Policy Waiver REST API - v2

Policy Waivers

Adding Policy Waivers

NEW IN RELEASE 97

To add a policy waiver the policy violation ID must be known in advance. Policy waivers can be added by sending a POST request to

POST /api/v2/policyWaivers/{ownerType: application|organization}/{ownerId}/{policyViolationId}

Where ownerType and ownerId determine the scope of the waiver (application, organization or root organization).

The server will respond with a 204 status upon success. There is no content in the response.

Waiver options

The following waiver options can be provided in the JSON body payload:

Here is an example payload:

{
    "applyToAllComponents": false,
    "comment": "adding a waiver",
    "expiryTime": "2020-12-26T00:00:00.000+0000"
}

To create a waiver with Root Organization scope using cURL, the syntax would be as follows:

curl -u admin:admin123 -X POST http://localhost:8070/api/v2/policyWaivers/organization/ROOT_ORGANIZATION_ID/14f3e0fbc3884c21ac19bce74d7107c1

To add policy waiver with the application scope, where WebGoat-6.0.1 is an application publicId and 14f3e0fbc3884c21ac19bce74d7107c1 is a policyViolationId:

curl -u admin:admin123 -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"comment": "adding waiver for all components"}' http://localhost:8070/api/v2/policyWaivers/application/WebGoat-6.0.1/14f3e0fbc3884c21ac19bce74d7107c1

NEW IN RELEASE 100 

To add a time-based waiver:

curl -u admin:admin123 -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"applyToAllComponents": false, "comment": "adding a time-based waiver", "expiryTime": "2020-12-26T13:00:00.000+0000"}' http://localhost:8070/api/v2/policyWaivers/application/WebGoat-6.0.1/14f3e0fbc3884c21ac19bce74d7107c1

Getting Policy Waivers

NEW IN RELEASE 92

Policy waivers for an application can be retrieved by sending a GET request to

GET /api/v2/policyWaivers/application/{applicationId}

As an example, to get policy waivers for the application with id 787c2e3dc8e745c48743926251eef00b using cURL the command would be as follows:

curl -u admin:admin123 http://localhost:8070/api/v2/policyWaivers/application/787c2e3dc8e745c48743926251eef00b

The server returns the list of policy waivers related to the application. A sample response would be as follows:

[
  {
    "policyWaiverId": "4dc85bcf566f4a9b83550267d9e80074",
    "comment": "Lorem ipsum.",
    "createTime": "2020-05-20T14:47:56.137+0000",
    "expiryTime": "2020-05-27T00:00:00.000+0000",
    "scopeOwnerType": "application",
    "scopeOwnerId": "787c2e3dc8e745c48743926251eef00b",
    "scopeOwnerName": "My-Application",
    "hash": "81e4d9cc2e8fac88ab4e",
    "policyId": "b7863359e04e443e803caf0389e779b1"
  },
  {
    "policyWaiverId": "079dc8bdae7348e48a1b0939715d5e47",
    "comment": "1234",
    "createTime": "2020-05-20T14:47:39.511+0000",
    "scopeOwnerType": "application",
    "scopeOwnerId": "787c2e3dc8e745c48743926251eef00b",
    "scopeOwnerName": "My-Application",
    "hash": "52ee272b0181a1c0df5c",
    "policyId": "b7863359e04e443e803caf0389e779b1"
  }
]

Policy waivers for an organization or a repository can be retrieved by replacing the  application  in the path mentioned above either by an  organization ,  repository  or  repository_container  and using the  id  of the relevant owner as follows.

GET /api/v2/policyWaivers/organization/{organizationId}
GET /api/v2/policyWaivers/repository/{repositoryId}
GET /api/v2/policyWaivers/repository_container/REPOSITORY_CONTAINER_ID

Deleting a Policy Waiver

NEW IN RELEASE 90

A policy waiver for an application can be deleted by sending a DELETE request to

DELETE /api/v2/policyWaivers/application/{applicationId}/{policyWaiverId}

As an example, in order to delete a policy waiver with id d248b438595740119043dd49a1a146da using cURL for the application with id 787c2e3dc8e745c48743926251eef00b the command would be as follows:

curl -u admin:admin123 -X DELETE http://localhost:8070/api/v2/policyWaivers/application/787c2e3dc8e745c48743926251eef00b/d248b438595740119043dd49a1a146da

The server returns no content in case of success.

A policy waiver can be deleted for an organization or a repository by replacing the  application  in the path mentioned above either by an  organization ,  repository  or  repository_container  and using the  id  of the relevant owner as follows.

DELETE /api/v2/policyWaivers/organization/{organizationId}/{policyWaiverId}
DELETE /api/v2/policyWaivers/repository/{repositoryId}/{policyWaiverId}
DELETE /api/v2/policyWaivers/repository_container/REPOSITORY_CONTAINER_ID/{policyWaiverId}

Policy Waiver API related to "Requesting a Waiver to be Added"

NEW IN RELEASE 71

The intended use of this API is for workflows that require separate review and approval for waiving violations, which uses the Policy Violation ID. The Policy Violation ID, along with the scope of application or organization, is required for the API call. A comment is optional when adding the waiver. The Policy Violation ID can be obtained by Requesting a Waiver to be Added, Policy Violation REST API, or Report Related REST API.

To create a waiver the policy violation ID must be known in advance:

POST /api/v2/policyWaiver/{policyViolationId}/{application|organization}

A sample request to create an application waiver with a comment is done with the following command (comment is optional):

curl -u user:password -H "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" -X POST http://localhost:8070/api/v2/policyWaiver/14f3e0fbc3884c21ac19bce74d7107c1/application --data-binary "waiver comment (optional)"

The server will respond with a 204 status upon success.  There is no content in the response.