Licensing API

• Introduction
• Authentication
• Endpoints
• List all Licenses
• Create License
• View License
• Renew License
• Delete License
• Response Codes and Format
• Next Steps

Introduction

The Netify Licensing API provides integrators and vendors with a comprehensive interface to create, manage, and lifecycle licenses for Netify Agents and plugins deployed across endpoints. With this API, you can programmatically issue new licenses, renew and retire licenses as devices are decommissioned.

Authentication

To access the Licensing API, an API key must be passed in the x-api-key parameter in the request headers. Please contact us for details about acquiring an API key.

Endpoints

The common hostname for the licensing API endpoint is https://agents.netify.ai. A summary of requests is provided in the table below.

METHOD	API Endpoint	Action
GET	https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses	List licenses
POST	https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses	Create a new license
GET	https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/{serial}	View a license
POST	https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/{serial}/renew	Extend expiry of a license
DELETE	https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/{serial}	Delete a license

List all Licenses

Provides a list of all licenses created with the API key provided in the header.

Headers

x-api-key string

Parameters

format string

Specifies whether to format the license as a license object or in JSON format suitable for deployment to an endpoint.

• netifyd JSON encoded license suitable for use with the Netify agent - if unspecified, this option is the default
• object Object representation of a license - useful for performing sync/lifecycle management operations

Examples

# Netify Agent (JSON) format
curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
    --get "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses"

# Object format
curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
    --get "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses?format=object"

Create

Create a new license.

Headers

x-api-key string
Content-Type string application/json

Parameters

format string

Described here

issued_to string | Required

The name of the individual or organization the license is being issued to.

expire_at string

The requested expiry date for the license, formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.

duration_days string

As an alternative to specifying the expiry date, this parameter request a license expiry date duration_days from the current date.

duid string

A unique device identifier that restricts the license to a specific hardware endpoint. This parameter may not be optional if your API key is not permitted to create licenses that are scoped in this way.

description string

An optional description to add to the license generated.

notes string

An optional note to add to the license generated.

renewable boolean

An optional boolean flag to allow or deny whether this license can be extended in the future. Requires API key entitlement to do so. Default is true if your API key has renewal entitlement, false otherwise.

transferable boolean

An optional boolean flag to request the removal of standard legal clause that indicates a license is non-transferable. Requires API key entitlement to do so. Default is true if your API has transferable omission entitlment, false oetherwise.

entitlements array | Required

The entitlements the license is to provide access to.

Keyword	Description
netify-proc-aggregator	The Netify aggregator plugin.
netify-proc-flow-actions	The Netify flow actions plugin.
netify-proc-dev-discovery	The Netify device discovery plugin.
netify-proc-python	The Netify Python binding plugin.
netify-proc-lua	The Netify Lua binding plugin.
netify-proc-intel	The Netify Intel plugin (pending release).
netify-sink-mqtt	The Netify message queue (MQTT) plugin.
netify-sink-ubus	The Netify ubus plugin.
application-signatures	The Netify commercial application signatures updates (Netify 5.2 and later only).

Examples

curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -X POST "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses"
    --data '{
        "issued_to": "Acme Inc.",
        "expire_at": "2025-10-13",
        "description": "Flow Actions Policy Control",
        "entitlements": [
            "netify-proc-flow-actions"
        ]
    }'

View

Look up a license by serial number.

Headers

x-api-key string

Parameters

format string

Described here

Examples

# Netify Agent (JSON) format
curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
    --get "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/2025-7546-23742565"

# Object format
curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
    --get "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/2025-7546-23742565?format=object"

Renew

Renew a license.

Headers

x-api-key string

Parameters

expire_at string

The requested expiry date for the license, formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.

duration_days string

As an alternative to specifying the expiry date, this parameter request a license expiry date duration_days from the current date.

Examples

# By date
curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -X POST "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/2025-7546-23742565" \
    --data '{
        "expire_at": "2025-10-13"
    }'

# By duration
curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -X POST "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/2025-7546-23742565" \
    --data '{
        "duration_days": 30 
    }'

Delete

Delete a license.

Headers

x-api-key string

curl -H "x-api-key: {api_key}" \
    -X DELETE "https://agents.netify.ai/api/v2/integrator/licenses/2025-7546-23742565"

Response Codes and Format

Standard HTTP response codes are sent by the API.

Code	Response	Description
200	OK	Request was successful
400	Bad Request	The client request was invalid
401	Unauthorized	The API key or credentials were invalid
403	Forbidden	The API key or credentials were valid, but access was not permitted
404	Not Found	The resource was not found
405	Method Not Allowed	The method is not supported by the API
409	Conflict	Resource already exists
422	Validation Error	Parameters sent in the request were invalid
429	Too Many Requests	Too many requests were sent to the server
500	Server Error	Server-side error (rare)

Next Steps

• Contact us about obtaining an API key