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Masking Sensitive Data

Function

This API is used to mask sensitive data.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/data/mask

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token, which can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

mask_strategies

Yes

Array of MaskStrategies objects

List of sensitive data masking policies. The number of masking policies in a list cannot exceed 100. Each policy corresponds to a field.

data

Yes

Array of Map<String,Object> objects

Data list
Table 4 MaskStrategies

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Field name, which can contain a maximum of 256 characters.

algorithm

Yes

String

Name of a sensitive data masking algorithm. For details, see "Configuring a Dynamic Sensitive Data Masking Policy" in the appendix.

Enumeration values:

  • SHA256

  • SHA512

  • AES

  • PRESNM

  • MASKNM

  • PRESXY

  • MASKXY

  • SYMBOL

  • KEYWORD

  • NUMERIC

parameters

No

Map<String,Object>

Name of a sensitive data masking algorithm. For details, see "Dynamically Configuring a Sensitive Data Masking Policy" in the appendix.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

masked_data

Array of Map<String,Object> objects

List of masked data. The data structure is the same as that in the request.

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error Code

error_msg

String

Error Message

Example Requests

POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/data/mask

{
  "mask_strategies" : {
    "name" : "col",
    "algorithm" : "KEYWORD",
    "parameters" : {
      "key" : "keyword",
      "target" : "target"
    }
  },
  "data" : {
    "col" : "keyword"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Sensitive data masked.

{
  "masked_data" : [ {
    "col" : "target"
  } ]
}

Status code: 400

Invalid request.

{
  "error_code" : "DSC.00000004",
  "error_msg" : "Invalid parameter"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Sensitive data masked.

400

Invalid request.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Dynamic Data Masking