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Empirical Security Search API

Query CVEs using Empirical search syntax.

Empirical Security Search API is one of 3 APIs that Empirical Security publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://app.empiricalsecurity.com/api.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://app.empiricalsecurity.com/api
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Empirical Security Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow via FusionAuth. Exchange client ID/secret (HTTP Basic) for a one-hour JWT access token, then send it as a Bearer token.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 1

Query CVEs using Empirical search syntax.

GET
/search
Search CVEs
searchCves 3 params → 200401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Cve (6 properties), Score (3 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Score
object
3 properties
Cve
object
6 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

empirical-security-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Empirical Security publishes across the network.

Empirical Security CVE Groups API
Empirical Security CVEs API