How to get and update firewall addresses using JSON API

This article describes how to get and update firewall addresses using JSON API.

Scope

FortiManager.

Solution

All objects have prefix ‘/pm/config/global/obj/’ or ‘/pm/config/adom/obj/’ for the Global or ADOM level.

API URL for ‘Firewall Address’:

"url": /pm/config/adom/<adom_name>/obj/firewall/address"

For a complete list of FortiManager API calls, refer to Fortinet Development Network (FNDN).

Get Firewall Address

Sample JSON-API by filter specific firewall address:

{
"method": "get",
"params": [ {
"url": "/pm/config/adom/root/obj/firewall/address",
"filter": [ "name","==","testt-firewall-address"]
} ],
"session":"{{session}}",
"id": 1
}

Sample output:

Update Firewall Address

Sample JSON-API to update specific firewall address > Subnet:

{
"method": "update",
"params": [ {
"data": [ {
"name": "testt-firewall-address",
"subnet": [
"220.110.110.110",
"255.255.255.255"
]
} ],
"url": "/pm/config/adom/root/obj/firewall/address"
} ],
"session":"{{session}}",
"id": 1
}

Sample output:

Troubleshooting

The following commands can be used on FortiManager CLI to debug the REST API Calls for ADOM objects:

diagnose debug service main 255
diagnose debug service cdb 255
diagnose debug enable