policies

Use this resource to retrieve a list of policies that meet specified criteria.

Method summary

HTTP Method	Path	Description
GET	/bwl/policies	Returns a list of policy models that meet specified criteria. Only policies that you have access to are returned.

GET /policies

Description: Use this method to return a list of policies that meet specified criteria.

Resource information

Requirements	Description
Response format	JSON
Requires authentication	Yes
Supports OAuth 2 client credentials	Yes, using an Artifact Reporting Service ID

Parameters

Name	Location	Description	Required	Type
X-IBM-API-Version	Header	The version of this API. If you are programming against the API, you MUST include the version. If omitted, the latest version of the API is used, which might be incompatible with prior versions. The current value is `1.0.0`.	No	String
X-On-Behalf-Of	Header	The user context. The value must be a username in the account. The user must have permission to perform the action in the account and in the specified parent space, if any.	Required if Service ID OAuth credentials are used. Not required when using User Service ID OAuth credential.	String
archived-state	Query	Filters the results based on the archived state of the artifact. If not specified, 'active' is assumed. The only allowed values are `active` or `archived`.	No	String
name	Query	If specified, only policy models with this exact name are returned. Either a name or a tag must be specified, but not both.	No	String
space-id	Query	The identifier of the space to search within. If not specified, the search is account wide. If this space contains child spaces, the child spaces will also be searched. If both a space-id and space-name are specified, the space-id takes precedence.	No	String
space-name	Query	The name of the space to search within. If not specified, the search is account wide. If both a space-id and space-name are specified, the space-id takes precedence.	No	String
tag	Query	If specified, only policy models with this exact tag are returned. Either name or tag must be specified, but not both.	No	String

Response

Example input

LIST all policies named MyPolicy in an account that you have access to:

Using OAuth 2 client credentials:

curl -i -H "Authorization: Bearer access_token"  
    "https://your_server_url/bwl/policies?name=MyPolicy"

Using OAuth 2 client credentials with user context:

curl -i -H "Authorization: Bearer access_token"  
    -H "X-On-Behalf-Of:user_name@domain.com" "https://your_server_url/bwl/policies?name=MyPolicy"

Example output

LIST all policies named MyPolicy in an account that you have access to:

[
  {
    "id": "250062",
    "name": "MyPolicy",
    "type": "policy",
    "space-ids": [
      "250006"
    ],
    "space-names": [
      "MySpace"
    ],
    "archived-state": "active",
    "last-modified-date": "2017-01-03T22:41:41.384+0000",
    "last-modified-by-user": {
      "id": "50029",
      "full-name": "Edith Editor",
      "email-address": "edith"
    },
    "created-date": "2017-01-01T22:41:41.260+0000",
    "created-by-user": {
      "id": "50029",
      "full-name": "Edith Editor",
      "email-address": "edith"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "250093",
    "name": "MyPolicy",
    "type": "policy",
    "space-ids": [
      "250087"
    ],
    "space-names": [
      "MyOtherSpace"
    ],
    "archived-state": "active",
    "last-modified-date": "2017-02-03T22:41:41.384+0000",
    "last-modified-by-user": {
      "id": "50029",
      "full-name": "Edith Editor",
      "email-address": "edith"
    },
    "created-date": "2017-02-01T22:41:41.260+0000",
    "created-by-user": {
      "id": "50029",
      "full-name": "Edith Editor",
      "email-address": "edith"
    }
  }
]

Response messages

HTTP code	Reason
200	The request was completed successfully.
400	There was an error processing the request. Required parameters were missing or contained invalid values.
401	This user didn't pass authentication. This response could appear for the following reasons: An invalid username or password was provided. This user belongs to multiple accounts and an account wasn't specified in the request.
403	Access is forbidden.
404	The policy-id parameter identifies a policy that does not exist in this account.

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