Administrator Guide

200 | Using the W-ClearPass Configuration API Dell Networking W-ClearPass Deployment Guide
To create a new user for API access, update the password of the default apiadmin user account or create a
new Admin user with only API access privileges.
This ensures that all API actions are tracked through the Audit Viewer page for this user account.
Additionally, restrictions to specific entities can be enforced by defining a custom admin privilege level and
creating API admin users with that privilege level. This ensures that the API account included in client scripts
secure the confidential information in the system.
XML Data Structure
The following elements define the structure of XML data:
l Root: The root element is <TipsApiRequest> for a request and <TipsApiResponse> for a response.
l Sub-element: <TipsHeader> describes the version (for example 3.0). The sub-element is the container
object that can be controlled by adding and modifying attributes. The sub-element in the XML request
contains only the version number; the sub-element in the XML response contains the version number, time
of execution (exportTime), and entity types.
l Body: Describes the child elements of XML data that are known the body. The body contains the Filter
elements in the XML request and a list of Entity objects in the XML response.
Figure 155 describes the structure of XML data in an XML request:
Figure 155 Structure of an XML Request
Figure 156 describes the structure of XML data in an XML response:
Figure 156 Structure of an XML Response