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Get alert related files information API

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)

Retrieves all files related to a specific alert.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Use Microsoft Defender ATP APIs

Permission type	Permission	Permission display name
Application	File.Read.All	'Read file profiles'
Delegated (work or school account)	File.Read.All	'Read file profiles'

Note

When obtaining a token using user credentials:

• The user needs to have at least the following role permission: 'View Data' (See Create and manage roles for more information)
• The user needs to have access to the machine associated with the alert, based on machine group settings (See Create and manage machine groups for more information)

HTTP request

GET /api/alerts/{id}/files

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	String	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful and alert and files exist - 200 OK. If alert not found - 404 Not Found.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

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GET https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/alerts/636688558380765161_2136280442/files

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/$metadata#Files",
    "value": [
        {
            "sha1": "654f19c41d9662cf86be21bf0af5a88c38c56a9d",
            "sha256": "2f905feec2798cee6f63da2c26758d86bfeaab954c01e20ac7085bf55fedde87",
            "md5": "82849dc81d94056224445ea73dc6153a",
            "globalPrevalence": 33,
            "globalFirstObserved": "2018-07-17T18:17:27.5909748Z",
            "globalLastObserved": "2018-08-06T16:07:12.9414137Z",
            "windowsDefenderAVThreatName": null,
            "size": 801112,
            "fileType": "PortableExecutable",
            "isPeFile": true,
            "filePublisher": null,
            "fileProductName": null,
            "signer": "Microsoft Windows",
            "issuer": "Microsoft Development PCA 2014",
            "signerHash": "9e284231a4d1c53fc8d4492b09f65116bf97447f",
            "isValidCertificate": true
        }
    ]
}