Prisma Cloud Authentication API

Login and JWT token lifecycle for Prisma Cloud CSPM.

Operations 2

POST /login Log in and obtain a JWT #
GET /auth_token/extend Extend (refresh) the JWT #

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OpenAPI Specification

prisma-cloud-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Prisma Cloud CSPM API () Authentication API
  description: 'Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks exposes a REST API for programmatic access

    to the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) platform. This specification

    documents the JWT-based authentication flow that all other Prisma Cloud REST

    endpoints depend on.


    Authentication is performed by POSTing an Access Key ID / Secret Key pair to

    /login, which returns a short-lived JWT. The JWT is then supplied on

    subsequent requests via the x-redlock-auth header, and can be refreshed

    before expiry via GET /auth_token/extend.


    The base URL of the API depends on the customer''s Prisma Cloud stack (for

    example https://api.prismacloud.io, https://api2.prismacloud.io, or one of

    the regional variants); the value in `servers` should be replaced with the

    URL shown in the customer''s Prisma Cloud console.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Palo Alto Networks - Prisma Cloud
    url: https://docs.prismacloud.io/en
  license:
    name: Palo Alto Networks Terms of Use
    url: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/legal-notices/terms-of-use
servers:
- url: https://{stack}.prismacloud.io
  description: Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition stack
  variables:
    stack:
      default: api
      description: Region-specific API hostname for the customer's stack (api, api2, api.eu, api.gov, ...).
security:
- redlockAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Login and JWT token lifecycle for Prisma Cloud CSPM.
paths:
  /login:
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Log in and obtain a JWT
      description: 'Exchanges an Access Key ID and Secret Key for a short-lived (10 minute)

        JSON Web Token used to authenticate subsequent Prisma Cloud API calls.

        '
      operationId: login
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - username
              - password
              properties:
                username:
                  type: string
                  description: Prisma Cloud Access Key ID.
                password:
                  type: string
                  description: Prisma Cloud Secret Key.
                customerName:
                  type: string
                  description: Optional tenant / customer name for multi-tenant logins.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Login successful; returns a JWT.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  token:
                    type: string
                    description: JWT to be supplied in the x-redlock-auth header on subsequent requests.
                  message:
                    type: string
                  customerNames:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
        '401':
          description: Invalid credentials.
  /auth_token/extend:
    get:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Extend (refresh) the JWT
      description: 'Refreshes the current JWT before it expires. Must be called with a still-valid

        token; if the token has already expired the caller must re-authenticate via

        POST /login.

        '
      operationId: extendAuthToken
      security:
      - redlockAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Refreshed JWT.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  token:
                    type: string
        '401':
          description: Token expired or invalid.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    redlockAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-redlock-auth
      description: 'JWT obtained from POST /login. Tokens are valid for 10 minutes and can be

        refreshed via GET /auth_token/extend.

        '