Policy SDK Methods

Reference page. Look here for the exact method names and signatures to manage policies from code. Reach for the SDK methods (over the raw REST API) when policy management lives in your application or CI. New to policies? Start with Policy-as-Code, and see Managing Policies for what each field means. The TypeScript, Python, Go, and Java SDKs expose the policy-management surface; the Rust SDK does not.

All AxonFlow SDKs provide methods for policy management. This guide covers CRUD operations across TypeScript, Python, Go, and Java.

Method Overview

Operation	TypeScript	Python	Go	Java
List policies	`listStaticPolicies()`	`list_static_policies()`	`ListStaticPolicies()`	`listStaticPolicies()`
Get policy	`getStaticPolicy()`	`get_static_policy()`	`GetStaticPolicy()`	`getStaticPolicy()`
Create policy	`createStaticPolicy()`	`create_static_policy()`	`CreateStaticPolicy()`	`createStaticPolicy()`
Update policy	`updateStaticPolicy()`	`update_static_policy()`	`UpdateStaticPolicy()`	`updateStaticPolicy()`
Delete policy	`deleteStaticPolicy()`	`delete_static_policy()`	`DeleteStaticPolicy()`	`deleteStaticPolicy()`
Toggle policy	`toggleStaticPolicy()`	`toggle_static_policy()`	`ToggleStaticPolicy()`	`toggleStaticPolicy()`
Get effective	`getEffectiveStaticPolicies()`	`get_effective_static_policies()`	`GetEffectiveStaticPolicies()`	`getEffectiveStaticPolicies()`
Test pattern	`testPattern()`	`test_pattern()`	`TestPattern()`	`testPattern()`

TypeScript SDK

Installation

npm install @axonflow/sdk

Client Setup

import { AxonFlow } from '@axonflow/sdk';

const client = new AxonFlow({
  endpoint: 'http://localhost:8080',
  clientId: 'my-tenant',
  clientSecret: 'my-secret',  // Optional for self-hosted
});

List Policies

// List all policies
const policies = await client.listStaticPolicies();

// With filters
const filtered = await client.listStaticPolicies({
  tier: 'system',
  category: 'security-sqli',
  enabled: true,
  limit: 50,
  offset: 0,
});

// Response type
interface StaticPolicy {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  description?: string;
  category: string;
  tier: 'system' | 'organization' | 'tenant';
  pattern: string;
  action: 'block' | 'redact' | 'warn' | 'log';
  severity: 'critical' | 'high' | 'medium' | 'low';
  enabled: boolean;
  hasOverride?: boolean;
}

Get Single Policy

const policy = await client.getStaticPolicy('sys_sqli_union_select');
console.log(policy.pattern);  // (?i)\bUNION\s+(ALL\s+)?SELECT\b

Create Policy

// Use an existing category that best fits your use case
const policy = await client.createStaticPolicy({
  name: 'Block Internal IPs',
  description: 'Prevent exposure of internal IP addresses',
  category: 'security-admin',  // security-sqli, security-admin, pii-global, pii-us, pii-eu, pii-india, code-secrets, code-unsafe, code-compliance
  pattern: '\\b10\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\b',
  action: 'block',
  severity: 'medium',
  enabled: true,
});

console.log(`Created policy: ${policy.id}`);

Update Policy

const updated = await client.updateStaticPolicy('my-policy-id', {
  enabled: false,
  action: 'warn',
});

Delete Policy

await client.deleteStaticPolicy('my-policy-id');

Toggle Policy

// Disable
await client.toggleStaticPolicy('my-policy-id', false);

// Enable
await client.toggleStaticPolicy('my-policy-id', true);

Get Effective Policies

const effective = await client.getEffectiveStaticPolicies({
  category: 'pii-global',
  includeDisabled: false,
});

Test Pattern

const result = await client.testPattern({
  pattern: '\\b[A-Z]{5}[0-9]{4}[A-Z]\\b',
  inputs: [
    'My PAN is ABCDE1234F',
    'No PAN here',
  ],
});

console.log(result.matches);
// [{ input: 'My PAN is ABCDE1234F', matched: true, matchedText: 'ABCDE1234F' }]

Python SDK

Installation

pip install axonflow

Client Setup

from axonflow import AxonFlow

client = AxonFlow(
    endpoint="http://localhost:8080",
    client_id="my-tenant",
    client_secret="my-secret",  # Optional for self-hosted
)

List Policies

# List all policies
policies = await client.list_static_policies()

# With filters
filtered = await client.list_static_policies(
    tier="system",
    category="security-sqli",
    enabled=True,
    limit=50,
)

for policy in filtered:
    print(f"{policy.name}: {policy.action}")

Get Single Policy

policy = await client.get_static_policy("sys_sqli_union_select")
print(policy.pattern)

Create Policy

# Use an existing category that best fits your use case
policy = await client.create_static_policy(
    name="Block Internal IPs",
    description="Prevent exposure of internal IP addresses",
    category="security-admin",  # security-sqli, security-admin, pii-global, pii-us, pii-eu, pii-india, code-secrets, code-unsafe, code-compliance
    pattern=r"\b10\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\b",
    action="block",
    severity="medium",
    enabled=True,
)

print(f"Created policy: {policy.id}")

Update Policy

updated = await client.update_static_policy(
    policy_id="my-policy-id",
    enabled=False,
    action="warn",
)

Delete Policy

await client.delete_static_policy("my-policy-id")

Sync Usage

The Python SDK supports both async and sync usage patterns:

# Synchronous usage (blocking)
from axonflow import AxonFlow

client = AxonFlow.sync(
    endpoint="http://localhost:8080",
    client_id="my-tenant",
    client_secret="my-secret",
)

# All methods work synchronously — no await needed
policies = client.list_static_policies()
for policy in policies:
    print(f"{policy.name}: {policy.action}")

policy = client.create_static_policy(
    name="Block Internal IPs",
    description="Prevent exposure of internal IP addresses",
    category="security-admin",
    pattern=r"\b10\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\b",
    action="block",
    severity="medium",
    enabled=True,
)
print(f"Created: {policy.id}")

Async Usage

import asyncio
from axonflow import AxonFlow

async def main():
    client = AxonFlow(
        endpoint="http://localhost:8080",
        client_id="my-tenant",
        client_secret="my-secret",
    )

    # All methods return coroutines — use await
    policies = await client.list_static_policies(
        tier="system",
        category="security-sqli",
    )

    # Concurrent operations with asyncio.gather
    sqli_policies, pii_policies = await asyncio.gather(
        client.list_static_policies(category="security-sqli"),
        client.list_static_policies(category="pii-global"),
    )

    print(f"SQLi: {len(sqli_policies)}, PII: {len(pii_policies)}")

asyncio.run(main())

Go SDK

Installation

go get github.com/getaxonflow/axonflow-sdk-go/v8@latest

Client Setup

import "github.com/getaxonflow/axonflow-sdk-go/v8"

client := axonflow.NewClient(axonflow.AxonFlowConfig{
    Endpoint:     "http://localhost:8080",
    ClientID:     "my-tenant",
    ClientSecret: "my-secret",
})

List Policies

// List all policies
policies, err := client.ListStaticPolicies(nil)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

// With filters
enabled := true
options := &axonflow.ListStaticPoliciesOptions{
    Tier:     axonflow.TierSystem,
    Category: axonflow.CategorySecuritySQLI,
    Enabled:  &enabled,
    Limit:    50,
}
filtered, err := client.ListStaticPolicies(options)

Get Single Policy

policy, err := client.GetStaticPolicy("sys_sqli_union_select")
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(policy.Pattern)

Create Policy

// Use an existing category that best fits your use case
policy, err := client.CreateStaticPolicy(&axonflow.CreateStaticPolicyRequest{
    Name:        "Block Internal IPs",
    Description: "Prevent exposure of internal IP addresses",
    Category:    "security-admin",  // security-sqli, security-admin, pii-global, pii-us, pii-eu, pii-india, code-secrets, code-unsafe, code-compliance
    Pattern:     `\b10\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\b`,
    Action:      axonflow.ActionBlock,
    Severity:    axonflow.SeverityMedium,
    Enabled:     true,
})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("Created policy: %s\n", policy.ID)

Update Policy

enabled := false
action := axonflow.ActionWarn
updated, err := client.UpdateStaticPolicy("my-policy-id", &axonflow.UpdateStaticPolicyRequest{
    Enabled: &enabled,
    Action:  &action,
})

Delete Policy

err := client.DeleteStaticPolicy("my-policy-id")

Toggle Policy

// Disable
policy, err := client.ToggleStaticPolicy("my-policy-id", false)

// Enable
policy, err = client.ToggleStaticPolicy("my-policy-id", true)

Java SDK

Installation

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.getaxonflow</groupId>
    <artifactId>axonflow-sdk</artifactId>
    <version>8.5.1</version>
</dependency>

Client Setup

import com.getaxonflow.sdk.AxonFlow;
import com.getaxonflow.sdk.AxonFlowConfig;

AxonFlow client = AxonFlow.create(AxonFlowConfig.builder()
    .endpoint("http://localhost:8080")
    .clientId("my-tenant")
    .clientSecret("my-secret")
    .build());

List Policies

// List all policies
List<StaticPolicy> policies = client.listStaticPolicies();

// With filters
ListStaticPoliciesOptions options = ListStaticPoliciesOptions.builder()
    .tier(PolicyTier.SYSTEM)
    .category(PolicyCategory.SECURITY_SQLI)
    .enabled(true)
    .limit(50)
    .build();

List<StaticPolicy> filtered = client.listStaticPolicies(options);

Get Single Policy

StaticPolicy policy = client.getStaticPolicy("sys_sqli_union_select");
System.out.println(policy.getPattern());

Create Policy

// Use an existing category that best fits your use case
CreateStaticPolicyRequest request = CreateStaticPolicyRequest.builder()
    .name("Block Internal IPs")
    .description("Prevent exposure of internal IP addresses")
    .category("security-admin")  // security-sqli, security-admin, pii-global, pii-us, pii-eu, pii-india, code-secrets, code-unsafe, code-compliance
    .pattern("\\b10\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\b")
    .action(PolicyAction.BLOCK)
    .severity(PolicySeverity.MEDIUM)
    .enabled(true)
    .build();

StaticPolicy policy = client.createStaticPolicy(request);
System.out.println("Created policy: " + policy.getId());

Update Policy

UpdateStaticPolicyRequest update = UpdateStaticPolicyRequest.builder()
    .enabled(false)
    .action(PolicyAction.WARN)
    .build();

StaticPolicy updated = client.updateStaticPolicy("my-policy-id", update);

Delete Policy

client.deleteStaticPolicy("my-policy-id");

Error Handling

All SDKs throw/return errors for common scenarios:

Error	Description
`AxonFlowError` / `AxonFlowException`	Base error for all SDK errors
`AuthenticationError` / `AuthenticationException`	Invalid or missing credentials
`PolicyViolationError` / `PolicyViolationException`	Request blocked by policy
`RateLimitError`	Rate limit exceeded (Python/TypeScript/Go)

TypeScript Example

import { AxonFlowError } from '@axonflow/sdk';

try {
  await client.deleteStaticPolicy('sys_sqli_union_select');
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof AxonFlowError) {
    if (error.statusCode === 403) {
      console.log('Cannot delete system policies');
    } else if (error.statusCode === 404) {
      console.log('Policy not found');
    } else {
      console.error(`Unexpected error: ${error.message}`);
    }
  }
}

TypeScript Async/Await Pattern

All TypeScript SDK methods return Promises and should be used with async/await:

async function managePolicies() {
  const client = new AxonFlow({
    endpoint: 'http://localhost:8080',
    clientId: 'my-tenant',
  });

  // Sequential operations
  const policy = await client.createStaticPolicy({
    name: 'Block Test Pattern',
    category: 'sensitive-data',
    pattern: '\\btest_data\\b',
    action: 'warn',
    severity: 'low',
    enabled: true,
  });

  // Concurrent reads with Promise.all
  const [systemPolicies, tenantPolicies] = await Promise.all([
    client.listStaticPolicies({ tier: 'system' }),
    client.listStaticPolicies({ tier: 'tenant' }),
  ]);

  console.log(`System: ${systemPolicies.length}, Tenant: ${tenantPolicies.length}`);
}

Go Example

import "errors"

err := client.DeleteStaticPolicy("sys_sqli_union_select")
if err != nil {
    var httpErr *axonflow.HTTPError
    if errors.As(err, &httpErr) {
        switch httpErr.StatusCode {
        case 403:
            log.Println("Cannot delete system policies")
        case 404:
            log.Println("Policy not found")
        default:
            log.Printf("HTTP error %d: %s", httpErr.StatusCode, httpErr.Message)
        }
    } else {
        // Network or other non-HTTP error
        log.Printf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
    }
}

Python Example

from axonflow.exceptions import AxonFlowError, AuthenticationError, PolicyViolationError, RateLimitError

try:
    await client.delete_static_policy("sys_sqli_union_select")
except AuthenticationError:
    print("Invalid credentials")
except PolicyViolationError:
    print("Cannot delete system policies")
except AxonFlowError as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Java Example

import com.getaxonflow.sdk.exceptions.AxonFlowException;
import com.getaxonflow.sdk.exceptions.AuthenticationException;
import com.getaxonflow.sdk.exceptions.PolicyViolationException;

try {
    client.deleteStaticPolicy("sys_sqli_union_select");
} catch (AuthenticationException e) {
    System.out.println("Invalid credentials");
} catch (PolicyViolationException e) {
    System.out.println("Cannot delete system policies");
} catch (AxonFlowException e) {
    System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}

System Policies - Full list of system policies
Policy Hierarchy - Understanding tier inheritance
Examples - Real-world policy examples

Rollout Checklist

Use this page as one layer of the broader governance rollout:

decide where the rule belongs with Policy Hierarchy
test the request path with Runtime Request Paths
connect review workflows to HITL Approval Gates when a block should become a human decision
compare Community vs Evaluation vs Enterprise when simulation, evidence export, SSO, SCIM, or portal operations become requirements

Method Overview​

TypeScript SDK​

Installation​

Client Setup​

List Policies​

Get Single Policy​

Create Policy​

Update Policy​

Delete Policy​

Toggle Policy​

Get Effective Policies​

Test Pattern​

Python SDK​

Installation​

Client Setup​

List Policies​

Get Single Policy​

Create Policy​

Update Policy​

Delete Policy​

Sync Usage​

Async Usage​

Go SDK​

Installation​

Client Setup​

List Policies​

Get Single Policy​

Create Policy​

Update Policy​

Delete Policy​

Toggle Policy​

Java SDK​

Installation​

Client Setup​

List Policies​

Get Single Policy​

Create Policy​

Update Policy​

Delete Policy​

Error Handling​

TypeScript Example​

TypeScript Async/Await Pattern​

Go Example​

Python Example​

Java Example​

Related​

Rollout Checklist​

Method Overview

TypeScript SDK

Installation

Client Setup

List Policies

Get Single Policy

Create Policy

Update Policy

Delete Policy

Toggle Policy

Get Effective Policies

Test Pattern

Python SDK

Installation

Client Setup

List Policies

Get Single Policy

Create Policy

Update Policy

Delete Policy

Sync Usage

Async Usage

Go SDK

Installation

Client Setup

List Policies

Get Single Policy

Create Policy

Update Policy

Delete Policy

Toggle Policy

Java SDK

Installation

Client Setup

List Policies

Get Single Policy

Create Policy

Update Policy

Delete Policy

Error Handling

TypeScript Example

TypeScript Async/Await Pattern

Go Example

Python Example

Java Example

Related

Rollout Checklist