Technical Tip: How to get HTTP transaction information via FortiWeb Rest API

FortiWeb provides HTTP Transactions' Widget at Dashboard -> Status. Fortiweb also provides option to get the HTTP transaction information via it's REST API

Step 1: Encode the FortiWeb administrator credential string with Base64 to use it as an Authorization token:

{"username":"admin","password":"a","vdom":"root"}

Example:

$ echo '{"username":"admin","password":"fortinet","vdom":"root"}' | base64
eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6ImFkbWluIiwicGFzc3dvcmQiOiJmb3J0aW5ldCIsInZkb20iOiJyb290In0K

Step 2: Using curl:

# curl -k -X GET 'https://<FortiWeb_IP>/api/v2.0/system/status.httptransactions?time=1&policy=<Server_Policy_Name>' -H 'Authorization:<token>'

Example:

curl -k -X GET 'https://10.20.12.10/api/v2.0/system/status.httptransactions?time=1&policy=sp1' -H 'Authorization:eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6ImFkbWluIiwicGFzc3dvcmQiOiJmb3J0aW5ldCIsInZkb20iOiJyb290In0K' -H 'Accept: application/json'

Related documents:

Technical Tip: How to register an account on Fortinet API documentation

FortiWeb REST API documentation