pfSense

pfSense Firewall Apply API

Apply pending firewall changes.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: pfSense REST API (pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI) Authentication Firewall Apply API
  description: 'Community-maintained REST and GraphQL API package for pfSense CE and

    pfSense Plus that exposes 200+ endpoints under /api/v2 for firewall,

    interface, service, user, and system management. Authentication supports

    HTTP Basic, X-API-Key header, and JWT bearer tokens obtained from

    POST /api/v2/auth/jwt.


    Only a representative subset of the pfSense REST API surface

    (auth, firewall aliases, firewall rules, diagnostics) is modeled here.

    See the documentation linked under externalDocs for the full catalog.

    '
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: pfSense REST API documentation
    url: https://pfrest.org/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://{pfSenseHost}/api/v2
  description: pfSense host running pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI.
  variables:
    pfSenseHost:
      default: pfsense.local
      description: Hostname or IP of the pfSense instance.
security:
- basicAuth: []
- apiKeyAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Firewall Apply
  description: Apply pending firewall changes.
paths:
  /firewall/apply:
    post:
      tags:
      - Firewall Apply
      summary: Apply pending firewall changes
      operationId: applyFirewall
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pending firewall changes applied.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: 'HTTP Basic auth with a pfSense local database username and password.

        '
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: 'API key generated through the webConfigurator or API endpoints. Keys

        inherit the permissions of the user that issued them.

        '
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'JWT bearer token obtained from POST /api/v2/auth/jwt. Tokens default

        to one hour of validity.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI documentation
  url: https://pfrest.org/