Create a new asset.

Request string

An argument string must include one of the following sets of fields:

• app_id
• app_guid
• name, product_name, product_vendor

For polling an asset, an argument string must include the following sets of fields:

• Either:
  • app_id
  • app_guid
  • name, product_name, product_vendor
• And:
  • container_label
  • interval_mins
  • poll
  • start_time_epoch_utc

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Field	Required	Type	Description
app_id	required	string	The unique id for the App used by the asset. Used when invoking an action on this asset. Required unless you specify the app_guid or the name, product_name, product_vendor.
app_guid	required	string	The GUID for the App used by the asset. Used when invoking an action on this asset. Required unless you specify the app_id or the name, product_name, product_vendor.
automation_broker_id	optional	integer	Provide the ID of an automation broker to link action execution for this asset with a specific automation broker. Providing a null value removes the link. Not including this field will leave any existing link unchanged. For GET requests, the current value is returned in the automation_broker field.
configuration	optional	JSON Object	Key value pairs for asset configuration. Required and optional values are defined by Apps which support this asset. See individual App documentation for more information.
container_label	required for polling	string	Label for containers created by this asset. This will determine where the container will be found from the main menu. For example, using "incident" here will allow you to find the container by going to Home -> Incidents.
description	optional	string	Description of the asset.
interval_mins	required for polling	number	Polling frequency for new containers/artifacts in minutes. Not specified or null for assets that do not poll.
name	required	string	Short name for the asset. Used when invoking an action on this asset.
poll	required for polling	boolean	Set to "true" to enable polling.
primary_owners	optional	Array of integers	Contains the list of user IDs which are the primary owners of this asset.
primary_voting	optional	integer	Number of "approve" votes required for action to be executed. Use 0 to require all votes.
product_name	required	string	Name of the product which this asset describes. Must match the product_name provided by one or more Apps. Example: If this asset refers to a Windows Server 2008 machine and an App supports a product_name of "Server 2008" then that is the correct value.
product_vendor	required	string	Name of the vendor of the product which this asset describes. Must match the product_vendor provided by one or more Apps. Example: If this asset refers to a Windows Server 2008 machine and an App supports a product_vendor of "Windows" then that is the correct value.
secondary_users	optional	Array of integers	Contains the list of user IDs which are the secondary (backup) owners of this asset.
secondary_voting	optional	integer	Number of "approve" votes required for action to be executed for secondary users. Use 0 to require all votes.
start_time_epoch_utc	required for polling	number	First poll time as seconds since epoch UTC. Use null to poll immediately.
tags	optional	Array of strings	0 or more tags associated with the asset. A simple string can also be used for a single tag.
type	optional	string	A brief categorization of this asset.
action_whitelist	optional	dictionary	A dictionary object which contains actions and who is whitelisted to run the action. A star may be used in place of action name, users, or roles to indicate all. [/topic/topic/body/section/div/table/tgroup/tbody/row/entry/codeph/codeblock {""}) ;{"action": {"roles": ["7"]}} : indicates users in role 7 are approved to : run 'action'. ; {"*": {"roles": ["7"], "users": ["6"]} : indicates users in role 7 and user 6 are : approved to run all actions. ; {"action": {"users": ["*"]} : indicates all users are approved to : run 'action'. (codeblock]

[/topic/topic/body/section/div/p {""}) [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/b {""}) Response (b] (p] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p {""}) A success or failure message. (p] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p {""}) [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/b {""}) Example request (b][/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/div {""}) (div] Add a new asset as follows: (p] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/codeblock {""}) curl -k -u username:password https://localhost/rest/asset \ -d '{ "configuration": { "foo": "bar" }, "description": "My Generic/Product asset.", "name": "my asset", "primary_owners": [12], "primary_voting": 0, "product_name": "Product", "product_vendor": "Generic", "secondary_users": [], "secondary_voting": 0, "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"], "type": "information service", "action_whitelist": { "generic action": { "roles": ["7"], "users": ["6"] } }, "tenants": [23, 10, 9] }' (codeblock] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p {""}) [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/b {""}) Example response (b][/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/div {""}) (div] A successful POST will return back a success indicator and the ID of the newly created asset. (p] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/codeblock {""}) { "id": 34, "success": true } (codeblock] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p {""}) [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/b {""}) Example request (b][/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/div {""}) (div] Create an asset preconfigured and enabled for polling to ingest data: (p] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/codeblock {""}) curl -k -u username:password https://localhost/rest/asset \ -d '{ "configuration": { "foo": "bar", "ingest": { "container_label": incident", "interval_mins": 120, "poll": true, "start_time_epoch_utc": null }, ... }, "description": "My Generic/Product asset.", ... }' (codeblock] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p {""}) [/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/b {""}) Example response (b][/topic/topic/body/section/div/p/div {""}) (div] A successful POST will return back a success indicator and the ID of the newly created asset. (p] [/topic/topic/body/section/div/codeblock {""}) { "id": 34, "success": true (codeblock][/topic/topic/body/section/div/note {""}) If you use this API to update an asset, any value you do not submit in your POST is reset to its default value. Partial updates are not recommended. (note]