topic Re: following API best practices in General Topics

following API best practices

Henrik_Noerr1 — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:39:49 GMT

Hey,

I am reading the performance best practices for the API

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/latest/APIs/index.html?ref=blog.meister-security.de#tips_best_practices~v1.9.1%20

We are using a read only user for various data scraping. Are there any differences performance or functionally wise when using cpapi package and logging in with read_only = true - or should we consider using "continue-last-session" ?

In the cpapi code I see:

:param read_only: [optional] Login with Read Only permissions. This parameter is not considered in case
continue-last-session is true.

Not much to go from here.

Thanks,

Henrik

Re: following API best practices

PhoneBoy — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:42:28 GMT

These seem mutually exclusive to me, but could be wrong.
Can you explain this @Omer_Kleinstern ?

Re: following API best practices

Bob_Zimmerman — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:09:25 GMT

continue-last-session implies read-only is false. Read-only sessions are discarded when you log out or are disconnected. It doesn't make sense to continue a read-only session.