topic Re: Cannot update a custom URL category via the XML/API in Automation/API Discussions

Cannot update a custom URL category via the XML/API

XavierMe — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:21:19 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to populate an existing custom URL category... My query is the following:

https://x.x.x.x/api/?type=config&key=xxxx&action=set&xpath=/config/devices/entry/vsys/entry[@name="vsys1"]/profiles/custom-url-category/entry[@name="my_malicious_urls"]&element=<static><member>http://www.google.com</member></static>

The result is:

<msg>

<line>

set failed, may need to override template object first

</line>

</msg>

</response>

I already read other people's port about the same error but no solution was available... Any error in the URL?

KR,

Re: Cannot update a custom URL category via the XML/API

SA129 — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:58:43 GMT

Hi Xavier,

Try the following:

https://x.x.x.x/api/?type=config&action=set&key=KeyValue&xpath=/config/devices/entry/vsys/entry[@name='vsys1']/profiles/custom-url-category/entry[@name='my_malicious_urls']/list&element=<member>www.google.com</member>

Where host & keyvalue input needed appropriately.

Re: Cannot update a custom URL category via the XML/API

XavierMe — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:33:00 GMT

Tx for the example. It works ok now!

Re: Cannot update a custom URL category via the XML/API

miclark1 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:51:56 GMT

Here is another example using curl if you see encoding errors

curl -k -d key=$KEY --data-urlencode "xpath=/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/vsys/entry[@name='vsys1']/profiles/custom-url-category/entry[@name='my_malicious_domains']/list" -d 'type=config' -d 'action=set' --data-urlencode "element=<member>http://www.maliciousdomain.com</member>" https://x.x.x.x/api/