# Palo Alto Networks Background Jobs API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/palo-alto-networks-background-jobs-api/  
**Provider:** Palo Alto Networks — https://apis.io/providers/palo-alto-networks/  
**Base URL:** https://{firewall}/api/  
**Documentation:** https://pan.dev/panos/docs/xmlapi/

Palo Alto Networks Background Jobs API is one of 741 APIs that [Palo Alto Networks](https://apis.io/providers/palo-alto-networks/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Background Jobs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

Background jobs is an asynchronous way of managing the report. When you want to download the results up to 100k records, you can create a background job and use the available apis to check the job status, download the report once finished and list all the background jobs created in past 30 Days.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/palo-alto-networks/refs/heads/main/openapi/palo-alto-networks-background-jobs-api-openapi.yml

## Other Palo Alto Networks APIs (12)

- [PAN-OS XML API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/pan-os-xml-api/)
- [PAN-OS OpenConfig API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/openconfig-api/)
- [Panorama API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/panorama-api/)
- [AutoFocus API (Deprecated)](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/autofocus-api/)
- [Prisma SASE Service Status API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/prisma-sase-service-status-api/)
- [Cross-Platform Service Status API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/cross-platform-service-status-api/)
- [SASE Authentication Service API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/sase-authentication-service-api/)
- [Expedition API (Deprecated)](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/expedition-api/)
- [VM-Series Licensing API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/vm-series-licensing-api/)
- [Palo Alto Networks 5G Deregistered Trend API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/palo-alto-networks-5g-deregistered-trend-api/)
- [Palo Alto Networks 5G Network Interconnects and Bandwidth API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/palo-alto-networks-5g-network-interconnects-and-bandwidth-api/)
- [Palo Alto Networks 5G Registered Trend API](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/palo-alto-networks-5g-registered-trend-api/)

## Tags

Background Jobs

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/palo-alto-networks/palo-alto-networks-background-jobs-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/palo-alto-networks/.