URL Access Profile Models

Overview

The URL Access Profile models provide a structured way to manage URL access profiles in Palo Alto Networks' Strata Cloud Manager. These models support defining URL filtering policies with category-based actions (alert, allow, block, continue, redirect), credential enforcement settings, and logging options. Profiles can be defined in folders, snippets, or devices. The models handle validation of inputs and outputs when interacting with the SCM API.

Models

The module provides the following Pydantic models:

• URLAccessProfileBaseModel: Base model with fields common to all profile operations
• URLAccessProfileCreateModel: Model for creating new URL access profiles
• URLAccessProfileUpdateModel: Model for updating existing URL access profiles
• URLAccessProfileResponseModel: Response model for URL access profile operations
• CredentialEnforcement: Model for credential enforcement settings
• CredentialEnforcementMode: Model for credential enforcement mode configuration

All models use extra="forbid" configuration, which rejects any fields not explicitly defined in the model.

Model Attributes

URLAccessProfileBaseModel

Attribute	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	str	Yes	None	Profile name
description	str	No	None	Description of the profile. Max 255 chars
alert	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for alert action
allow	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for allow action
block	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for block action
continue_	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for continue action (alias: continue)
redirect	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for redirect action
cloud_inline_cat	bool	No	None	Enable cloud inline categorization
local_inline_cat	bool	No	None	Enable local inline categorization
credential_enforcement	CredentialEnforcement	No	None	Credential enforcement settings
mlav_category_exception	List[str]	No	None	MLAV category exceptions
log_container_page_only	bool	No	None	Log container page only
log_http_hdr_referer	bool	No	None	Log HTTP header referer
log_http_hdr_user_agent	bool	No	None	Log HTTP header user agent
log_http_hdr_xff	bool	No	None	Log HTTP header X-Forwarded-For
safe_search_enforcement	bool	No	None	Enable safe search enforcement
folder	str	No**	None	Folder location. Max 64 chars
snippet	str	No**	None	Snippet location. Max 64 chars
device	str	No**	None	Device location. Max 64 chars

** Exactly one container (folder/snippet/device) must be provided for create operations

note

The continue_ field uses a Python-safe name because continue is a reserved keyword in Python. The field has an alias of "continue", so when passing data as a dictionary you can use either "continue_" or "continue" as the key. When serializing the model (e.g., for API requests), the alias "continue" is used.

URLAccessProfileCreateModel

Inherits all fields from URLAccessProfileBaseModel and enforces that exactly one of folder, snippet, or device is provided during creation.

URLAccessProfileUpdateModel

Extends URLAccessProfileBaseModel by adding:

Attribute	Type	Required	Default	Description
id	UUID	Yes	None	The unique identifier of the profile

URLAccessProfileResponseModel

Extends URLAccessProfileBaseModel by adding:

Attribute	Type	Required	Default	Description
id	UUID	Yes	None	The unique identifier of the profile

The response model uses extra="ignore" configuration instead of extra="forbid", allowing it to accept additional fields returned by the API without raising validation errors.

Component Models

CredentialEnforcement

Defines the credential enforcement settings for a URL access profile. Controls how the system handles credential submissions to websites based on URL categories.

Attribute	Type	Required	Default	Description
alert	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for alert action on credential submission
allow	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for allow action on credential submission
block	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for block action on credential submission
continue_	List[str]	No	None	URL categories for continue action (alias: continue)
log_severity	str	No	"medium"	Log severity level for credential enforcement events
mode	CredentialEnforcementMode	No	None	Credential enforcement mode configuration

CredentialEnforcementMode

Defines the mode configuration for credential enforcement. Exactly one mode should typically be configured.

Attribute	Type	Required	Default	Description
disabled	Dict	No	None	Disabled mode (empty dict {})
domain_credentials	Dict	No	None	Domain credentials mode (empty dict)
ip_user	Dict	No	None	IP user mode (empty dict)
group_mapping	str	No	None	Group mapping mode (string value)

Exceptions

The URL Access Profile models can raise the following exceptions during validation:

• ValueError: Raised in several scenarios:
  • When multiple container types (folder/snippet/device) are specified for create operations
  • When no container type is specified for create operations
  • When container field pattern validation fails
  • When field length limits are exceeded (description max 255, container max 64)

Model Validators

Container Type Validation

For create operations, exactly one container type must be specified:

from scm.models.security import URLAccessProfileCreateModel

# Error: multiple containers specified
try:
    profile = URLAccessProfileCreateModel(
        name="invalid-profile",
        folder="Texas",
        device="fw01",  # Can't specify both folder and device
        block=["malware", "phishing"]
    )
except ValueError as e:
    print(e)  # "Exactly one of 'folder', 'snippet', or 'device' must be provided."

# Error: no container specified
try:
    profile = URLAccessProfileCreateModel(
        name="invalid-profile",
        block=["malware", "phishing"]
    )
except ValueError as e:
    print(e)  # "Exactly one of 'folder', 'snippet', or 'device' must be provided."

Using the Continue Field Alias

The continue_ field supports the alias "continue" for use in dictionary data:

from scm.models.security import URLAccessProfileCreateModel

# Using the alias in dictionary form
profile = URLAccessProfileCreateModel(
    name="url-profile",
    folder="Texas",
    block=["malware"],
    **{"continue": ["streaming-media", "social-networking"]}
)

# Using the Python-safe name directly
profile = URLAccessProfileCreateModel(
    name="url-profile",
    folder="Texas",
    block=["malware"],
    continue_=["streaming-media", "social-networking"]
)

Usage Examples

Creating a Basic Profile

from scm.client import Scm

# Initialize client
client = Scm(
    client_id="your_client_id",
    client_secret="your_client_secret",
    tsg_id="your_tsg_id"
)

# Using dictionary
profile_dict = {
    "name": "basic-url-filtering",
    "description": "Basic URL filtering profile",
    "folder": "Texas",
    "block": ["malware", "phishing", "command-and-control"],
    "alert": ["unknown", "newly-registered-domain"],
    "allow": ["business-and-economy", "technology"]
}

response = client.url_access_profile.create(profile_dict)
print(f"Created profile: {response.name}")

Creating a Profile with Credential Enforcement

from scm.client import Scm

# Initialize client
client = Scm(
    client_id="your_client_id",
    client_secret="your_client_secret",
    tsg_id="your_tsg_id"
)

# Create the profile with credential enforcement using dictionary
credential_config = {
    "name": "credential-protection",
    "description": "URL profile with credential enforcement",
    "folder": "Texas",
    "block": ["malware", "phishing"],
    "alert": ["unknown"],
    "allow": ["business-and-economy"],
    "continue": ["social-networking"],
    "credential_enforcement": {
        "mode": {
            "domain_credentials": {}
        },
        "block": ["malware", "phishing"],
        "alert": ["unknown"],
        "log_severity": "high"
    }
}

response = client.url_access_profile.create(credential_config)
print(f"Created profile with credential enforcement: {response.name}")

Creating a Profile with Logging and Inline Categorization

from scm.client import Scm

# Initialize client
client = Scm(
    client_id="your_client_id",
    client_secret="your_client_secret",
    tsg_id="your_tsg_id"
)

# Create profile with full logging and categorization
logging_config = {
    "name": "full-logging-url-profile",
    "description": "URL profile with comprehensive logging",
    "folder": "Texas",
    "block": ["malware", "phishing", "command-and-control"],
    "alert": ["unknown", "newly-registered-domain"],
    "allow": ["business-and-economy"],
    "cloud_inline_cat": True,
    "local_inline_cat": True,
    "safe_search_enforcement": True,
    "log_container_page_only": False,
    "log_http_hdr_referer": True,
    "log_http_hdr_user_agent": True,
    "log_http_hdr_xff": True
}

response = client.url_access_profile.create(logging_config)
print(f"Created profile: {response.name}")
print(f"Cloud inline categorization: {response.cloud_inline_cat}")
print(f"Safe search enforcement: {response.safe_search_enforcement}")

Updating a Profile

from scm.client import Scm

# Initialize client
client = Scm(
    client_id="your_client_id",
    client_secret="your_client_secret",
    tsg_id="your_tsg_id"
)

# Fetch existing profile
existing = client.url_access_profile.fetch(name="basic-url-filtering", folder="Texas")

# Modify attributes using dot notation
existing.description = "Updated URL filtering profile"
existing.block = ["malware", "phishing", "command-and-control", "grayware"]
existing.safe_search_enforcement = True

# Pass modified object to update()
updated = client.url_access_profile.update(existing)
print(f"Updated profile: {updated.name}")

Listing and Filtering Profiles

# List all URL access profiles in a folder
all_profiles = client.url_access_profile.list(folder="Texas")
print(f"Found {len(all_profiles)} profiles")

# Process results
for profile in all_profiles:
    print(f"Profile: {profile.name}")
    if profile.block:
        print(f"  Blocked categories: {profile.block}")
    if profile.allow:
        print(f"  Allowed categories: {profile.allow}")
    if profile.alert:
        print(f"  Alert categories: {profile.alert}")
    if profile.credential_enforcement:
        print(f"  Credential enforcement: enabled")