Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Authenticate API

{'$ref': 'desc/authenticate/authenticate.md'}

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Operations 2

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POST /api/v34.03/authenticate Get an access token (v34.03) · Get User Authentication Access Token #
Ask an LLM
“How do I get an access token for the Compute API using the v34.03 authenticate path?”
“Can I exchange a Prisma JWT for a token on the v34.03 version?”
Tell an agent
Authenticate as {username} with password {password} via the v34.03 API.
Exchange Prisma JWT {token} for an access token using v34.03.
POST /api/v34.04/authenticate Get an access token (v34.04) · Get User Authentication Access Token #
Ask an LLM
“Which call issues a user access token on the current v34.04 API?”
“Can I log in with a username and password on v34.04 to get a token?”
Tell an agent
Get a v34.04 access token for user {username} with password {password}.
Using v34.04, trade Prisma JWT {token} for an access token.

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

palo-alto-networks-authenticate-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Palo Alto Networks Authenticate API
  x-description-source: desc/intro.md
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Authenticate across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: palo-alto-compute-34-03-openapi-34-03-138-sh-openapi.json, palo-alto-compute-openapi-34-04-145-sh-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
tags:
- name: Authenticate
  description: Authenticate. 1 operation in this definition.
  x-description-source: desc/authenticate/authenticate.md
paths:
  /api/v34.03/authenticate:
    post:
      description: 'Get User Authentication Access Token. POST /api/v34.03/authenticate on the Authenticate API. Takes an optional request body. Documented responses: 200.'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.AuthenticationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.AuthenticationResponse'
          description: AuthenticationResponse returns the result of calling the authentication endpoint
        default:
          description: ''
      tags:
      - Authenticate
      x-prisma-cloud-target-env:
        permission: none
      operationId: post-authenticate
      summary: Get User Authentication Access Token
      x-description-source: desc/authenticate/post.md
  /api/v34.04/authenticate:
    post:
      description: 'Get User Authentication Access Token. POST /api/v34.04/authenticate on the Authenticate API. Takes an optional request body. Documented responses: 200.'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.AuthenticationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.AuthenticationResponse'
          description: AuthenticationResponse returns the result of calling the authentication endpoint
        default:
          description: ''
      tags:
      - Authenticate
      x-prisma-cloud-target-env:
        permission: none
      operationId: postApiV3404Authenticate
      summary: Get User Authentication Access Token
      x-description-source: desc/authenticate/post.md
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: post-authenticate
components:
  schemas:
    api.AuthenticationResponse:
      description: AuthenticationResponse returns the result of calling the authentication endpoint
      properties:
        token:
          description: 'Token is the new JWT token.

            '
          type: string
      type: object
    api.AuthenticationRequest:
      description: AuthenticationRequest is the required user input for authentication requests
      properties:
        password:
          description: 'Password is the password used for authentication.

            '
          type: string
        token:
          description: 'Token is the Prisma JWT token used for authentication.

            '
          type: string
        username:
          description: 'Username is the username used for authentication.

            '
          type: string
      type: object
x-refined-from:
- palo-alto-compute-34-03-openapi-34-03-138-sh-openapi.json
- palo-alto-compute-openapi-34-04-145-sh-openapi.json