topic Re: REST API Error: "Request Invalid, User or Password not defined" in Automation/API Discussions

REST API Error: "Request Invalid, User or Password not defined"

andrei_feldman — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:30:52 GMT

I'm using a user with read only permissions. User can login to GUI but fails to use the REST api via browser.

Is there a problem for such users to use the api?

Thanks,

Andrei

Re: REST API Error: "Request Invalid, User or Password not defined"

SRA — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:37:15 GMT

Is the admin a superuser or a device or vsys admin? As of PAN-OS 4.1, the API only supports superuser admins only.

Re: REST API Error: "Request Invalid, User or Password not defined"

JonnyG — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:13:49 GMT

I think I might be suffering from the same issue the REST API Doc says the following. "The API is available to Superuser and Superuser (readonly) administrators from PAN-OS 4.1.0;" This suggest to me that the superuser (readonly) account should get access to commands exposed via the API.

However if i try to run say https://<firewall>/api/?type=op&cmd=<show><arp>all</arp></show>&key=<keyvalue> i get invalid credentials yet the CLI for PAN OS 4.1 document suggest that the follwing user account types should be able to run this command "superuser, vsysadmin, deviceadmin, superreader, vsysreader"

I would rather not have to use a full admin account to get access to simple show commands for the device anybody have any ideas.

Thanks

JonnyG

Re: REST API Error: "Request Invalid, User or Password not defined"

SRA — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:22:51 GMT

PAN-OS 4.1.3 resolved an issue where a superuser-readonly admin account was not able to run Operational commands with the API.