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

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Description	This article describes how to get HTTP transaction information via FortiWeb Rest API.
Scope	FortiWeb and FortiWeb-VM v6.3.17 or later.
Solution	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