OWASP ZAP

OWASP ZAP Access Control API

The Access Control API from OWASP ZAP — 4 operation(s) for access control.

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Vulnerability Management BC-620.40

Operations 4

GET /JSON/accessControl/action/scan/ Access control action scan #

GET /JSON/accessControl/action/writeHTMLreport/ Access control action write HTM lreport #

GET /JSON/accessControl/view/getScanProgress/ Access control view get scan progress #

GET /JSON/accessControl/view/getScanStatus/ Access control view get scan status #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ZAP Access Control API
  description: The HTTP API for controlling and accessing ZAP.
  contact:
    name: ZAP User Group
    url: https://groups.google.com/group/zaproxy-users
    email: zaproxy-users@googlegroups.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  version: 2.16.1
servers:
- url: http://zap
  description: The URL while proxying through ZAP.
- url: http://{address}:{port}
  description: The URL of a Local Proxy of ZAP.
  variables:
    address:
      description: The address ZAP is listening on.
      default: 127.0.0.1
    port:
      description: The port ZAP is bound to.
      default: '8080'
security:
- {}
- apiKeyHeader: []
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Access Control
paths:
  /JSON/accessControl/action/scan/:
    parameters:
    - name: contextId
      in: query
      required: true
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: userId
      in: query
      required: true
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: scanAsUnAuthUser
      in: query
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: raiseAlert
      in: query
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: alertRiskLevel
      in: query
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      description: 'Starts an Access Control scan with the given context ID and user ID. (Optional parameters: user ID for Unauthenticated user, boolean identifying whether or not Alerts are raised, and the Risk level for the Alerts.) [This assumes the Access Control rules were previously established via ZAP gui and the necessary Context exported/imported.]'
      operationId: accessControlActionScan
      tags:
      - Access Control
      responses:
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorJson'
      summary: Access control action scan
      x-summary-source: derived
  /JSON/accessControl/action/writeHTMLreport/:
    parameters:
    - name: contextId
      in: query
      required: true
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: fileName
      in: query
      required: true
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      description: Generates an Access Control report for the given context ID and saves it based on the provided filename (path).
      operationId: accessControlActionWriteHTMLreport
      tags:
      - Access Control
      responses:
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorJson'
      summary: Access control action write HTM lreport
      x-summary-source: derived
  /JSON/accessControl/view/getScanProgress/:
    parameters:
    - name: contextId
      in: query
      required: true
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      description: Gets the Access Control scan progress (percentage integer) for the given context ID.
      operationId: accessControlViewGetScanProgress
      tags:
      - Access Control
      responses:
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorJson'
      summary: Access control view get scan progress
      x-summary-source: derived
  /JSON/accessControl/view/getScanStatus/:
    parameters:
    - name: contextId
      in: query
      required: true
      description: ''
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      description: Gets the Access Control scan status (description string) for the given context ID.
      operationId: accessControlViewGetScanStatus
      tags:
      - Access Control
      responses:
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorJson'
      summary: Access control view get scan status
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorJson:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        detail:
          type: string
  responses:
    ErrorJson:
      description: Error of JSON endpoints.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorJson'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-ZAP-API-Key
      in: header
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      name: apikey
      in: query

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