Use XPath to Get Active Configuration

Use the
xpath
parameter to target a specific portion of the configuration. For example, to retrieve just the security rulebase:
xpath=/config/devices/entry/vsys/entry/rulebase/security
:
						
curl -X GET "https://<firewall>/api/?type=config&action=show&key=apikey&xpath=/config/devices/entry/vsys/entry/rulebase/security"
					
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There is no trailing backslash character at the end of the XPath.
Confirm that the XML response for the query looks similar to the following (truncated):
						
<response status="success">
  <result>
    <security>
      <rules><entry name="IT DNS Services"><profile-setting><group><member>best-practice</member></group></profile-setting><to><member>untrust</member></to><from><member>trust</member></from><source><member>any</member></source><destination><member>Data Center</member></destination><source-user><member>any</member></source-user><category><member>any</member></category><application><member>dns</member></application><service><member>application-default</member></service><hip-profiles><member>any</member></hip-profiles><action>allow</action><tag><member>Best Practice</member></tag><log-start>no</log-start><log-setting>default</log-setting></entry>
							...
							            </rules>
    </security>
  </result>
</response>

					
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