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REST API - general question

dirkkotte

Hi all,

I got some problems after activating a FW rule via REST-API.
It seems as if all "fields" not passed in the request are set with default values !?
A simple "enable" of a rule (code see below) seems to set many other fields SRC-IP / DST-IP / SRV-Srevice / DST-Service to standard values (ANY).
With this the whole network was "switched off"
Are my observations correct?
Is it wanted like that? Is that "by design"?

192.168.10.254:4444/.../APIController operation="update"><FirewallRule><Name>DENY-Inetrnet-TestHost</Name><Status>Enable</Status><PolicyType>Network</PolicyType></FirewallRule></Set></Request>

Thanks in advance,

Dirk



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    Generelly speaking, the XML API requires all needed inputs, not only the changed one. If some parameters are missing, it will autofill or fail the transaction.

    This is not a RESTful API, instead a XML API, which replaces the values of the Object. 

    Basically my advice would be, simply query the object first, store the information in a array and replace the desired value in the array. Then push the entire object.