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Tenable Access Control (Permissions) API

The Access Control (Permissions) API from Tenable — 5 operation(s) for access control (permissions).

Tenable Access Control (Permissions) 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 (Permissions). The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 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.

8 operations 5 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET1 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 (Permissions) 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 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Access Control (Permissions) 8
POST
/api/v3/access-control/permissions
Create permission
io-v3-access-control-permission-create body → 200400401403409429500
GET
/api/v3/access-control/permissions
List permissions
io-v3-access-control-permissions-list → 200401403429500
GET
/api/v3/access-control/permissions/{permission_uuid}
Get permission details
io-v3-access-control-permissions-details 1 param → 200400401403404429500
PUT
/api/v3/access-control/permissions/{permission_uuid}
Update permission
io-v3-access-control-permission-update 1 param body → 200400401403404409429500
DELETE
/api/v3/access-control/permissions/{permission_uuid}
Delete permission
io-v3-access-control-permission-delete 1 param → 200401403404429500
GET
/api/v3/access-control/permissions/users/{user_uuid}
List user permissions
io-v3-access-control-permissions-user-list 1 param → 200401403404429500
GET
/api/v3/access-control/permissions/user-groups/{user_group_uuid}
List user group permissions
io-v3-access-control-permissions-user-group-list 1 param → 200401403404429500
GET
/api/v3/access-control/permissions/users/me
Get current user permissions
io-v3-access-control-permissions-current-user-list → 200401403429500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Access_Control_Permissions_Response-Permission (9 properties), Access_Control_Permissions_Request-Permission (4 properties), Access_Control_Permissions_PermissionObject (3 properties), Access_Control_Permissions_ErrorResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Access_Control_Permissions_Request-Permission
object
4 properties 4 required
Access_Control_Permissions_Response-UserPermissions
object
2 properties
Access_Control_Permissions_PermissionSubject
object
3 properties
Access_Control_Permissions_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
Access_Control_Permissions_PermissionObject
object
3 properties
Access_Control_Permissions_Response-Permission
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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