https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/retrieving-allowed-categories/m-p/65556#M1172 <P>When getting the details of a URL filtering object, I have noticed that the allowed categories are left empty in the XML (barring any custom URL categories). Is there anyway in the API to retrieve them?</P><P>I came up with a work-around of getting the list of all the categories from a "Deny All" rule I made, letting me filter out all the blocked/continue/alert categories and retain only the allowed categories - but this means I have to make sure no-one ever changes this URL filter object. There <EM>is </EM>a location in the API to retrieve categories (/config/predefined/url-categories) - but I discovered that it doesn't actually have all of the PAN-DB categories (for instance, it is missing abused-drugs).</P> Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:43:31 GMT edavis33 2015-10-06T19:43:31Z https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/retrieving-allowed-categories/m-p/65556#M1172 <P>When getting the details of a URL filtering object, I have noticed that the allowed categories are left empty in the XML (barring any custom URL categories). Is there anyway in the API to retrieve them?</P><P>I came up with a work-around of getting the list of all the categories from a "Deny All" rule I made, letting me filter out all the blocked/continue/alert categories and retain only the allowed categories - but this means I have to make sure no-one ever changes this URL filter object. There <EM>is </EM>a location in the API to retrieve categories (/config/predefined/url-categories) - but I discovered that it doesn't actually have all of the PAN-DB categories (for instance, it is missing abused-drugs).</P> Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:43:31 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/automation-api-discussions/retrieving-allowed-categories/m-p/65556#M1172 edavis33 2015-10-06T19:43:31Z