Palo Alto Networks · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Operations and Troubleshooting Device Operations API
10 actions
10 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/palo-alto-networks-device-operations-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Palo Alto Networks's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Palo Alto Networks publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 10
$.info
$.paths['/local-config/versions'].get
$.paths['/local-config/download'].get
$.paths['/jobs/route-table'].post
$.paths['/jobs/dns-proxy'].post
$.paths['/jobs/fib-table'].post
$.paths['/jobs/logging-service-forwarding-status'].post
$.paths['/jobs/device-interfaces'].post
$.paths['/jobs/device-rules'].post
$.paths['/jobs/bgp-policy-export'].post
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Operations and Troubleshooting Device Operations API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/palo-alto-networks-device-operations-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 9
- target: $.paths['/local-config/versions'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List local config versions for a device
effect: read
questions:
- How can I see the history of local configurations pushed to a firewall?
- Which local config version is currently on a device?
instructions:
- text: List local configuration versions for device {device}.
slots:
device: query.device
- text: Show the local config version history of {device}.
slots:
device: query.device
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/local-config/download'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Download a device’s local config file
effect: read
questions:
- Can I download the actual XML config file that was pushed to a device?
- Where do I grab a backup of a specific local config version?
instructions:
- text: Download local config version {version} for device {device}.
slots:
version: query.version
device: query.device
- text: Get the XML of local config {version} from {device} for backup.
slots:
version: query.version
device: query.device
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/jobs/route-table'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start a job to fetch device route tables
effect: read
questions:
- Can I pull the route table from several firewalls at once?
- Is the advanced route table available as well as the regular one?
instructions:
- text: Start a job to retrieve the route table from devices {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
- text: Fetch the advanced route table from {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/jobs/dns-proxy'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start a job to fetch the DNS proxy table
effect: read
questions:
- How do I see the DNS proxy table on my firewalls?
- Can I retrieve DNS proxy entries from multiple devices in one job?
instructions:
- text: Start a job to retrieve the DNS proxy table from {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
- text: Get DNS proxy entries from devices {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/jobs/fib-table'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start a job to fetch the FIB table
effect: read
questions:
- Can I retrieve the forwarding information base from a firewall?
- What's the way to get FIB entries from several devices?
instructions:
- text: Start a job to retrieve the FIB table from {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
- text: Pull the forwarding information base from devices {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/jobs/logging-service-forwarding-status'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Check log forwarding status on devices
effect: read
questions:
- Are my firewalls successfully forwarding logs to the logging service?
- Can I check logging service forwarding status across devices?
instructions:
- text: Start a job to check logging service forwarding status on {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
- text: Check whether {devices} are forwarding logs to the logging service.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/jobs/device-interfaces'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start a job to fetch device interfaces
effect: read
questions:
- How can I list the network interfaces on a firewall remotely?
- Can I get interface details from more than one device at a time?
instructions:
- text: Start a job to retrieve network interfaces from {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
- text: Get the interface list from devices {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/jobs/device-rules'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start a job to fetch rules from devices
effect: read
questions:
- Can I retrieve the rules actually running on a device?
- What rules are loaded on one or more of my firewalls?
instructions:
- text: Start a job to retrieve the rules on {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
- text: Pull the device rules from {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/jobs/bgp-policy-export'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start a BGP policy export job on devices
effect: read
questions:
- Can I export BGP policy from my firewalls?
- Which endpoint gives me a BGP policy export from multiple devices?
instructions:
- text: Start a BGP policy export job on {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
- text: Export BGP policy from devices {devices}.
slots:
devices: requestBody.devices
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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