Update a Policy with the REST API

Send the following request to update a policy:

http --auth-type=veracode_hmac PUT “https://api.veracode.com/appsec/v1/policies/{policyGuid}” < input.json

The API passes the JSON file that you populate with the necessary values as shown in this example payload:

{
  "name": "TestPolicy",
  "type": "BLACKLIST",
  "description": "Policy to test updating endpoint in end-to-end testing",
  "vendor_policy": false,
  "finding_rules": [
    {
      "type": "MAX_SEVERITY",
      "scan_type": [
        "DYNAMIC",
        "MANUAL",
        "STATIC"
      ],
      "value": "4"
    }
  ],
  "scan_type": [
    "SCA"
  ],
  "value": "14212"
}

The example payload specifies to update an existing policy with a new name and to change the finding-severity rating of the MAX_SEVERITY rule to 4. Policy API rules properties describes each of the rule properties.