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Submit or Update Indicator API

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API description

Submits or Updates new Indicator entity.

CIDR notation for IPs isn't supported.

Limitations

  1. Rate limitations for this API are 100 calls per minute and 1,500 calls per hour.
  2. There's a limit of 15,000 active indicators per tenant.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Get started.

Permission type Permission Permission display name
Application Ti.ReadWrite Read and write Indicators
Application Ti.ReadWrite.All Read and write All Indicators
Delegated (work or school account) Ti.ReadWrite Read and write Indicators

HTTP request

POST https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/indicators

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization String Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type string application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON object with the following parameters:

Parameter Type Description
indicatorValue String Identity of the Indicator entity. Required
indicatorType Enum Type of the indicator. Possible values are: FileSha1, FileMd5, CertificateThumbprint, FileSha256, IpAddress, DomainName, and Url. Required
action Enum The action that is taken if the indicator is discovered in the organization. Possible values are: Alert, Warn, Block, Audit, BlockAndRemediate, AlertAndBlock, and Allowed. Required. The GenerateAlert parameter must be set to TRUE when creating an action with Audit.
application String The application associated with the indicator. This field only works for new indicators. It doesn't update the value on an existing indicator. Optional
title String Indicator alert title. Required
description String Description of the indicator. Required
expirationTime DateTimeOffset The expiration time of the indicator. Optional
severity Enum The severity of the indicator. Possible values are: Informational, Low, Medium, and High. Optional
recommendedActions String TI indicator alert recommended actions. Optional
rbacGroupNames String Comma-separated list of RBAC group names the indicator would be applied to. Optional
educateUrl String Custom notification/support URL. Supported for Block and Warn action types for URL indicators. Optional
generateAlert Enum True if alert generation is required, False if this indicator shouldn't generate an alert.

Response

  • If successful, this method returns 200 - OK response code and the created / updated Indicator entity in the response body.
  • If not successful: this method return 400 - Bad Request. Bad request usually indicates incorrect body.

Example

Request

Here's an example of the request.

POST https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/indicators

{
    "indicatorValue": "220e7d15b011d7fac48f2bd61114db1022197f7f",
    "indicatorType": "FileSha1",
    "title": "test",
    "application": "demo-test",
    "expirationTime": "2020-12-12T00:00:00Z",
    "action": "AlertAndBlock",
    "severity": "Informational",
    "description": "test",
    "recommendedActions": "nothing",
    "rbacGroupNames": ["group1", "group2"]
}

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