
    in: path
    description: The endpoint hosting the requested resource. For example, https://{region}.easm.defender.microsoft.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/workspaces/{workspaceName}
    required: true
    type: string