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    Post
    /api/2.0/building-blocks/{envId}

    Import Building Blocks.
    Users can only import up to 50 building blocks per request.

    Notice

    Accessing the Policy Management APIs is through a dedicated domain/URL, according to your PlainID Tenant Location
  • United States (US) - https://api.us1.plainid.io
  • Canada (CA) - https://api.ca1.plainid.io
  • Europe (EU) - https://api.eu1.plainid.io

    • Using HTML Encoded Special Characters

    Use HTML encoded patterns when working with values that contain special characters like spaces, dashes, etc. Refer to this HTML URL Encoding Reference for a full list.


    Important note about headers

    Refer to the headers below to modify your cURL sample. Check if the following headers are in the sample, if not, ensure you add it to your cURL sample before pasting into your API tool.

    Headers

    *Required
    HeaderValuecURL Line
    Accepttext/plain;language=rego-H "Accept :text/plain;language=rego"
    Content-Typetext/plain;language=rego-H "Content-Type:text/plain;language=rego"

    cURL Sample Guidelines

    In order for the relevant parameters to appear in the cURL sample, you can input the values in the interactive API console on the right. They will then appear in the cURL sample on the bottom of the page in the correct format.

    Security
    HTTP
    Type bearer

    For more details about Administration API Authentication, check out the Authentication APIs documentation. Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources. Example: Authorization: Bearer 123

    Path parameters
    envId
    string (uuid) Required

    The Environment ID can be found under the Details tab in the Environment Settings.

    Query parameters
    filter[authWsId]
    string (uuid)

    This can be found in your Authorization Workspace Settings under Workspace ID. *Required if identityWsId is not provided.

    filter[identityWsId]
    string (uuid)

    Identity Workspace ID. *Required if authWsId is not provided.

    extendedSchema
    boolean

    Toggle to enable or disable additional metadata in the response, like the Building Block id and description.

    Defaulttrue
    Body parameters
    Building Blocks as Rego code
    "package building_blocks\nimport rego.v1\n\n# METADATA\n# custom:\n#   plainid:\n#     kind: DynamicGroup\n#     name: dg1\n#     description: dg1\ndynamic_group(identity) if {\n  identity.template == \"idWs1\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] == \"test\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] != \"prod\"\n}\n"
    string

    Building Blocks as Rego code

    Responses
    201

    successful operation

    Headers
    x-request-id
    string
    Successful Import
    "package building_blocks\nimport rego.v1\n\n# METADATA\n# custom:\n#   plainid:\n#     kind: DynamicGroup\n#     name: dg1\n#     id: f28c17c2-caeb-4cf2-a549-02bf03fe4e17\n#     description: dg1\ndynamic_group(identity) if {\n  identity.template == \"idWs1\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] == \"test\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] != \"prod\"\n}\n"
    string

    Building Blocks as Rego code

    400

    bad request

    Headers
    x-request-id
    string
    Identity WS not found
    {
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "PAC-005",
      "args": {
        "0": "67c1ffe0-a540-4662-b894-0813abcc04ec"
      },
      "id": "ERHCQC",
      "status": 400,
      "name": "IdentityWsNotFound",
      "message": "IdentityWs: [67c1ffe0-a540-4662-b894-0813abcc04ec] not found"
    }
  ]
}
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    object
    errors
    Array of object (Error)
    object
    code
    string
    id
    string
    status
    integer
    name
    string
    message
    string
    args
    object
    path
    string
    401

    Unauthorized

    Headers
    x-request-id
    string
    422

    Validation Failed - Invalid UUID

    Headers
    x-request-id
    string
    Invalid ID Format
    {
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "V-032",
      "args": {
        "0": "ed252aa5-9d0c-4193-838-60bf20b13109",
        "1": "uuid"
      },
      "id": "EEJQMA",
      "status": 422,
      "name": "UnprocessableEntityError",
      "message": "$: test is an invalid uuid"
    }
  ]
}
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    object
    errors
    Array of object (Error)
    object
    code
    string
    id
    string
    status
    integer
    name
    string
    message
    string
    args
    object
    path
    string
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