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Rapid7 Report API

Resources and operations for managing and generating reports. Reports are broadly categorized into `document`, `export`, and `file` types. `document` reports use section-based report templates to control the output and can be generated in several formats. `export` reports are designed to output their contents into a specific file format. `file` reports are templatized reports that output based on the format of a template file. Reports can be configured to generate on a schedule and be distributed via email to specific recipients.

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

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

This API exposes 13 operations across 9 paths, and defines 33 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://[region].api.insight.rapid7.com/ias/v1.

13 operations 9 paths 33 schemas 2 DELETE8 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://us.api.insight.rapid7.com/vm/v4
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 13

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 2 DELETE, 8 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Report 13

Resources and operations for managing and generating reports. Reports are broadly categorized into document, export, and file types. document reports use section-based report temp…

GET
/api/3/report_formats
Report Formats
getReportFormats → 200401404500503
GET
/api/3/report_templates
Report Templates
getReportTemplates → 200401404500503
GET
/api/3/report_templates/{id}
Report Template
getReportTemplate 1 param → 200401404500503
GET
/api/3/reports
Reports
getReports 3 params → 200401404500503
POST
/api/3/reports
Reports
createReport 1 param → 200400401500503
GET
/api/3/reports/{id}
Report
getReport 1 param → 200401404500503
PUT
/api/3/reports/{id}
Report
updateReport 2 params → 200400401404500503
DELETE
/api/3/reports/{id}
Report
deleteReport 1 param → 200401404500503
POST
/api/3/reports/{id}/generate
Report Generation
generateReport 1 param → 200400401500503
GET
/api/3/reports/{id}/history
Report Histories
getReportInstances 1 param → 200401404500503
GET
/api/3/reports/{id}/history/{instance}
Report History
getReportInstance 2 params → 200401404500503
DELETE
/api/3/reports/{id}/history/{instance}
Report History
deleteReportInstance 2 params → 200401404500503
GET
/api/3/reports/{id}/history/{instance}/output
Report Download
downloadReport 2 params → 200401404500503

Schemas 33

The contract defines 33 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Report (27 properties), RiskTrendResource (9 properties), ReportTemplate (7 properties), ReportInstance (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ReportConfigCategoryFilters
object
3 properties
ReportConfigFiltersResource
object
3 properties
ReportEmail
object
6 properties
ReportTemplate
object
7 properties
ReportStorage
object
2 properties
NotFoundError
object
3 properties 1 required
ReportConfigDatabaseCredentialsResource
object
2 properties
ReportFrequency
object
4 properties
PageOf«Report»
object
3 properties
InternalServerError
object
3 properties 1 required
Resources«ReportInstance»
object
2 properties
ReportRepeat
object
4 properties 2 required
Links
object
1 property
RemediationResource
object
2 properties
CreatedReference«int,Link»
object
2 properties
ReportSize
object
2 properties
UnauthorizedError
object
3 properties 1 required
RiskTrendAllAssetsResource
object
2 properties
Resources«AvailableReportFormat»
object
2 properties
ServiceUnavailableError
object
3 properties 1 required
Report
object
27 properties
RangeResource
object
4 properties
ReportInstance
object
6 properties
RiskTrendResource
object
9 properties
ReferenceWithReportIDLink
object
2 properties
BadRequestError
object
3 properties 1 required
AvailableReportFormat
object
2 properties
ReportConfigScopeResource
object
5 properties
Resources«ReportTemplate»
object
2 properties
PageInfo
object
4 properties
ReportEmailSmtp
object
3 properties
Link
object
2 properties
ReportConfigDatabaseResource
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rapid7-report-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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