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Tanium Authentication API

Session and token management

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

Tagged areas include Authentication. 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 2 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 2 schemas 2 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 Authentication 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 — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 2

Session and token management

POST
/api/v2/session/login
Create A New Session
createSession body → 200401403
POST
/api/v2/api_tokens
Create An API Token
createApiToken body → 200401403

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ApiToken (6 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ApiToken
object
6 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tanium-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Tanium API Gateway
Tanium Actions API
Tanium Alerts 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