API Endpoint to retrieve object usage?

R.Lemaitre — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:54:39 GMT

I'm looking for a endpoint to check if a object is used (a bit like "Global Find from the GUI). Does it exists?

For now, i have a script that retrieve all address.

Thanks

Re: API Endpoint to retrieve object usage?

TomYoung — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:51:56 GMT

There is no Global Find option in the API. If you have some sort of automation tool that uses the API to pull data, why not use the same tool to pull the configuration and perform searches on it? Cyber Elite @BPry posted a cool Python example in this post -> https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/xml-api-for-global-search/td-p/1232224.

That is one example, but you could go 50 different directions with automation. Another way you could do it is through "show | match <object-name>" on the CLI (1) in configuration mode and (2) with output format = set. If the object shows configured but not used, you can delete it. If you have mastered a particular automation tool, explore the options it provides.

Thanks,

Tom

Thanks,

Tom

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