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Import Indicators API

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Applies to:

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Note

If you are a US Government customer, please use the URIs listed in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for US Government customers.

Tip

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  • api-us.securitycenter.microsoft.com
  • api-eu.securitycenter.microsoft.com
  • api-uk.securitycenter.microsoft.com
  • api-au.securitycenter.microsoft.com

API description

Submits or Updates batch of Indicator entities.

CIDR notation for IPs is not supported.

Limitations

  1. Rate limitations for this API are 30 calls per minute.
  2. There is a limit of 15,000 active Indicators per tenant.
  3. Maximum batch size for one API call is 500.

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/import

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
Indicators List<Indicator> List of Indicators. Required

Response

  • If successful, this method returns 200 - OK response code with a list of import results per indicator, see example below.
  • If not successful: this method return 400 - Bad Request. Bad request usually indicates incorrect body.

Example

Request example

Here is an example of the request.

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

{
    "Indicators":
    [
        {
            "indicatorValue": "220e7d15b011d7fac48f2bd61114db1022197f7f",
            "indicatorType": "FileSha1",
            "title": "demo",
            "application": "demo-test",
            "expirationTime": "2021-12-12T00:00:00Z",
            "action": "Alert",
            "severity": "Informational",
            "description": "demo2",
            "recommendedActions": "nothing",
            "rbacGroupNames": ["group1", "group2"]
        },
        {
            "indicatorValue": "2233223322332233223322332233223322332233223322332233223322332222",
            "indicatorType": "FileSha256",
            "title": "demo2",
            "application": "demo-test2",
            "expirationTime": "2021-12-12T00:00:00Z",
            "action": "Alert",
            "severity": "Medium",
            "description": "demo2",
            "recommendedActions": "nothing",
            "rbacGroupNames": []
        }
    ]
}

Response example

Here is an example of the response.

{
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "2841",
            "indicator": "220e7d15b011d7fac48f2bd61114db1022197f7f",
            "isFailed": false,
            "failureReason": null
        },
        {
            "id": "2842",
            "indicator": "2233223322332233223322332233223322332233223322332233223322332222",
            "isFailed": false,
            "failureReason": null
        }
    ]
}

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