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Rapid7 Asset Discovery API

Resources for managing and viewing the mechanisms used to automatically discover assets.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Rapid7 Asset Discovery API is one of 50 APIs that Rapid7 publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Asset Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 10 operations across 7 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://localhost:3780/.

10 operations 7 paths 17 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET3 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3
Base URL
https://us.api.insight.rapid7.com/vm/v4
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
Rapid7
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Rapid7 Asset Discovery API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (Basic).

Paths & Operations 10

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Asset Discovery 10

Resources for managing and viewing the mechanisms used to automatically discover assets.

GET
/api/3/discovery_connections
Discovery Connections
getDiscoveryConnections 3 params → 200401404500503
GET
/api/3/discovery_connections/{id}
Discovery Connection
getDiscoveryConnection 1 param → 200401404500503
POST
/api/3/discovery_connections/{id}/connect
Discovery Connection Reconnect
reconnectDiscoveryConnection 1 param → 200400401500503
GET
/api/3/sonar_queries
Sonar Queries
getSonarQueries → 200401404500503
POST
/api/3/sonar_queries
Sonar Queries
createSonarQuery body → 200400401500503
POST
/api/3/sonar_queries/search
Sonar Query Search
sonarQuerySearch body → 200400401500503
GET
/api/3/sonar_queries/{id}
Sonar Query
getSonarQuery 1 param → 200401404500503
PUT
/api/3/sonar_queries/{id}
Sonar Query
updateSonarQuery 1 param body → 200400401404500503
DELETE
/api/3/sonar_queries/{id}
Sonar Query
deleteSonarQuery 1 param → 200401404500503
GET
/api/3/sonar_queries/{id}/assets
Sonar Query Assets
getSonarQueryAssets 1 param → 200401404500503

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DiscoveryConnection (21 properties), SonarCriterion (5 properties), SonarQuery (4 properties), PageInfo (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SonarCriterion
object
5 properties
InternalServerError
object
3 properties 1 required
Link
object
2 properties
DiscoveryConnection
object
21 properties
Resources_DiscoveryAsset
object
2 properties
Links
object
1 property
Resources_SonarQuery
object
2 properties
SonarQuery
object
4 properties
ServiceUnavailableError
object
3 properties 1 required
NotFoundError
object
3 properties 1 required
CreatedReference_DiscoveryQueryID_Link
object
2 properties
UnauthorizedError
object
3 properties 1 required
DiscoveryAsset
object
3 properties
PageInfo
object
4 properties
SonarCriteria
object
1 property
BadRequestError
object
3 properties 1 required
PageOf_DiscoveryConnection
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rapid7-asset-discovery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ID
rapid7:rapid7-asset-discovery-api
Base URL
https://us.api.insight.rapid7.com/vm/v4
Docs
https://help.rapid7.com/insightvm/en-us/api/api.html
Provider
Rapid7
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