Create Remediation Incident

Description

This endpoint can be used to create a remediation incident, by messageId, file hash or a url contained in an email. A successful call will return the incident information, and will take the same actions as a manual remediation incident created in the Administration Console. Note: Currently this endpoint does not support image file hashes.

Pre-requisites

  • In order to successfully use this endpoint the logged in user must be a Mimecast administrator with at least the Services | Threat Remediation | Edit permission.

URI

To use this endpoint you send a POST request to:

  • api/ttp/remediation/create

Request Headers

The following request headers must be included in your request:

Field Description
Authorization Please see the Authorization guide for more information on building the Authorization header.
x-mc-req-id

A randomly generated GUID, for example,

8578FCFC-A305-4D9A-99CB-F4D5ECEFE297
x-mc-app-id The Application ID provided with your Registered API Application.
x-mc-date

The current date and time in the following format, for example,

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:50:11 UTC

Request Body

{
  "data": [
    {
      "reason": "Remediate by URL",
      "searchBy": "url",
      "start": "2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "hashOrMessageId": "c6617708516e3...",
      "end": "2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00",
      "url": "https://www.domain.tld/path/to/unwanted/content"
    }
  ]
}
Data
Field Type Required Description
reason String Required The reason for creating the remediation incident.
searchBy String Optional The message component in which to search by. Must be one of 'hash', 'messageId' or 'url'. When using 'messageId', the '<' '>' delimiters are required.
start Date String Optional Timestamp of the earliest messages to remediate. If none is provided, will default to last calendar month.
hashOrMessageId String Optional File hash or message ID, depending on the value of the 'searchBy' field. Exclude if searching by url.
end Date String Optional Timestamp of the most recent message to remediate. If none is provided, will default to the current timestamp.
url String Optional URL present in an email that should be remediated. This field is required when setting searchBy field to url. Should be a decoded, non-Mimecast rewritten URL.

Response

{
  "fail": [],
  "meta": {
    "status": 200
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "reason": "Remediate by URL",
      "fileRemediationExpiryTime": "2022-02-22T00:00:00+00:00",
      "fileRemediationCanBeCancelled": true,
      "code": "TR-CDEV1A705803-00546-M",
      "SearchCriteria Object": {
        "subject": "Need a favor ASAP!",
        "unremediateCode": "eNp1jssKgkAYRt9ltiWNOaa...",
        "start": "2021-12-20T00:00:00+00:00",
        "fileHash": "c6617708516e39a0b28b288304f1...",
        "messageId": "<783E9C60-236B@domain.tld>",
        "restoreCode": "eNp1jssKgkAYRt9ltiWNOaa...",
        "from": "sender@domain.tld",
        "end": "2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00",
        "to": "recipient@domain.tld",
        "url": "https://www.domain.tld/path/to/unwanted/content"
      },
      "failed": 0,
      "type": "manual",
      "removeFromDevice": "all",
      "remediatedBy": "admin@domain.tld",
      "identified": 0,
      "fileRemediationCancelled": "2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "create": "2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "modified": "2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "restored": 0,
      "id": "eNp1jssKgkAYRt9ltiWNOaa2MwvGRI3MKAhExp-cvOaNMH...",
      "successful": 0
    }
  ]
}
meta
Field Type Description
status Number The function level status of the request.
data
Field Type Description
reason String The reason provided at the creation of the remediation incident.
fileRemediationExpiryTime Date String Timestamp of a file-bases remediation should expiration in ISO 8601 format.
fileRemediationCanBeCancelled Boolean Indicates whether the file remediation incident can still be cancelled.
code String The incident code generated at creation, to be used as a reference for the remediation incident lookup.
SearchCriteria Object Object The search criteria used to identify messages.
failed Number The number of messages that failed to remediate.
type String Type of incident. Possible values are 'notify_only', 'automatic', 'manual' or 'restored'.
removeFromDevice String The devices where the downloaded file should be removed from. Possible values are 'recipient' or 'all'.
remediatedBy String Email address of the user who created the remediation incident.
identified Number Number of messages identified with provided search criteria.
fileRemediationCancelled Date String Timestamp of an incident cancellation, if it has been cancelled, in ISO 8601 format.
create Date String Timestamp of the incident creation in ISO 8601 format
modified Date String Timestamp of the incident's last modification date in ISO 8601 format
restored Number The number of messages that were restored, if incident was a restore.
id String The Mimecast secure ID of the remediation incident.
successful Number The number successfully remediated messages.
Search Criteria
Field Type Description
subject String Message subject line of the remediated message.
unremediateCode String The Mimecast code used to restore a previously remediated message.
start Date String The start date of messages included in ISO 8601 format.
fileHash String The file hash used in creation of the remediation incident.
messageId String The message id use in creation of the remediation incident.
restoreCode String The restore code used if the incident type is restore.
from String The sender address of the message.
end String The end date of messages included in ISO 8601 format.
to String The recipient email address of the message.
url String URL used to create the remediation incident, if remediation type is URL.

Sample Code

Sample code is provided to demonstrate how to use the API and is not representative of a production application. To use the sample code; complete the required variables as described, populate the desired values in the request body, and execute in your favorite IDE.  Please see the Global Base URL's page to find the correct base URL to use for your account.

POST {base_url}api/ttp/remediation/create
Authorization: MC {accesskKey}:{Base64 encoded signed Data To Sign}
x-mc-date: {dateTime}
x-mc-req-id: {unique id}
x-mc-app-id: {applicationId}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
  "data": [
    {
      "reason": "Remediate by URL",
      "searchBy": "url",
      "start": "2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "hashOrMessageId": "c6617708516e3...",
      "end": "2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00",
      "url": "https://www.domain.tld/path/to/unwanted/content"
    }
  ]
}
import base64
import hashlib
import hmac
import uuid
import datetime
import requests

# Setup required variables
base_url = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
uri = "api/ttp/remediation/create"
url = base_url + uri
access_key = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
secret_key = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
app_id = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
app_key = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"

# Generate request header values
request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
hdr_date = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") + " UTC"

# DataToSign is used in hmac_sha1
dataToSign = ':'.join([hdr_date, request_id, uri, app_key])

# Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
hmac_sha1 = hmac.new(base64.b64decode(secret_key), dataToSign.encode(), digestmod=hashlib.sha1).digest()

# Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
sig = base64.b64encode(hmac_sha1).rstrip()

# Create request headers
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'MC ' + access_key + ':' + sig.decode(),
    'x-mc-app-id': app_id,
    'x-mc-date': hdr_date,
    'x-mc-req-id': request_id,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

payload = {
  'data': [
    {
      'reason': 'Remediate by URL',
      'searchBy': 'url',
      'start': '2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00',
      'hashOrMessageId': 'c6617708516e3...',
      'end': '2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00',
      'url': 'https://www.domain.tld/path/to/unwanted/content'
    }
  ]
}

r = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=str(payload))

print(r.text)
static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Setup required variables
            string baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
            string uri = "api/ttp/remediation/create";
            string accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
            string secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
            string appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
            string appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";

            //Generate request header values
            string hdrDate = System.DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().ToString("R");
            string requestId = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

            //Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
            System.Security.Cryptography.HMAC h = new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1(System.Convert.FromBase64String(secretKey));

            //Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
            byte[] hash = h.ComputeHash(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(hdrDate + ":" + requestId + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey));

            //Build the signature to be included in the Authorization header in your request
            string signature = "MC " + accessKey + ":" + System.Convert.ToBase64String(hash);

            //Build Request
            System.Net.HttpWebRequest request = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(baseUrl + uri);
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.ContentType = "application/json";

            //Add Headers
            request.Headers[System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = signature;
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-date", hdrDate);
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-req-id", requestId);
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-app-id", appId);

            //Add request body
            //Create and write data to stream
            string postData = @"{
  ""data"": [
    {
      ""reason"": ""Remediate by URL"",
      ""searchBy"": ""url"",
      ""start"": ""2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00"",
      ""hashOrMessageId"": ""c6617708516e3..."",
      ""end"": ""2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00"",
      ""url"": ""https://www.domain.tld/path/to/unwanted/content""
    }
  ]
}";

            byte[] payload = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);

            System.IO.Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream();
            stream.Write(payload, 0, payload.Length);
            stream.Close();

            //Send Request
            System.Net.HttpWebResponse response = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

            //Output response to console
            System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
            string responseBody = "";
            string temp = null;
            while ((temp = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                responseBody += temp;
            };
            System.Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
            System.Console.ReadLine();
        }
#Setup required variables
$baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
$uri = "api/ttp/remediation/create"
$url = $baseUrl + $uri
$accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
$secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
$appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
$appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"

#Generate request header values
$hdrDate = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss UTC")
$requestId = [guid]::NewGuid().guid

#Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
$sha = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1
$sha.key = [Convert]::FromBase64String($secretKey)
$sig = $sha.ComputeHash([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($hdrDate + ":" + $requestId + ":" + $uri + ":" + $appKey))
$sig = [Convert]::ToBase64String($sig)

#Create Headers
$headers = @{"Authorization" = "MC " + $accessKey + ":" + $sig;
                "x-mc-date" = $hdrDate;
                "x-mc-app-id" = $appId;
                "x-mc-req-id" = $requestId;
                "Content-Type" = "application/json"}

#Create post body
$postBody = "{
  ""data"": [
    {
      ""reason"": ""Remediate by URL"",
      ""searchBy"": ""url"",
      ""start"": ""2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00"",
      ""hashOrMessageId"": ""c6617708516e3..."",
      ""end"": ""2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00"",
      ""url"": ""https://www.domain.tld/path/to/unwanted/content""
    }
  ]
}"

#Send Request
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $postBody -Uri $url

#Print the response
$response
public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException, java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException, java.security.InvalidKeyException {

        //set up variables for request
        String baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
        String uri = "api/ttp/remediation/create";
        String url = "https://" + baseUrl + uri;
        String accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
        String secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
        String appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
        String appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";

        //create URL object
        java.net.URL obj = new java.net.URL(url);

        // set guid for x-mc-req-id header
        String guid = java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString();

        // set date for x-mc-date header
        java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
        sdf.setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        String date = sdf.format(new java.util.Date());

        //create signature for the Authorization header
        String dataToSign = date + ":" + guid + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey;
        String hmacSHA1 = "HmacSHA1";
        javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec signingKey = new javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64(secretKey.getBytes()), hmacSHA1);
        javax.crypto.Mac mac = javax.crypto.Mac.getInstance(hmacSHA1);
        mac.init(signingKey);
        String sig = new String(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64(mac.doFinal(dataToSign.getBytes())));

        // create request object
        javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection con = (javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection) obj.openConnection();

        //set request type to POST
        con.setRequestMethod("POST");
        con.setDoOutput(true);

        //add reuqest headers
        con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "MC " + accessKey + ":" + sig);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-req-id", guid);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-app-id", appId);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-date", date);
        con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
        con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");

        //Add post body to the request
        String postBody = "{\n" +
"  \"data\": [\n" +
"    {\n" +
"      \"reason\": \"Remediate by URL\",\n" +
"      \"searchBy\": \"url\",\n" +
"      \"start\": \"2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00\",\n" +
"      \"hashOrMessageId\": \"c6617708516e3...\",\n" +
"      \"end\": \"2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00\",\n" +
"      \"url\": \"https://www.domain.tld/path/to/unwanted/content\"\n" +
"    }\n" +
"  ]\n" +
"}";
        java.io.OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream();
        os.write(postBody.getBytes("UTF-8"));
        os.close();

        //process response
        java.io.BufferedReader in = new java.io.BufferedReader(
                new java.io.InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
        String inputLine;
        StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

        while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
            response.append(inputLine);
        }
        in.close();

        //return result
        java.lang.System.out.println(response.toString());
    }
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