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Tanium Actions API

Deploy and manage actions on endpoints

Tanium Actions API is one of 22 APIs that Tanium publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Actions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{tanium_server}.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://{tanium_server}
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tanium Actions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as session (apiToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiToken — API token passed in the session header for authenticating with the Tanium Connect API.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Actions 2

Deploy and manage actions on endpoints

POST
/api/v2/saved_actions
Create And Execute An Action
createSavedAction body → 200400401
GET
/api/v2/action_groups/by-name/{name}
Get An Action Group By Name
getActionGroupByName 1 param → 200404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SavedAction (9 properties), GroupFilter (4 properties), ActionGroup (3 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ActionGroup
object
3 properties
Error
object
1 property
SavedAction
object
9 properties
GroupFilter
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tanium-actions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tanium publishes across the network.

Tanium API Gateway
Tanium Alerts API
Tanium Authentication API
Tanium Connections API
Tanium Destinations API
Tanium Events API
Tanium Evidence API
Tanium File Downloads API
Tanium File Operations API
Tanium Groups API
Tanium Intel Documents API
Tanium Labels API