WatchGuard

WatchGuard Authorization API

Retrieve audience tokens for managed account API access.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: WatchGuard Cloud Platform Accounts Authorization API
  description: The WatchGuard Cloud Platform API provides RESTful access to WatchGuard Cloud account management, including account creation and management, authorization for managed accounts, device and license activations, asset allocations, and operator management. All endpoints require an OAuth 2.0 bearer token and a WatchGuard-API-Key header.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: WatchGuard Support
    url: https://www.watchguard.com/help/docs/API/
servers:
- url: https://api.usa.cloud.watchguard.com/rest
  description: USA Region
- url: https://api.eu.cloud.watchguard.com/rest
  description: EU Region
- url: https://api.apac.cloud.watchguard.com/rest
  description: APAC Region
tags:
- name: Authorization
  description: Retrieve audience tokens for managed account API access.
paths:
  /platform/authorization/v1/audiences:
    post:
      operationId: getAudience
      summary: Get Audience Token
      description: Returns the audience parameter value for a managed account. Required by service providers when submitting API requests on behalf of a managed account.
      tags:
      - Authorization
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
        apiKeyAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudienceRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Audience token returned successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudienceResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — invalid or expired access token or API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: string
    AudienceResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        audience:
          type: string
          description: Audience token value for the specified managed account.
    AudienceRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - accountId
      properties:
        accountId:
          type: string
          description: Account ID of the managed account to get the audience token for.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from the WatchGuard Authentication API.
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: WatchGuard-API-Key
      description: API key from the WatchGuard Cloud Managed Access page.