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Chapter 4. OVALSTREAMS

4.1. List all OVAL streams
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Abstract

Provides an index to all OVAL stream files from where they can be downloaded. When no parameter is passed, returns a list of all OVAL stream files.

JSON 

GET oval/ovalstreams.json
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XML 

GET oval/ovalstreams.xml
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HTML 

GET oval/ovalstreams
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4.2. Parameters
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NameDescriptionExample

after

Index of OVAL stream files modified after the query date. Expected format: ISO 8601.

2016-02-01

label

Index of OVAL stream files for a product version label.

jboss-eap-6

isCompressed

Return response in compressed 'gzip' format

Default: true 

By default, returned results are ordered by date.
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Note

All the above query parameters can be used in combination with each other to retrieve the desired result.

4.3. Retrieve an OVAL stream
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Returns the OVAL stream data for a product identified by base name.

JSON

OVAL stream files are in XML format; the JSON view is a representation of the OVAL data in JSON format. 

GET oval/ovalstreams/<BASE>.json
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Example: oval/ovalstreams/RHEL7.json

Returns a JSON representation of the OVAL streams for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

XML 

GET oval/ovalstreams/<BASE>.xml
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Note

For more information about the OVAL format see the FAQ.

Sample Query URLs

https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams.xml
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams.json
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams/RHEL9
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams/RHEL9.xml
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams/RHEL9.json
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams?label=jboss-eap-8
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams.xml?label=jboss-eap-8
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams.json?label=jboss-eap-8
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams?after=2022-11-30
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams.xml?after=2022-11-30
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams.json?after=2022-11-30

https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams?isCompressed=false
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams.json?isCompressed=false
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/oval/ovalstreams?after=2022-11-30&isCompressed=false

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