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Tenable Access Control (Groups) API

The Access Control (Groups) API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for access control (groups).

Tenable Access Control (Groups) API is one of 107 APIs that Tenable publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Access Control (Groups). The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v2.

7 operations 4 paths 6 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://cloud.tenable.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tenable Access Control (Groups) API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (Bearer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • Bearer — Example: Bearer {{token}}

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Access Control (Groups) 7
POST
/groups
Create group
groups-create body → 200400401403409429500
GET
/groups
List groups
groups-list → 200401403429500
PUT
/groups/{group_uuid}
Update group
groups-edit 1 param body → 200400401403404409429500
DELETE
/groups/{group_uuid}
Delete group
groups-delete 1 param → 200400401403404429500
GET
/groups/{group_uuid}/users
List users in group
groups-list-users 1 param → 200401403404429500
POST
/groups/{group_uuid}/users/{user_uuid}
Add user to group
groups-add-user 2 params → 200401403404429500
DELETE
/groups/{group_uuid}/users/{user_uuid}
Remove user from group
groups-delete-user 2 params → 200401403404429500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Access_Control_Groups_user-object (25 properties), Access_Control_Groups_Response-Group (8 properties), Access_Control_Groups_ErrorResponse (3 properties), Access_Control_Groups_TwoFactor (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Access_Control_Groups_Request-Group
object
2 properties 1 required
Access_Control_Groups_Response-Group
object
8 properties
Access_Control_Groups_ErrorResponse-Error
object
1 property
Access_Control_Groups_TwoFactor
object
3 properties
Access_Control_Groups_user-object
object
25 properties
Access_Control_Groups_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-access-control-groups-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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