Update a DNS Policy
curl --request PUT \
--url https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "Guest Wi-Fi Policy",
"block_adult": true,
"applications": [
"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b"
],
"safe_search": [
{
"id": "9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f",
"option": "strict"
}
],
"dns_whitelist": [
"partner-portal.com"
],
"dns_blacklist": [
"<string>"
],
"sites": [
"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d",
"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}"
payload = {
"name": "Guest Wi-Fi Policy",
"block_adult": True,
"applications": ["9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b"],
"safe_search": [
{
"id": "9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f",
"option": "strict"
}
],
"dns_whitelist": ["partner-portal.com"],
"dns_blacklist": ["<string>"],
"sites": ["9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d", "9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e"]
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PUT',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Guest Wi-Fi Policy',
block_adult: true,
applications: ['9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b'],
safe_search: [{id: '9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f', option: 'strict'}],
dns_whitelist: ['partner-portal.com'],
dns_blacklist: ['<string>'],
sites: ['9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d', '9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e']
})
};
fetch('https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'Guest Wi-Fi Policy',
'block_adult' => true,
'applications' => [
'9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b'
],
'safe_search' => [
[
'id' => '9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f',
'option' => 'strict'
]
],
'dns_whitelist' => [
'partner-portal.com'
],
'dns_blacklist' => [
'<string>'
],
'sites' => [
'9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d',
'9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Guest Wi-Fi Policy\",\n \"block_adult\": true,\n \"applications\": [\n \"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b\"\n ],\n \"safe_search\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f\",\n \"option\": \"strict\"\n }\n ],\n \"dns_whitelist\": [\n \"partner-portal.com\"\n ],\n \"dns_blacklist\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"sites\": [\n \"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d\",\n \"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Guest Wi-Fi Policy\",\n \"block_adult\": true,\n \"applications\": [\n \"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b\"\n ],\n \"safe_search\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f\",\n \"option\": \"strict\"\n }\n ],\n \"dns_whitelist\": [\n \"partner-portal.com\"\n ],\n \"dns_blacklist\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"sites\": [\n \"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d\",\n \"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Guest Wi-Fi Policy\",\n \"block_adult\": true,\n \"applications\": [\n \"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b\"\n ],\n \"safe_search\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f\",\n \"option\": \"strict\"\n }\n ],\n \"dns_whitelist\": [\n \"partner-portal.com\"\n ],\n \"dns_blacklist\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"sites\": [\n \"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d\",\n \"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "9a9a3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8a",
"name": "Standard Employee Policy",
"applications": [
"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b",
"9a9c3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8c"
],
"safe_search": [
{
"id": "9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f",
"option": "strict"
}
],
"dns_whitelist": [
"internal.corp.com",
"status.altostrat.io"
],
"dns_blacklist": [
"malicious-site.net"
],
"block_adult": true,
"attachments": 5,
"created_at": "2025-10-29T13:04:44Z"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}DNS Content Filtering
Update a DNS Policy
Updates the properties of an existing DNS policy. You can change its name, application blocks, safe search settings, and site attachments.
PUT
/
content
/
policy
/
{policyId}
Update a DNS Policy
curl --request PUT \
--url https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "Guest Wi-Fi Policy",
"block_adult": true,
"applications": [
"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b"
],
"safe_search": [
{
"id": "9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f",
"option": "strict"
}
],
"dns_whitelist": [
"partner-portal.com"
],
"dns_blacklist": [
"<string>"
],
"sites": [
"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d",
"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}"
payload = {
"name": "Guest Wi-Fi Policy",
"block_adult": True,
"applications": ["9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b"],
"safe_search": [
{
"id": "9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f",
"option": "strict"
}
],
"dns_whitelist": ["partner-portal.com"],
"dns_blacklist": ["<string>"],
"sites": ["9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d", "9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e"]
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PUT',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Guest Wi-Fi Policy',
block_adult: true,
applications: ['9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b'],
safe_search: [{id: '9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f', option: 'strict'}],
dns_whitelist: ['partner-portal.com'],
dns_blacklist: ['<string>'],
sites: ['9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d', '9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e']
})
};
fetch('https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'Guest Wi-Fi Policy',
'block_adult' => true,
'applications' => [
'9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b'
],
'safe_search' => [
[
'id' => '9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f',
'option' => 'strict'
]
],
'dns_whitelist' => [
'partner-portal.com'
],
'dns_blacklist' => [
'<string>'
],
'sites' => [
'9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d',
'9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Guest Wi-Fi Policy\",\n \"block_adult\": true,\n \"applications\": [\n \"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b\"\n ],\n \"safe_search\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f\",\n \"option\": \"strict\"\n }\n ],\n \"dns_whitelist\": [\n \"partner-portal.com\"\n ],\n \"dns_blacklist\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"sites\": [\n \"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d\",\n \"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Guest Wi-Fi Policy\",\n \"block_adult\": true,\n \"applications\": [\n \"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b\"\n ],\n \"safe_search\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f\",\n \"option\": \"strict\"\n }\n ],\n \"dns_whitelist\": [\n \"partner-portal.com\"\n ],\n \"dns_blacklist\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"sites\": [\n \"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d\",\n \"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://v1.api.altostrat.io/content/policy/{policyId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Guest Wi-Fi Policy\",\n \"block_adult\": true,\n \"applications\": [\n \"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b\"\n ],\n \"safe_search\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f\",\n \"option\": \"strict\"\n }\n ],\n \"dns_whitelist\": [\n \"partner-portal.com\"\n ],\n \"dns_blacklist\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"sites\": [\n \"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d\",\n \"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "9a9a3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8a",
"name": "Standard Employee Policy",
"applications": [
"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b",
"9a9c3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8c"
],
"safe_search": [
{
"id": "9a9f3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8f",
"option": "strict"
}
],
"dns_whitelist": [
"internal.corp.com",
"status.altostrat.io"
],
"dns_blacklist": [
"malicious-site.net"
],
"block_adult": true,
"attachments": 5,
"created_at": "2025-10-29T13:04:44Z"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "parameter_invalid",
"message": "The 'name' parameter cannot be empty.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.altostrat.io/errors/parameter_invalid"
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
The unique identifier of the DNS policy to update.
Body
application/json
A human-readable name for the policy.
Example:
"Guest Wi-Fi Policy"
If true, automatically blocks all applications categorized as adult content.
Example:
true
A list of application IDs to be blocked by this policy.
Example:
["9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b"]
A list of Safe Search enforcement rules.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
A list of FQDNs to always allow.
Example:
["partner-portal.com"]
A list of FQDNs to always block.
A list of site IDs to which this policy should be attached. Any sites not in this list will be detached.
Example:
[
"9a9d3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8d",
"9a9e3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8e"
]
Response
The DNS policy was updated successfully.
The unique identifier for the DNS policy.
Example:
"9a9a3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8a"
A human-readable name for the policy.
Example:
"Standard Employee Policy"
A list of application IDs to be blocked by this policy.
Example:
[
"9a9b3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8b",
"9a9c3e6a-5c3a-4f1e-9a0a-2b2a1e1d8e8c"
]
A list of Safe Search enforcement rules.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
A list of fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) to always allow, overriding any blocking rules.
Example:
["internal.corp.com", "status.altostrat.io"]
A list of fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) to always block.
Example:
["malicious-site.net"]
If true, automatically blocks all applications categorized as adult content.
Example:
true
The number of sites currently using this policy.
Example:
5
The timestamp when the policy was created.
Example:
"2025-10-29T13:04:44Z"
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